2019 Training Camp Jersey Number Notes

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5 years ago

With the Red Wings having claimed the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup as champions of the NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, the team is ready for their main training camp to begin, and with that comes the release of their training camp roster.

The roster includes 67 players. Only two players who were on the Prospects Tournament roster will not be appearing in the main camp – Elmer Soderblom and Gustav Berglund. No NHL free agents will be appearing with the Red Wings as pro try-outs.

There are no surprise jersey number changes revealed by the roster announcement.

Evgeni Svechnikov, who missed the entire 2018-19 season, will keep the #37 he was scheduled to wear last year. He wore that number for his debut in 2016-17 before switching to #77 for the 2017-18 campaign.

Finnish free agent signing Oliwer Kaski claims that #77, after having worn #7 with Pelicans last season. Kaski taking #77 would explain why Taro Hirose, who specifically was looking for a number with seven in it, took #67 instead of #77.

I had speculated that #26 might have gone to Thomas Vanek on a PTO but that ended up going to Grand Rapids Griffins’ captain Matt Ford, who was assigned #77 last fall. Similarly, I thought that #50 might go to someone on a try-out but, instead, it’s been assigned to Dominik Shine, with Ryan Kuffner having taken the #56 that Shine wore in camp last year.

Goalie Calvin Pickard, the Red Wings’ only remaining free agent signing to not have a number announced, has taken #31. He’s worn #30 in the past but Detroit has that semi-retired for Chris Osgood, it would seem.

The #3 worn last season by Nick Jensen has been assigned to defenseman Jared McIsaac. Libor Sulak’s #47 has gone to Marcus Crawford of the Griffins.

Any other changes are related to camp invitees and/or were already confirmed.

The full training camp roster is as follows:

Forwards

Num.	Name
8	Justin Abdelkader
11	Filip Zadina
15	Chris Terry
23	Dominic Turgeon
26	Matthew Ford
27	Michael Rasmussen
37	Evgeny Svechnikov
39	Anthony Mantha
41	Luke Glendening
42	Mathieu Bizier
43	Darren Helm
46	Chase Pearson
48	Givani Smith
50	Dominik Shine
51	Valtteri Filppula
54	Matt Puempel
56	Ryan Kuffner
57	Turner Elson
58	David Pope
59	Tyler Bertuzzi
61	Jacob de la Rose
62	Cody Morgan
64	Josh Kestner
67	Taro Hirose
70	Christoffer Ehn
71	Dylan Larkin
72	Andreas Athanasiou
73	Adam Erne
75	Troy Loggins
76	Jarid Lukosevicius
78	Gregor MacLeod
79	Thomas Casey
81	Frans Nielsen
82	Tyler Spezia
88	Chad Yetman
89	Owen Robinson
90	Joe Veleno

Defensemen

Num.	Name
2	Joe Hicketts
3	Jared McIsaac
17	Filip Hronek
20	Dylan McIlrath
21	Dennis Cholowski
22	Patrik Nemeth
25	Mike Green
28	Gustav Lindstrom
29	Vili Saarijarvi
32	Brian Lashoff
47	Marcus Crawford
52	Jonathan Ericsson
53	Moritz Seider
63	Alec McCrea
65	Danny DeKeyser
74	Madison Bowey
77	Oliwer Kaski
83	Trevor Daley
86	Charle-Edouard D’Astous
87	Marc-Olivier Duquette
94	Alec Regula
98	Owen Lalonde