Red Wings Trim Roster By 13
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned forwards Zach Gallant, Brady Gilmour and Lane Zablocki and defensemen Cole Fraser, Jordan Sambrook and Reilly Webb to their respective major junior teams. Additionally, the Red Wings released forwards Oliver Castleman, Isaac Johnson, Sean Josling and Luke Kutkevicius, defensemen Marcus Crawford and Evan Fiala and goaltender Corbin Boes from their amateur tryouts.
The Red Wings currently have 61 players on their preseason roster: 34 forwards, 20 defensemen and seven goaltenders. After today's Red and White Game, the Red Wings will break camp and prepare for the first of three-straight preseason road games tomorrow against the Boston Bruins. Detroit will also host the Bruins on Saturday, Sept. 23 for the first-ever preseason home game at Little Caesars Arena.
PLAYERS RELEASED/ASSIGNED ON 9/18/17
| 36 | Corbin Boes * | G | L | 6-3 | 225 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 7/18/93 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 46 | Lane Zablocki | RW | R | 6-0 | 190 | Wetaskiwin, Alberta | 12/27/98 | 2017 Draft (3/79) | ||
| 50 | Reilly Webb | D | R | 6-3 | 201 | Stoney Creek, Ontario | 5/4/99 | 2017 Draft (6/164) | ||
| 63 | Jordan Sambrook | D | R | 6-2 | 187 | Markham, Ontario | 4/11/98 | 2016 Draft (5/137) | ||
| 64 | Zach Gallant | C | L | 6-2 | 198 | Oakville, Ontario | 3/6/99 | 2017 Draft (3/83) | ||
| 67 | Brady Gilmour | C | L | 5-10 | 170 | Grafton, Ontario | 4/18/99 | 2017 Draft (7/193) | ||
| 70 | Oliver Castleman * | LW | L | 5-10 | 180 | Gloucester, Ontario | 9/15/99 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 73 | Marcus Crawford * | D | R | 5-11 | 198 | Ajax, Ontario | 3/21/97 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 74 | Cole Fraser | D | R | 6-2 | 191 | Smiths Falls, Ontario | 4/23/99 | 2017 Draft (5/131) | ||
| 75 | Isaac Johnson * | LW | R | 6-2 | 174 | Andover, Minnesota | 1/24/99 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 76 | Sean Josling * | RW | R | 5-11 | 166 | Toronto, Ontario | 3/22/99 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 78 | Luke Kutkevicius * | C | L | 6-1 | 162 | Toronto, Ontario | 3/25/98 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 87 | Evan Fiala * | D | R | 6-4 | 201 | Clavet, Saskatoon | 6/7/97 | Amateur Tryout |
Detroit Red Wings 2017-18 Training Camp Roster
| # | FORWARDS (34) | 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 | ||
| 37 | Zach Nastasiuk | RW | R | 6-2 | 200 | Barrie, Ontario | 3/30/95 | 2013 Draft (2/48) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 48 | Givani Smith | RW | L | 6-2 | 206 | Toronto, Ontario | 2/27/98 | 2016 Draft (2/46) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 56 | Dominik Shine + | RW | R | 5-11 | 175 | Pinckney, Michigan | 4/18/93 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 57 | Turner Elson | C | L | 6-0 | 195 | New Westminster, B.C. | 9/13/92 | Signed, 7/1/17 | ||
| 58 | Luke Esposito + | LW | R | 5-10 | 183 | Greenwich, Connecticut | 10/18/93 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 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 | ||
| 81 | Mike Borkowski + | C | L | 5-11 | 191 | Ottawa, Ontario | 5/30/92 | Professional Tryout | ||
| 84 | Connor Crisp * | LW | L | 6-3 | 220 | Alliston, Ontario | 4/8/94 | Professional Tryout | ||
| 85 | Austen Brassard * | RW | R | 6-2 | 200 | Toronto, Ontario | 1/14/93 | 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 (20) | 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 | ||
| 20 | Dan Renouf | D | L | 6-2 | 205 | Pickering, Ontario | 6/1/94 | Signed, 3/10/16 | ||
| 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) | ||
| 53 | Dennis Cholowski | D | L | 6-1 | 195 | Langley, British Columbia | 2/15/98 | 2016 Draft (1/20) | ||
| 54 | Pat McCarron + | D | R | 6-3 | 201 | Toronto, Ontario | 8/13/94 | Amateur Tryout | ||
| 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 | ||
| 82 | Kevin Tansey + | D | L | 6-4 | 211 | Hammond, Ontario | 2/22/93 | Professional Tryout | ||
| 83 | Trevor Daley | D | L | 5-11 | 195 | Toronto, Ontario | 10/9/83 | Signed, 7/1/17 | ||
| 86 | Simon Denis * | D | R | 5-10 | 185 | Burnaby, British Columbia | 8/20/91 | Professional Tryout | ||
| # | GOALIES (7) | 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 | ||
| 68 | Matej Machovsky | G | L | 6-2 | 187 | Opava, Czech Republic | 7/25/93 | Signed, 5/2/17 | ||
| 80 | Pat Nagle + | G | L | 6-2 | 190 | Rochester, Michigan | 9/21/87 | Professional Tryout |
