SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at the moment that Grand Rapids Griffins ahead Dominik Shine has been chosen because the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Participant of the Week for the interval ending February 15, 2026.
Shine adopted his first profession AHL All-Star Basic look by scoring 5 targets in two weekend video games for the league-leading Griffins.
Shine started the week in Rockford, representing Grand Rapids and skating for the Central Division on the 2026 AHL All-Star Basic introduced by BMO on Tuesday and Wednesday. When the Griffins’ schedule resumed, Shine scored twice in a 4-2 victory over Texas on Friday night time, then recorded his second hat trick of the season – and of his profession – in Sunday’s 5-0 shutout of the Stars, securing his first-ever 20-goal marketing campaign within the course of.
Shine is having a profession 12 months offensively in 2025-26, his first as captain of the Griffins. Along with his 20 targets, the ninth-year professional ranks second on the group in factors (34) and plus/minus (+22) in 34 video games performed, serving to hold Grand Rapids on tempo to doubtlessly end with the very best regular-season file in AHL historical past. The Detroit native has spent his total AHL profession with the Griffins, totaling 95 targets and 123 assists for 218 factors in 517 video games, and he made his NHL debut with the Pink Wings in 2024-25, registering one help in 9 contests.
