GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Early Sunday morning,
Valtteri Filppula became the second Griffins alumnus to win an Olympic medal, thanks to Finland's 5-3 win over Slovakia in the Bronze Medal Game in Vancouver.
Filppula, who played parts of two seasons (2005-07) with Grand Rapids, joined Sweden’s Niklas Kronwall, who won gold at the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy. He scored three goals in six games during the tournament, including an empty-netter with 11 seconds left against Slovakia that clinched the bronze for Finland and eliminated fellow former Griffins Tomas Kopecky and Pavol Demitra from the medal hunt.
2010 Olympic Results - Griffins Alumni
| Player (Griffins Seasons) |
Country |
Finish |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| Pavol Demitra (1996-97) |
Slovakia |
4th |
7 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
| Valtteri Filppula (2005-07) |
Finland |
Bronze |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Sergei Kolosov (2008-10) |
Belarus |
9th |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tomas Kopecky (2002-06) |
Slovakia |
4th |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Niklas Kronwall (2003-06) |
Sweden |
5th |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Stefan Liv (2006-07) |
Sweden |
5th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2009-10) |
Norway |
10th |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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