GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins announced on Monday that this Friday’s home game versus the Charlotte Checkers will air live on Fox Sports Detroit at 7 p.m.

The game will be called by the award-winning broadcast team of Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond, who have worked Detroit Red Wings games together on Fox Sports Detroit for 15 seasons. Daniels is a two-time winner of Michigan Sportscaster of the Year (2003 and 2010) and was presented with the 2010-11 Ty Tyson Award by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association. Redmond, who has worked in the team’s television booth for 26 years, was honored in 2011 with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster.

The Griffins will host back-to-back home games this weekend versus Charlotte and Rockford (Saturday at 7 p.m.) before visiting Chicago on Sunday at 5 p.m. EDT for their third game in three days. Tickets for both games at Van Andel Arena are available at griffinshockey.com.

[Ed note: we will continue to do Griffins game threads. Looking forward to fans being able to watch this one!]