GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The American Hockey League on Monday announced that Grand Rapids Griffins forward Dominik Shine has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 8, 2026. 

Shine logged five goals, six points (5-1—6) and a plus-one rating in three games last week. He began the week becoming the first player in team history to score four goals in a regular-season game, doing so in a 6-2 win over the Texas Stars last Tuesday. In addition, Shine’s second goal of the contest surpassed Francis Pare (102) for the second most in team history. Then on Friday with two points (1-1—2) in a 4-2 victory against the Milwaukee Admirals, Shine moved to second all time in points as a Griffin (239), passing Travis Richards and trailing Michel Picard (380). The Detroit native also registered two game-winners in the three games last week and showed a 45.5 shooting percentage.  

Shine is in his 11th season with the Griffins and his second as captain, becoming just the second player in team history to reach 11 seasons (Brian Lashoff 14). Shine has 11 points (9-2—11) in his last five outings, including two hat tricks, and 16 points (10-6—16) in his last nine outings since Oct. 11. In the AHL rankings, Shine is tied for third in points (17), tied for second in goals (10) and tied for sixth in game-winners (2). 

On the all-time regular-season franchise leaderboard, Shine ranks third in games played (537), second in goals (106), second in points (240), fifth in assists (134), fifth in penalty minutes (598), tied for fifth in shorthanded goals (6), third in game-winners (17), first in unassisted goals (11), and third in shots (945).

Photo by Nicolas Carrillo/Griffins