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Jared Coreau was in goal for the last nine of the Griffins' 15 consecutive wins.

(MLive file)

The Grand Rapids Griffins historic win streak began and ended at Lake Erie with Thanksgiving and Christmas among the events that happened in between.

The Griffins set a franchise record with 15 consecutive wins and tied for the third longest win streak in AHL history before finally losing, 3-2, on Sunday at Lake Erie.

Here are some numbers and notes about the streak.

11. The Griffins' previous longest win streak, reached in 2006.

44. Days between losses. The last loss was on Nov. 14, 5-1 at Lake Erie. Put in another way, the streak was six weeks and one day or 11.78 percent of all the entire calendar year.

39. The goal differential in the streak (66-27).

4.4. The number of goals the Griffins averaged per game.

7. The most goals scored in the streak, and it happened twice: 7-4 against San Diego in win No. 2 and 7-3 at Lake Erie in No. 15.

3. The biggest rally. They trailed Iowa 3-0 before winning 4-3 in overtime in win No. 11 on Dec. 13.

13. The number of wins that came against teams with winning records.

30. Overall place among 30 teams in win percentage when the streak began. The Griffins were 2-8-0-1, at .227.

4. The Griffins' current place in the Western Conference at 17-9-0-1. They have a .648 winning percentage.

9. The number wins in a row for goalie Jared Coreau, who had started the past nine after Tom McCollum went out with an ankle injury.

17. Number of goals allowed by Coreau in those nine games.

1. Number of shutouts. That was 6-0 at Milwaukee on Nov. 27 as Coreau stopped 22 shots.

17. Points from Eric Tangradi to lead the Griffins during the winning streak. That included 10 goals and came in just 12 of the 15 games; he was suspended for three others.

28. The all-time record for consecutive wins in the AHL, set by Norfolk in 2011-12.

10. The Griffins' home winning streak, which ties a franchise record set in 2001 and 2004. They look to break it 6 p.m. Thursday against Milwaukee.

Pete Wallner covers sports for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at pwallner@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.