May 04, 2026<\/p>\n
Written By: Andrew Streitel<\/p>\n
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2013\u00a0The Grand Rapids Griffins on Monday\u00a0signed forward Noah Dower-Nilsson to a professional tryout.<\/p>\n
Dower-Nilsson signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings on April 4, which will begin in the 2026-27 season. The 21-year-old recently wrapped up his Swedish Hockey League season with Frolunda and logged 16 points (6-10\u201416), 10 penalty minutes and a plus-seven rating in 48 regular-season games, adding four points (2-2\u20144) in six SHL playoff outings. In addition, Dower-Nilsson won the 2025-26 Champions Hockey League title with Frolunda and totaled two assists in 12 appearances. He also spent the 2024-25 campaign in the SHL with Frolunda, notching 10 points (4-6\u201410) in 35 regular-season outings. In the SHL from 2022-26, the 6-foot forward amassed 28 points (11-17\u201428), 20 penalty minutes and a plus-six rating in 91 career games, adding four points (2-2\u20144) in 13 postseason contests. Dower-Nilsson was the 73rd overall pick by the Red Wings in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and played his entire youth career within Frolunda\u2019s organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans who want to experience every Griffins game at Van Andel Arena during the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs can now purchase a Griffins Playoff SuperPass. Enjoy the same great seat at significant savings plus the convenience of the \u201cpay-as-we-play\u201d method of payment.\u00a0Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to reserve your Griffins Playoff SuperPass or call (616) 774-4585 ext. 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n Photo by Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 04, 2026 Written By: Andrew Streitel GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2013\u00a0The Grand Rapids Griffins on Monday\u00a0signed forward Noah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,63663,5063,5,4,18146,3358,5138,5508],"class_list":["post-566800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroitredwings","tag-dower-nilsson","tag-griffins","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-noah","tag-red-wings","tag-redwings","tag-signed"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116517580577441844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}