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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
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