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Red Wings' Cholowski Assigned To Western Hockey League

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned defenseman Dennis Cholowski to the Western Hockey League's Prince George Cougars.

After reducing their roster by 12 on Monday, the Red Wings' roster currently stands at 47 players: 27 forwards, 15 defensemen and five goaltenders. The Red Wings will continue a four-game preseason homestand by hosting the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday at 7:30 p.m. before wrapping up the preseason on the road against the Maple Leafs on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

PLAYER ASSIGNED ON 9/26/17

53 Dennis Cholowski D L 6-1 195 Langley, British Columbia 2/15/98 2016 Draft (1/20)

Detroit Red Wings 2017-18 Preseason Roster

# FORWARDS (27) POS S HGT WGT BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE ACQUIRED
8 Justin Abdelkader LW L 6-2 214 Muskegon, Michigan 2/25/87 2005 Draft (2/42)
11 Ben Street C L 5-11 200 Coquitlam, British Columbia 2/13/87 Signed, 7/1/16
14 Gustav Nyquist RW L 5-11 184 Halmstad, Sweden 9/1/89 2008 Draft (4/121)
15 Riley Sheahan C L 6-3 214 St. Catharines, Ontario 12/7/91 2010 Draft (1/21)
17 David Booth * LW L 6-0 212 Detroit, Michigan 11/24/84 Professional Tryout
21 Tomas Tatar LW L 5-10 185 Ilava, Slovakia 12/1/90 2009 Draft (2/60)
22 Matt Lorito LW L 5-9 171 Oakville, Ontario 7/3/90 Signed, 7/1/16
23 Dominic Turgeon C L 6-2 200 Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 2/25/96 2014 Draft (3/63)
26 Eric Tangradi LW L 6-4 226 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2/10/89 Signed, 7/8/15
27 Michael Rasmussen C L 6-6 221 Surrey, British Columbia 4/17/99 2017 Draft (1/9)
28 Luke Witkowski RW R 6-2 210 Holland, Michigan 4/14/90 Signed, 7/1/17
39 Anthony Mantha RW L 6-5 225 Longueuil, Quebec 9/16/94 2013 Draft (1/20)
40 Henrik Zetterberg C L 6-0 197 Njurunda, Sweden 10/9/80 1999 Draft (7/210)
41 Luke Glendening RW R 5-11 192 Grand Rapids, Michigan 4/28/89 Signed, 7/5/13
42 Martin Frk RW R 6-1 205 Pelhrimov, Czech Republic 10/5/93 2012 Draft (2/49)
43 Darren Helm LW L 6-0 196 St. Andrews, Manitoba 1/21/87 2005 Draft (5/132)
44 Dylan Sadowy LW L 6-0 205 Brampton, Ontario 4/2/96 Trade w/ SJ, 5/26/16
45 Colin Campbell + RW R 6-1 194 Pickering, Ontario 4/17/91 Professional Tryout
49 Axel Holmstrom C L 6-1 219 Arvidsjaur, Sweden 6/29/96 2014 Draft (7/196)
51 Frans Nielsen C L 6-1 188 Herning, Denmark 4/24/84 Signed, 7/1/16
57 Turner Elson C L 6-0 195 New Westminster, B.C. 9/13/92 Signed, 7/1/17
59 Tyler Bertuzzi LW L 6-1 190 Sudbury, Ontario 2/24/95 2013 Draft (2/58)
71 Dylan Larkin C L 6-1 190 Waterford, Michigan 7/30/96 2014 Draft (1/15)
77 Evgeny Svechnikov RW L 6-3 212 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia 10/31/96 2015 Draft (1/19)
79 Matthew Ford + RW R 6-1 210 West Hills, California 10/9/84 Professional Tryout
90 P-A Parenteau * RW R 6-0 198 Hull, Quebec 3/24/83 Professional Tryout
92 Corey Elkins + C L 6-4 222 West Bloomfield, Michigan 2/23/85 Professional Tryout
# DEFENSEMEN (15) POS S HGT WGT BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE ACQUIRED
2 Joe Hicketts D L 5-8 180 Kamloops, British Columbia 5/4/96 Signed, 9/24/14
3 Nick Jensen D R 6-0 194 Rogers, Minnesota 9/21/90 2009 Draft (5/150)
4 Dylan McIlrath D R 6-5 236 Winnipeg, Manitoba 4/20/92 Trade w/ FLA, 3/1/17
18 Robbie Russo D R 6-0 191 Westmont, Illinois 2/15/93 Signed, 8/16/15
24 Filip Hronek D R 6-0 170 Hradec Kralove, Czech Rep. 11/2/97 2016 Draft (2/53)
25 Mike Green D R 6-1 207 Calgary, Alberta 10/12/85 Signed, 7/1/15
29 Vili Saarijarvi D R 5-10 182 Rovaniemi, Finland 5/15/97 2015 Draft (3/73)
32 Brian Lashoff D L 6-3 219 Albany, New York 7/16/90 Signed, 10/1/08
47 Libor Sulak D L 6-2 207 Pelhrimov, Czech Republic 3/4/94 Signed, 5/24/17
52 Jonathan Ericsson D L 6-4 220 Karlskrona, Sweden 3/2/84 2002 Draft (9/291)
55 Niklas Kronwall D L 6-0 194 Stockholm, Sweden 1/12/81 2000 Draft (1/29)
61 Xavier Ouellet D L 6-1 185 Bayonne, France 7/29/93 2011 Draft (2/48)
62 Ryan Sproul D R 6-4 205 Mississauga, Ontario 1/13/93 2011 Draft (2/55)
65 Danny DeKeyser D L 6-3 192 Detroit, Michigan 3/7/90 Signed, 3/29/13
83 Trevor Daley D L 5-11 195 Toronto, Ontario 10/9/83 Signed, 7/1/17
# GOALIES (5) POS C HGT WGT BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE ACQUIRED
31 Jared Coreau G L 6-5 220 Perth, Ontario 11/5/91 Signed, 4/3/13
34 Petr Mrazek G L 6-2 181 Ostrava, Czech Republic 2/14/92 2010 Draft (5/141)
35 Jimmy Howard G L 6-1 218 Syracuse, New York 3/26/84 2003 Draft (2/64)
38 Tom McCollum G L 6-2 220 Sanborn, New York 12/7/89 Trade w/ CGY, 7/1/17
60 Kaden Fulcher * G L 6-3 182 Brigden, Ontario 9/23/98 Amateur Tryout
+ = signed by Grand Rapids
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