Of Red Wings prospect-related note:
In the VHL, Dmitri Buchelnikov had 3 shots in 20:51 as SKA Neva St. Petersburg lost 3-2 in a shootout to Omsk;
And in the “Penny DEL,” Kevin Bicker made his DEL debut, finishing even with no shots in 4:55 of ice time, over the course of only 7 shifts, as the Frankfurt Lowen lost 2-0 to Iserlohn.