GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In their last game of 2025, the Grand Rapids Griffins extended their point streak to 16 games, but fell in overtime to the Milwaukee Admirals 3-2 on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena. 
Despite the loss, the Griffins’ 26-1-1-1 start and 54 points through 29 games remained the best in the AHL’s 90-year history. Grand Rapids’ 15-game win streak remained tied for the longest in franchise history, while it also stood as a tie for the sixth-longest in league history. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard bagged an assist to extend his point streak to five games, while John Leaonrd notched a short-handed goal, good for his 20th of the season.
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The Admirals opened the scoring at 7:30 in the first period while on their league-best power play, when Daniel Carr let a wrister fly from the left circle past the right post, breaking Grand Rapids’ 172:48 minutes of shutout over opponents. The Griffins knotted the contest with 8:55 on the clock, when William Wallinder picked up a loose puck in the high slot, skated into the left circle, and rocketed one past Matthew Murray.
The best opportunity in the second frame for the Griffins came while down a man, when William Lagesson threw one up center ice for a wide-open Leonard. He skated down on a breakaway and snapped one at Murray, but the netminder made a pad save with 5:53 to go.
Milwaukee reclaimed a one-goal lead at 6:42 of the final slate, when Cole O’Hara sniped one from the right circle and Carr tipped it in for his second of the night. Grand Rapids notched the game-tying goal while short-handed, when Leonard carried one up through the zone while on an odd-man rush, and the Massachusetts native slapped it in from the right circle at 13:16.
In overtime Zach L’Heureux scooped up the puck, skated it down the ice on a breakaway, and potted it between the legs of Sebastian Cossa just 58 seconds in, handing the Griffins just their third loss of the season 3-2.
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Notes
- Grand Rapids sold out its third-straight New Year’s Eve game in front of a 10,834 person crowd, as well as its 10th sellout in the last 12 NYE games.
- The Griffins recorded their sixth short-handed goal of the season, which is tied for the best in the league, and went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill.
- Wallinder tallied his first goal of the season.
Photo by Nicolas Carrillo/Griffins