After Jonatan Berggren scored to tie the game with 1:41 to play, Marco Kasper provided the Grand Rapids Griffins a 5-4 overtime win over the Manitoba Moose
Last night at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, the Grand Rapids Griffins scored a come-from-behind overtime victory, with prized Detroit Red Wings prospects Jonatan Berggren and Marco Kasper pushing the win over the top.
Nov 29, 2023; New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) plays the puck against Detroit Red Wings right wing Jonatan Berggren (48) during the second period at Madison Square Garden.Elmer Soderblom scored the game's first goal 7:35 into the game, but the Moose countered with four straight of their own by the midpoint of the second period.
From there, Brogan Rafferty kick-started a Griffins' comeback with a late second period goal. Dominik Shine made the game 4-3 before the third period was two minutes old, then, with just 1:41 to play Berggren equalized.
It took just 48 seconds of overtime for Kasper to find the game-winner—holding off a defender and slipping a shot through Collin Delia.
After getting off to a slow start to his season, Kasper now has eight points in his last nine games. Meanwhile, Sebastian Cossa made 20 saves in the winning effort.
The Griffins (now 15-15-4-1) and Moose will renew their tensions in the second game of a two-game set this evening.