Detroit Red Wings Roster Reduced to 24

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
		* = camp invitee

Detroit Red Wings schedule