Red Wings Assign Mantha To Griffins
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned right wing Anthony Mantha to the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins. Additionally, the Red Wings placed defenseman Niklas Kronwall on injured reserve.
The Red Wings will travel to Florida tomorrow in preparation for Thursday's season opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning (7:30 p.m. on FOX Sports Detroit/97.1 The Ticket) and Saturday's game against the Florida Panthers (7:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Detroit/97.1 The Ticket). Detroit will open its home slate on Monday, Oct. 17 versus the Ottawa Senators.
PLAYER ASSIGNED ON 10/11/16
| 39 | Anthony Mantha | RW | L | 6-5 | 221 | Longueuil, Quebec | 9/16/94 | 2013 Draft (1/20) |
PLAYER PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE ON 10/11/16
| 55 | Niklas Kronwall | D | L | 6-0 | 194 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1/12/81 | 2000 Draft (1/29) |
CURRENT DETROIT RED WINGS ROSTER – 24 PLAYERS
| # | FORWARDS (15) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | |||
| 4 | Teemu Pulkkinen | RW | R | 5-10 | 185 | Vantaa, Finland | 1/2/92 | 2010 Draft (4/111) | |||
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | L | 6-2 | 218 | 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 | 226 | St. Catharines, Ontario | 12/7/91 | 2010 Draft (1/21) | |||
| 20 | Drew Miller | LW | L | 6-2 | 183 | Dover, New Jersey | 2/17/84 | Waivers, 11/11/09 | |||
| 21 | Tomas Tatar | LW | L | 5-10 | 185 | Ilava, Slovakia | 12/1/90 | 2009 Draft (2/60) | |||
| 29 | Steve Ott | C | L | 6-0 | 193 | Summerside, P.E.I. | 8/19/82 | Signed, 7/1/16 | |||
| 40 | Henrik Zetterberg | C | L | 6-0 | 197 | Njurunda, Sweden | 10/9/80 | 1999 Draft (7/210) | |||
| 41 | Luke Glendening | C | R | 5-11 | 199 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 4/28/89 | Signed, 7/5/13 | |||
| 43 | Darren Helm | C | L | 6-0 | 196 | St. Andrews, Manitoba | 1/21/87 | 2005 Draft (5/132) | |||
| 46 | Ben Street | C | L | 5-11 | 199 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | 2/13/87 | Signed, 7/1/16 | |||
| 51 | Frans Nielsen | C | L | 6-1 | 188 | Herning, Denmark | 4/24/84 | Signed, 7/1/16 | |||
| 62 | Thomas Vanek | LW | R | 6-2 | 214 | Vienna, Austria | 1/19/84 | Signed, 7/1/16 | |||
| 71 | Dylan Larkin | C | L | 6-1 | 190 | Waterford, Michigan | 7/30/96 | 2014 Draft (1/15) | |||
| 72 | Andreas Athanasiou | C | L | 6-2 | 188 | Woodbridge, Ontario | 8/6/94 | 2012 Draft (4/110) | |||
| # | DEFENSEMEN (7) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | |||
| 2 | Brendan Smith | D | L | 6-2 | 211 | Mimico, Ontario | 2/8/89 | 2007 Draft (1/27) | |||
| 25 | Mike Green | D | R | 6-1 | 207 | Calgary, Alberta | 10/12/85 | Signed, 7/1/15 | |||
| 48 | Ryan Sproul | D | R | 6-4 | 211 | Mississauga, Ontario | 1/13/93 | 2011 Draft (2/55) | |||
| 52 | Jonathan Ericsson | D | L | 6-4 | 220 | Karlskrona, Sweden | 3/2/84 | 2002 Draft (9/291) | |||
| 53 | Alexey Marchenko | D | R | 6-3 | 210 | Moscow, Russia | 1/2/92 | 2011 Draft (7/205) | |||
| 61 | Xavier Ouellet | D | L | 6-1 | 208 | Bayonne, France | 7/29/93 | 2011 Draft (2/48) | |||
| 65 | Danny DeKeyser | D | L | 6-3 | 192 | Macomb, Michigan | 3/7/90 | Signed, 3/29/13 | |||
| # | GOALIES (2) | POS | C | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | |||
| 34 | Petr Mrazek | G | L | 6-2 | 183 | 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) |
| # | INJURED RESERVE (5) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED | |||
| 26 | Tomas Jurco | RW | L | 6-2 | 188 | Kosice, Slovakia | 12/28/92 | 2011 Draft (2/35) | |||
| 28 | Vili Saarijarvi | D | R | 5-9 | 172 | Rovaniemi, Finland | 5/15/97 | 2015 Draft (3/73) | |||
| 55 | Niklas Kronwall | D | L | 6-0 | 194 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1/12/81 | 2000 Draft (1/29) | |||
| 77 | Dan Renouf | D | L | 6-2 | 205 | Pickering, Ontario | 6/1/94 | Signed, 3/10/16 | |||
| 83 | Tomas Nosek | C | L | 6-3 | 210 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | 9/1/92 | Signed, 6/14/14 |
