Grand Rapids — The Grand Rapids Griffins hope history repeats itself.
The Griffins struck first in the AHL Calder Cup Finals on Friday with a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Syracuse Crunch.
Tomas Nosek scored his second goal of the game, this one on the power play with 13.9 seconds left, giving the Griffins the victory.
Nosek was stationed at the side of the net, and snuck a shot past Crunch goalie Mike McKenna.
Syracuse was called for too many men on the ice at 19:32 of the third period.
Nathan Paetsch tied the score in the second period, while goaltender Jared Coreau stopped 22 shots in front of a crowd of 8,857 at Van Andel Arena.