FILPPULA TAKES BRONZE
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.
| 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 | 25 |
