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	25