Detroit Red Wings Assign Five To Grand Rapids
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned forwards Matt Lorito and Ben Street, defensemen Brian Lashoff and Dylan McIlrath and goaltender Jared Coreau to the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins. The Red Wings also assigned defenseman Libor Sulak to the Lahti Pelicans of Finland's SM-liiga. Additionally, Detroit placed forwards Tyler Bertuzzi, Evgeny Svechnikov and Eric Tangradi on injured reserve.
The Red Wings have reduced their roster to 24 players (13 forwards, eight defensemen, three goaltenders) in advance of the team's season-opener against the Minnesota Wild at 7:30 on Thursday, Oct. 5 at the state-of-the-art Little Caesars Arena.
PLAYERS ASSIGNED ON 10/2/17
| 4 | Dylan McIlrath | D | R | 6-5 | 236 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 4/20/92 | Trade w/ FLA, 3/1/17 | ||
| 11 | Ben Street | C | L | 5-11 | 200 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | 2/13/87 | Signed, 7/1/16 | ||
| 22 | Matt Lorito | LW | L | 5-9 | 171 | Oakville, Ontario | 7/3/90 | Signed, 7/1/16 | ||
| 31 | Jared Coreau | G | L | 6-5 | 220 | Perth, Ontario | 11/5/91 | Signed, 4/3/13 | ||
| 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 |
PLAYERS PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE ON 10/2/17
| 26 | Eric Tangradi | LW | L | 6-4 | 226 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2/10/89 | Signed, 7/8/15 | ||
| 59 | Tyler Bertuzzi | LW | L | 6-1 | 190 | Sudbury, Ontario | 2/24/95 | 2013 Draft (2/58) | ||
| 77 | Evgeny Svechnikov | RW | L | 6-3 | 212 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | 10/31/96 | 2015 Draft (1/19) |
Detroit Red Wings 2017-18 Roster
| # | FORWARDS (13) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | ||
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | L | 6-2 | 214 | Muskegon, Michigan | 2/25/87 | 2005 Draft (2/42) | ||
| 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 | Signed, 10/2/17 | ||
| 21 | Tomas Tatar | LW | L | 5-10 | 185 | Ilava, Slovakia | 12/1/90 | 2009 Draft (2/60) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 51 | Frans Nielsen | C | L | 6-1 | 188 | Herning, Denmark | 4/24/84 | Signed, 7/1/16 | ||
| 71 | Dylan Larkin | C | L | 6-1 | 190 | Waterford, Michigan | 7/30/96 | 2014 Draft (1/15) | ||
| # | DEFENSEMEN (8) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | ||
| 3 | Nick Jensen | D | R | 6-0 | 194 | Rogers, Minnesota | 9/21/90 | 2009 Draft (5/150) | ||
| 25 | Mike Green | D | R | 6-1 | 207 | Calgary, Alberta | 10/12/85 | Signed, 7/1/15 | ||
| 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 (3) | POS | C | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | ||
| 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) | ||
| 60 | Kaden Fulcher * | G | L | 6-3 | 182 | Brigden, Ontario | 9/23/98 | Amateur Tryout |
