Red Wings make cuts, roster stands at 41

A little belatedly, from the Red Wings:

RED WINGS REDUCE ROSTER TO 41
… Twelve Players Assigned or Released with Two Preseason Games Remaining …

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned center Axel Holmstrom and left wing Chris Terry to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins and assigned goaltender Kaden Fulcher to the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. Additionally, Detroit released forwards Colin Campbell, Carter Camper, Turner Elson, Matthew Ford, Dominik Shine and Trevor Yates and defensemen Marcus Crawford, Trevor Hamilton and Mackenze Stewart from their tryout contracts. All nine tryout players released will report to the Griffins.

Currently undefeated in preseason play (6-0-0), the Red Wings will battle the Toronto Maple Leafs in back-to-back games to wrap up their eight-game exhibition slate. Detroit will visit Toronto on Friday at 7:30 p.m. before hosting the Maple Leafs at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (FOX Sports Detroit).

PLAYERS ASSIGNED/RELEASED ON 9/27/18

15

Chris Terry

LW

L

5-10

197

Brampton, Ontario

4/7/89

Signed, 7/1/18

18

Colin Campbell +

RW

R

6-1

194

Pickering, Ontario

4/17/91

Professional Tryout

36

Kaden Fulcher

G

L

6-3

187

Brigden, Ontario

9/23/98

Signed, 10/3/17

49

Axel Holmstrom

C

L

6-1

219

Arvidsjaur, Sweden

6/29/96

2014 Draft (7/196)

56

Dominik Shine +

RW

R

5-11

175

Pinckney, Michigan

4/18/93

Professional Tryout

57

Turner Elson +

C

L

6-0

195

New Westminster, B.C.

9/13/92

Signed, 7/1/17

62

Trevor Hamilton +

D

R

6-0

198

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

3/17/95

Professional Tryout

73

Marcus Crawford +

D

R

5-11

198

Ajax, Ontario

3/21/97

Amateur Tryout

77

Matthew Ford +

RW

R

6-1

210

West Hills, California

10/9/84

Professional Tryout

81

Trevor Yates +

C

L

6-2

203

Beaconsfield, Quebec

3/6/95

Amateur Tryout

86

Mackenze Stewart *

D

L

6-3

240

Calgary, Alberta

8/10/95

Professional Tryout

88

Carter Camper +

C

R

5-9

176

Rocky River, Ohio

7/6/88

Professional Tryout

 

Detroit Red Wings 2018-19 Preseason Roster

#

FORWARDS (23)

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

Filip Zadina

RW

L

6-0

196

Pardubice, Czech Republic

11/27/99

2018 Draft (1/6)

14

Gustav Nyquist

RW

L

5-11

184

Halmstad, Sweden

9/1/89

2008 Draft (4/121)

20

Jussi Jokinen *

LW

L

6-0

192

Kalajoki, Finland

4/1/83

Professional Tryout

22

Wade Megan

C

L

6-1

194

Canton, New York

7/22/90

Signed, 7/1/18

23

Dominic Turgeon

C

L

6-2

200

Cherry Hills Village, Colorado

2/25/96

2014 Draft (3/63)

26

Thomas Vanek

RW

R

6-2

214

Vienna, Austria

1/19/84

Signed, 7/1/18

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

Evgeny Svechnikov

RW

L

6-3

212

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

10/31/96

2015 Draft (1/19)

39

Anthony Mantha

RW

L

6-5

225

Longueuil, Quebec

9/16/94

2013 Draft (1/20)

41

Luke Glendening

C

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)

46

Lane Zablocki

RW

R

6-0

190

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

12/27/98

2017 Draft (3/79)

48

Givani Smith

RW

L

6-2

206

Toronto, Ontario

2/27/98

2016 Draft (2/46)

51

Frans Nielsen

C

L

6-1

188

Herning, Denmark

4/24/84

Signed, 7/1/16

54

Matt Puempel

LW

L

6-1

205

Windsor, Ontario

1/24/93

Trade w/ NYR, 10/21/17

58

David Pope

LW

L

6-3

198

Edmonton, Alberta

9/27/94

2013 Draft (4/109)

59

Tyler Bertuzzi

LW

L

6-1

190

Sudbury, Ontario

2/24/95

2013 Draft (2/58)

70

Christoffer Ehn

C

L

6-2

193

Skara, Sweden

4/5/96

2014 Draft (4/106)

71

Dylan Larkin

C

L

6-1

198

Waterford, Michigan

7/30/96

2014 Draft (1/15)

72

Andreas Athanasiou

LW

L

6-2

188

Woodbridge, Ontario

8/6/94

2012 Draft (4/110)

#

DEFENSEMEN (14)

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

17

Filip Hronek

D

R

6-0

170

Hradec Kralove, Czech Rep.

11/2/97

2016 Draft (2/53)

21

Dennis Cholowski

D

L

6-1

195

Langley, British Columbia

2/15/98

2016 Draft (1/20)

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

6-5

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)

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

84

Jake Chelios

D

L

6-2

185

Chicago, Illinois

3/8/91

Signed, 7/1/18

#

GOALIES (4)

POS

C

HGT

WGT

 

BIRTHPLACE

BIRTHDATE

ACQUIRED

31

Harri Sateri

G

L

6-0

207

Toijala, Finland

12/29/89

Signed, 7/1/18

34

Patrik Rybar

G

L

6-3

190

Skalica, Slovakia

11/9/93

Signed, 5/21/18

35

Jimmy Howard

G

L

6-1

218

Syracuse, New York

3/26/84

2003 Draft (2/64)

45

Jonathan Bernier

G

L

6-0

184

Laval, Quebec

8/7/88

Signed, 7/1/18

* = camp invitee

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