Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leafs Announce Alumni Game roster for 2017 NHL Centennial Classic

To celebrate one of the NHL’s longest-standing rivalries, the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled their Alumni game roster for the 2017 Rogers NHL Centennial Classic.  The showdown will be played outdoors on December 31, 2016 at Exhibition Stadium as part of the Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial celebration.

With the help of Maple Leafs alumnus Darcy Tucker and Red Wings alumnus Kris Draper, the rosters were announced and include inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame, 50-goal scorers and many fan favourites.  The rosters are:

DETROIT RED WINGS

FORWARDS                             DEFENSE                                GOALIES

Kris Draper                               Nicklas Lidstrom                       Manny Legace

Dino Ciccarelli                           Larry Murphy                             Kevin Hodson

Martin Lapointe                         Chris Chelios                       

Doug Brown                              Jiri Fischer

Sergei Fedorov                         Paul Coffey

Slava Kozlov                             Mathieu Dandenault

Brendan Shanahan

Tomas Holmstrom

Mickey Redmond

Darren McCarty

Igor Larionov

Kirk Maltby

Joe Kocur

 

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS ALUMNI

FORWARDS                             DEFENSE                                GOALIES

Darryl Sittler                              Tomas Kaberle                          Curtis Joseph

Doug Gilmour                            Dave Ellett                                Felix Potvin

Rick Vaive                                Bryan McCabe                          Mike Palmateer

Darcy Tucker                             Borje Salming

Wendel Clark                            Dmitri Yushkevich

Lanny McDonald                       Al Iafrate

Gary Roberts                            Bob McGill

Dave Andreychuk

Tiger Williams

Tie Domi

Steve Thomas

Gary Leeman

Mats Sundin
Alumni from these storied hockey clubs last met during a doubleheader on December 31, 2013 as part of the Hockeytown Winter Festival in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Red Wings Alumni swept the Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni, winning the first matchup 5-4 and the second, 6-5.

As a special Centennial Season celebration and to mark its 50^th anniversary, fans in attendance will also witness the Toronto Maple Leafs honour the 1967 Stanley Cup winning team during the game in a must-see moment.