Griffins Update Jersey Numbers Again

With their training camp complete, the Grand Rapids Griffins have once again reassigned a handful of player jersey numbers.

The team originally shuffled things around when camp began. Included in those changes was Marek Tvrdon losing his #16 to Xavier Ouellet and taking the #13 that had belong to Gustav Nyquist. With Nyquist back in Grand Rapids, he reclaims #13 and Tvrdon takes #39, worn last season by Jan Mursak and assigned to Travis Novak in camp.

Coincidentally, Nyquist originally claimed #13 from Mursak, who took the #39 he was assigned in Detroit when he returned to the Griffins alongside Nyquist last season.

Richard Nedomlel switches from #45 to #42, after having been assigned #41 at the end of last season.

The only other switch is that Nick Jensen, who did not skate at camp while injured, drops from the #48 he was assigned during the Griffins’ Calder Cup run to the #14 vacated by Chad Billins’ departure for the Calgary Flames’ system.

One curiosity is that Kevin Lynch is no longer listed on the Griffins’ web site. Lynch was assigned #25, the number worn in Detroit by Cory Emmerton, who cleared waivers on Monday and was expected to be assigned to Grand Rapids. Emmerton’s old #8 is worn by Willie Coetzee, so it could be that Lynch was set to change to accommodate Emmerton. Alternately, Lynch could have been assigned to the Toledo Walleye and it hasn’t been announced yet.