GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In their continued celebration of the American Hockey League’s 75th season, the Grand Rapids Griffins will auction a series of AHL 75th anniversary jerseys bearing the names, numbers and autographs of some of the most accomplished, popular and renowned players from the franchise’s 10 seasons in the league.

The first batch of 12 sweaters – identical to those worn by the Griffins during their Feb. 5 game against Milwaukee – will be available through a live auction that will take place immediately after tomorrow’s (Sat., March 5 vs. Rochester) game in the Fifth Third Bank Vault restaurant at Van Andel Arena.

A minimum bid of $250 will apply to each of these autographed jerseys, with proceeds benefitting the Griffins Booster Club:

#19 Justin Abdelkader
#22 Chris Chelios
#44 Aaron Downey
#6 Jonathan Ericsson
#15 Valtteri Filppula
#15 Darren Helm
#33 Jimmy Howard
#26 Jiri Hudler
#5 Jakub Kindl
#5 Niklas Kronwall
#28 Derek Meech
#30 Chris Osgood

Other jerseys scheduled to be auctioned at later dates include Tomas Kopecky, Ville Leino, Joey MacDonald, Darren McCarty, Chris Neil, Kyle Quincey, Travis Richards and Mattias Ritola. (Note that Neil played for the Griffins during their IHL tenure but later logged a season with the AHL’s Binghamton Senators.)

For more information, visit the Griffins Booster Club table on the Van Andel Arena concourse behind section 128 during either of this weekend’s games.