Hey, so, uh.. Hockey season is almost here!
Hoo, boy! Okay, now that my burst of excitement has been unleashed, let’s talk business. The Red Wings announced the schedule and roster for Training Camp, and I’m here to provide you lovely folks with all the details. As always, camp will be held at Centre Ice in Traverse City, Michigan. The camp starts off on Thursday, September 18th with the 15th annual Training Camp Golf Classic at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa and will be followed by five days of on-ice practices and scrimmages, starting on Friday, September 19th. The camp will end during back-to-back preseason games against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Chicago Blackhawks. Other camp events scheduled include the Training Camp Alumni and Celebrity Hockey Game. (Times and dates provided below)
Let’s have a look at the roster…
Team Delvecchio
Forwards: Joakim Andersson, Louis-Marc Aubry, Tyler Bertuzzi, Colin Campbell, Pavel Datsyuk, Darren Helm, Jeff Hoggan, Tomas Jurco, Anthony Mantha, Zach Nastasiuk, Kevin Porter, Teemu Pulkkinen, Jerome Verrier
Defensemen: Danny DeKeyser, Jakub Kindl, Brian Lashoff, Alexey Marchenko, Marc McNulty, Richard Nedomlel
Goaltenders: Jared Coreau, Jimmy Howard
Team Howe
Forwards: Andreas Athanasiou, Mitch Callahan, Daniel Cleary, Johan Franzen, Martin Frk, Luke Glendening, Alden Hirschfeld, Darby Llewellyn, Drew Miller, Tomas Nosek, Brandon Robinson, Marek Tvrdon, Henrik Zetterberg
Defensemen: Mattias Backman, Brennan Evans, Joe Hicketts, Xavier Ouellet, Kyle Quincey, Aaron Rome, Brendan Smith
Goaltenders: Jonas Gustavsson, Tom McCollum
Team Lindsay
Forwards: Justin Abdelkader, Tyler Barnes, Blake Clarke, Landon Ferraro, Hayden Hodgson, Andrej Nestrasil, Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan, Tomas Tatar, Dominic Turgeon, Stephen Weiss, Mark Zengerle
Defensemen: Jonathan Ericsson, Nick Jensen, Niklas Kronwall, Nathan Paetsch, Ryan Sproul, Ty Stanton, Mitchell Wheaton
Goaltenders: Petr Mrazek, Jake Paterson, Lucas Peressini
Michelle and I will be in attendance for Training Camp, covering all of the good stuff and speaking with whoever is available to take some questions for us. This is a big Camp for the fans, and the team.. There are a lot of players with looming injuries who are expected to make a big comeback this season, and the pressure is on for them to come in like a bat outta hell.
Also, we will be having a WiiM Training Camp Podcast on Thursday, before camp starts on Friday. Details on that to follow.
Here is the schedule, broken down in it’s entirety:
| FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 | Event | Site |
| TEAM DELVECCHIO | ||
| 9:25 a.m. | Video | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 10:15 a.m. | Video | |
| 10:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | WEST RINK |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| TEAM LINDSAY | ||
| 10:55 a.m. | Video | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Flood | |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| TEAM HOWE | ||
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | WEST RINK | |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Scrimmage | |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Flood | |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 1:00 p.m. | Video | |
| 1:05 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 | ||
| TEAM HOWE | ||
| 9:25 a.m. | Video | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 10:15 a.m. | Video | |
| 10:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | WEST RINK |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| TEAM DELVECCHIO | ||
| 10:55 a.m. | Video | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 12:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Flood | |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| TEAM LINDSAY | ||
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | WEST RINK | |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Scrimmage | |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Flood | |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Scrimmage | WEST RINK |
| 1:00 p.m. | Video | |
| 1:05 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| 7:00 p.m. | TRAINING CAMP ALUMNI & CELEBRITY GAME | |
| SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 | ||
| TEAM LINDSAY | ||
| 9:40 a.m. | Video | |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 10:30 a.m. | Video | |
| 10:35 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | WEST RINK |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| TEAM HOWE | ||
| 11:10 a.m. | Video | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| TEAM DELVECCHIO | ||
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | WEST RINK | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Video | |
| 1:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| ALL TEAMS | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | RED VS. WHITE GAME | WEST RINK |
| Post-game | Media Availability | |
| MONDAY, SEPT. 22 | ||
| (White Team Players) | ||
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | DAVID’S RINK | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Plane departs for Pittsburgh | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Game at Pittsburg | CONSOL Energy Center |
| Post-game | Plane departs for Traverse City | |
| (Red Team Players) | ||
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | WEST RINK |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 | ||
| (Red Team Players) | ||
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | DAVID’S RINK | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Plane departs for Chicago | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Game at Chicago | United Center |
| Post-game | Plane departs for Detroit | |
| (White Team Players) | ||
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | DAVID’S RINK |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | On-Ice Practice | WEST RINK |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Off-Ice Workout | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Media Availability | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Bus to Detroit | |
