This morning, DetroitRedWings.com’s Jonathan Mills looks back at Red Wings prospect and Michigan State University sophomore Trey Augustine’s remarks made during Detroit’s Summer Development Camp. As Mills notes, Augustine bounced around a little bit last season–in a good way:
Augustine impressed as the youngest starting netminder in NCAA Division 1 hockey during the 2023-24 season, posting a 23-9-2 record with a 2.96 goals-against average, .918 save percentage and three shutouts in 35 games.
“He just gives me a lot of confidence and I’m not even on his team,” Red Wings Assistant Director of Player Development Dan Cleary said about Augustine. “He’s got a great demeanor about him. Calm, cool demeanor but that competitive fire burns inside him.”
Helping the Spartans earn their first-ever BIG Ten title was an incredible experience for Augustine, who is returning to Michigan State’s campus with a greater understanding of what it takes to succeed at the collegiate level.
“It’s hard to win every night,” Augustine said. “You have to come into every game with the right mindset that no team is going to back down, especially since we had a good year. We’re going to be gunned for this upcoming year.”
Augustine said he also learned a lot playing with the U.S. men’s World [Championship] team.
“It was an unreal opportunity for me just to go over there and be with a lot of professional players,” Augustine said. “Just taking a lot of their advice, listening to them and enjoying the moment. Being around a team like that and seeing those individuals prepare on a daily basis, it’s really cool and special.”
Continued; Augustine’s pretty much maxed out height-wise at 6’1″ and 183 pounds, but he can get faster and better in terms of his mechanics, movement and ability to look through and around screens. He’s going to become a better goalie with more time played with the Spartans, and one day, it’s entirely probable that he and Sebastian Cossa will constitute the Red Wings’ starting tandem.
