Training Camp Jersey Number Notes

The Red Wings kick off their training camp for the truncated 2021 season tomorrow, announcing the camp roster and schedule today.

The #RedWings today released their training camp roster and schedule, comprised of 40 players who will hit the ice on Friday, Jan. 1 at the BELFOR Training Center inside Little Caesars Arena.

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With the roster announced, I can do one of my favorite things of the season: Look for oddities surrounding jersey numbers.

The team is only taking forty players to camp, so there aren’t as many numbers to look at, and most of those were known already.

The team’s offseason free agent signings – Bobby Ryan, Vladislav Namestnikov, Jon Merrill, Troy Stecher, and Thomas Greiss – were all previously known to be wearing #54, #92, #24, #70, and #29, respectively.  Additionally, trade acquisition Marc Staal was already known to be wearing his usual #18.

Ryan’s #54 was previously worn by Matt Puempel, who the Red Wings did not re-sign over the offseason.  Stecher’s #70 was worn last season by Christoffer Ehn, who was unsigned and returned to Europe.  Greiss’ #29 was worn in last year’s camp by Vili Saarijarvi before being taken by early-season acquisition Brendan Perlini (with Saarijarvi traded away a few weeks later anyway), who was not re-signed by Detroit.  Staal’s #18 had been assigned to Albin Grewe at the 2020 Development Camp.

European free agent signing Mathias Brome has been assigned #86, his usual number.  It was worn in last season’s camp by Charle-Edouard D’Astous.

Depth signings Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo, and Kevin Boyle have been assigned #26, #42, and #34, respectively.

Barber’s #26 was worn in camp last season by Griffins captain Matt Ford, who is not in Detroit’s camp this year.  Criscuolo’s #42 was worn by Mathieu Bizier.  Boyle’s #34 had been assigned to Victor Brattstrom at the start of last season and temporarily given to Eric Comrie for the few games he spent in the Red Wings organization.

The only returning player to change jersey numbers is try-out goalie Pat Nagle, who will wear the #68 that the team usually reserves for goalies who aren’t actually in the Red Wings’ system.  In that role last year, he wore #60, while Sean Romeo wore #68.

Criscuolo isn’t a returning player but has been in a Red Wings’ camp before, wearing #74 in 2016 before spending that season with the Griffins.

The full training camp roster is as follows:

Forwards

Num.	Name
11	Filip Zadina
14	Robby Fabbri
23	Dominic Turgeon
26	Riley Barber
27	Michael Rasmussen
37	Evgeny Svechnikov
39	Anthony Mantha
41	Luke Glendening
42	Kyle Criscuolo
43	Darren Helm
46	Chase Pearson
48	Givani Smith
51	Valtteri Filppula
54	Bobby Ryan
57	Turner Elson
59	Tyler Bertuzzi
67	Taro Hirose
71	Dylan Larkin
73	Adam Erne
81	Frans Nielsen
86	Mathias Brome
89	Sam Gagner
92	Vladislav Namestnikov

Defensemen

Num.	Name
2	Joe Hicketts
3	Alex Biega
17	Filip Hronek
18	Marc Staal
20	Dylan McIlrath
21	Dennis Cholowski
22	Patrik Nemeth
24	Jon Merrill
28	Gustav Lindstrom
32	Brian Lashoff
65	Danny DeKeyser
70	Troy Stecher

Goalies

Num.	Name
29	Thomas Greiss
34	Kevin Boyle
36	Kaden Fulcher
45	Jonathan Bernier
68	Pat Nagle