Welcome to the first Prospects edition of Quick Hits! Here you'll find a collection of Red Wings prospect related links to articles, box scores, highlights, and other interesting prospect related items on the interwebs. It's still in the beta phase and will evolve as the season goes on. If you find something interesting that isn't posted here, feel free to post it in the comments.

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Round 1 Goes To Lake Erie- Grand Rapids Griffins
The Griffins were shut out at home in their first game of the season and looked exactly like a team with a whole bunch of new players and trying to find some identity and chemistry.

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Pulkkinen's goal, assist lead Grand Rapids over Lake Erie- Grand Rapids Griffins

Teemu Pulkkinen and Mitch Callahan both had a goal and an assist, Kevin Porter scored a goal, and Alexey Marchenko, Nathan Paetsch, and Andreas Athanasiou all registered assists. Thomas McCollum stopped 17 of 19 shots to pick up his 70th win as Griffin.

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Walleye Power Past Wings 4-2 | Toledo Walleye

Tyler Barnes, Dane Walters, and Marek Tvrdon each tallies a goal and Jeff Lerg saved 19 of 21 shots and the Walleye won their first pre-season game.

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Walleye Finish Preseason with a 5-2 Loss in Kalamazoo | Toledo Walleye
Jared Coreau made 39 saves on 44 shots on goal, and Kyle Bonis and Michael Leone scored the Walleye's only goals in the loss. I wasn't able to watch the game to know why Jared Coreau faced 44 shots, but that's a lot of shots and makes me suspect that Coreau may not be at fault as much as allowing 5 goals may suggest.

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Goals a given with Teemu Pulkkinen, now Griffins forward looks for complete package | MLive.com Last year's leading scorer is back, and it's not just his offense that will determine success with the Griffins this season. Becoming better defensively is key to Pulkkinen playing in the NHL, but I just hope that his gift for scoring goals isn't diminished because so much focus is placed on defense because his ability to score goals is amazing. He's in search for the balance between offense and defense and I love his always positive attitude no matter what comes his way.

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Meet the Freshmen: Dylan Larkin - University of Michigan Larkin will be the first Detroit Red Wings draft pick to play for the Wolverines since Kevin Hilton ('96).

The 50 NCAA players you need to know this season | Post-to-Post
"4. Dylan Larkin, Michigan – Talented freshman center is a Detroit first-rounder who will bring speed and character to Wolverines." "42. James De Haas, Clarkson – Mobile defenseman with great size is a Detroit selection who is also steady in his own zone."

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WHL Top 10 Plays of the Week - October 3, 2014
Newly signed defenseman Joe Hicketts' OT winner made the list at #3

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Nastasiuk honoured by hometown
Attack captain Zach Nastasiuk named 2014 Barrie Athlete of the Year Not only is Zach a great player on the ice who leads by example, always leaves everything on the ice, and has a Swiss Army Knife skill set, he's one of the nicest, most thoughtful, and mature for his age young men I've ever met. He was named Captain of the Attack last year at 18 year old and it took me less than a full game to see why. It's great to see him rewarded and recognized for the impressive young man he is. "Just work hard. People might say things about you but those are just words. It starts with your work ethic and attitude and those are two things that you can control," Nastasiuk said. "If you do that, one day you will become rewarded."

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Clarkson Hockey - Golden Knights 8- Queen's 0 - Oct. 5, 2014 - YouTube
It may have only been an exhibition game, but no one told James deHaas this game didn't count because the 6'3" 212 pound defenseman pulled out the fancy china when he tallied 1 goal and 2 assists en rout to an 8-0 trouncing over Queen's.

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Vaxjo Lakers vs Frolunda Indians Video Highlights
Mattias Janmark notched an assist in his team's 2-1 win on October 9th.

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Linköping HC vs Frölunda Indians Video Highlights
Mattias Janmark had 2 assists in his team's 4-1 win on October 11th and currently leads his team in points with 8 (2G 5A) in 10 games.

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Skellefteå AIK vs Örebro Video Highlights

Axel Holmstrom had an assist in his team's 5-4 loss. He now has 7 points (2G 5A) in 10 games for A.I.K. and is currently their 4th line center.

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University of Michigan vs Wilfrid Laurier Video Higlights
In the 3rd exhibition game for the University of Michigan, Dylan Larkin had 1 goal, 3 assists, 4 shots on goal, and was the 2nd star of the game.

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Ottawa 67's at Owen Sound Attack Video Highlights
Attack Captain Zach Nastasiuk scored two goals in his team's 7-2 win over the 67's on October 5th.

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Owen Sound Attack at Sudbury Wolves Video Hilights
Zach Nastasiuk registered an assist in his team's 8-2 win over Sudbury on October 10th. Nastasiuk currently has 8 points (4G 4A) in 8 games with 2 of his goals coming on the power play, and the other 2 coming while short handed.