Tweets of note: Maatta’s birthday, a Griffins schedule change, a Walleye signing and a Buchelnikov OT goal

Okay, of some minor Red Wings and Griffins-related note today:

1. It’s Olli Maatta’s birthday. He hits the big 3-0 today!

Olli Moly! 🥳🎂 pic.twitter.com/Re2x1RlzQ1

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) August 22, 2024

2. The Griffins announced a time change to their schedule:

UPDATE: The AHL announced that the start time for the Grand Rapids Griffins’ road game at the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday, Dec. 28 has been changed from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/RXTcv4FKsw

— Grand Rapids Griffins (@griffinshockey) August 22, 2024

3. The Toledo Walleye have signed defenseman Anthony Firriolo. The 26-year-old isn’t big at 5’11” and 165 pounds…

PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT‼️

We've inked defenseman Anthony Firriolo for the 2024-25 season 🤝

👉 https://t.co/tomXXSWYIu pic.twitter.com/ABvBKotNrb

— Toledo Walleye (@ToledoWalleye) August 22, 2024

4. And this highlight clip slipped through the radar, so thank you to Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff for posting the overtime goal Dmitri Buchelnikov scored for Vityaz Moscow Region vs. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod:

Dmitry Buchelnikov ends this OT with a quick wrister.#KHLPreseason pic.twitter.com/9MrKW21xBO

— KHL (@khl_eng) August 21, 2024