The Red Wings announced today they have assigned Joe Veleno back to juniors so he can start his season and continue to develop on the great promise he showed in training camp and preseason for the Red Wings. Here’s the team’s release:
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned center Joe Veleno to the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Red Wings currently have 60 players on their preseason roster: 35 forwards, 19 defensemen and six goaltenders. Detroit has four preseason games remaining, including back-to-back road games on Tuesday (at Chicago) and Wednesday (at Boston). The team will wrap up its exhibition slate with a road game in Toronto on Friday before hosting the Maple Leafs this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena.
Red Wings Preseason Roster 24Sep2018
| Player Number | FORWARDS (36) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | L | 6-2 | 214 | Muskegon, Michigan | 2/25/87 | 2005 Draft (2/42) |
| 11 | Filip Zadina | RW | L | 6-0 | 196 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | 11/27/99 | 2018 Draft (1/6) |
| 14 | Gustav Nyquist | RW | L | 5-11 | 184 | Halmstad, Sweden | 9/1/89 | 2008 Draft (4/121) |
| 15 | Chris Terry | LW | L | 5-10 | 197 | Brampton, Ontario | 4/7/89 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 17 | Colin Campbell + | RW | R | 6-1 | 194 | Pickering, Ontario | 4/17/91 | Professional Tryout |
| 20 | Jussi Jokinen * | LW | L | 6-0 | 192 | Kalajoki, Finland | 4/1/83 | Professional Tryout |
| 22 | Wade Megan | C | L | 6-1 | 194 | Canton, New York | 7/22/90 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 23 | Dominic Turgeon | C | L | 6-2 | 200 | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 2/25/96 | 2014 Draft (3/63) |
| 26 | Thomas Vanek | RW | R | 6-2 | 214 | Vienna, Austria | 1/19/84 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 27 | Michael Rasmussen | C | L | 6-6 | 221 | Surrey, British Columbia | 4/17/99 | 2017 Draft (1/9) |
| 28 | Luke Witkowski | RW | R | 6-2 | 210 | Holland, Michigan | 4/14/90 | Signed, 7/1/17 |
| 37 | Evgeny Svechnikov | RW | L | 6-3 | 212 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | 10/31/96 | 2015 Draft (1/19) |
| 39 | Anthony Mantha | RW | L | 6-5 | 225 | Longueuil, Quebec | 9/16/94 | 2013 Draft (1/20) |
| 41 | Luke Glendening | C | R | 5-11 | 192 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 4/28/89 | Signed, 7/5/13 |
| 42 | Martin Frk | RW | R | 6-1 | 205 | Pelhrimov, Czech Republic | 10/5/93 | 2012 Draft (2/49) |
| 43 | Darren Helm | LW | L | 6-0 | 196 | St. Andrews, Manitoba | 1/21/87 | 2005 Draft (5/132) |
| 44 | Dylan Sadowy | LW | L | 6-0 | 205 | Brampton, Ontario | 4/2/96 | Trade w/ SJ, 5/26/16 |
| 46 | Lane Zablocki | RW | R | 6-0 | 190 | Wetaskiwin, Alberta | 12/27/98 | 2017 Draft (3/79) |
| 48 | Givani Smith | RW | L | 6-2 | 206 | Toronto, Ontario | 2/27/98 | 2016 Draft (2/46) |
| 49 | Axel Holmstrom | C | L | 6-1 | 219 | Arvidsjaur, Sweden | 6/29/96 | 2014 Draft (7/196) |
| 51 | Frans Nielsen | C | L | 6-1 | 188 | Herning, Denmark | 4/24/84 | Signed, 7/1/16 |
| 53 | Jordan Topping + | LW | L | 6-1 | 185 | Salt Spring Island, B.C. | 7/20/97 | Amateur Tryout |
| 54 | Matt Puempel | LW | L | 6-1 | 205 | Windsor, Ontario | 1/24/93 | Trade w/ NYR, 10/21/17 |
| 56 | Dominik Shine + | RW | R | 5-11 | 175 | Pinckney, Michigan | 4/18/93 | Professional Tryout |
| 57 | Turner Elson + | C | L | 6-0 | 195 | New Westminster, B.C. | 9/13/92 | Signed, 7/1/17 |
| 58 | David Pope | LW | L | 6-3 | 198 | Edmonton, Alberta | 9/27/94 | 2013 Draft (4/109) |
| 59 | Tyler Bertuzzi | LW | L | 6-1 | 190 | Sudbury, Ontario | 2/24/95 | 2013 Draft (2/58) |
| 61 | Bryan Moore + | LW | L | 5-11 | 200 | Indian Trail, North Carolina | 5/25/94 | Professional Tryout |
| 70 | Christoffer Ehn | C | L | 6-2 | 193 | Skara, Sweden | 4/5/96 | 2014 Draft (4/106) |
| 71 | Dylan Larkin | C | L | 6-1 | 198 | Waterford, Michigan | 7/30/96 | 2014 Draft (1/15) |
| 72 | Andreas Athanasiou | LW | L | 6-2 | 188 | Woodbridge, Ontario | 8/6/94 | 2012 Draft (4/110) |
| 77 | Matthew Ford + | RW | R | 6-1 | 210 | West Hills, California | 10/9/84 | Professional Tryout |
| 81 | Trevor Yates + | C | L | 6-2 | 203 | Beaconsfield, Quebec | 3/6/95 | Amateur Tryout |
| 85 | Luke Kirwan * | LW | L | 6-2 | 218 | DeWitt, New York | 9/23/97 | Amateur Tryout |
| 88 | Carter Camper + | C | R | 5-9 | 176 | Rocky River, Ohio | 7/6/88 | Professional Tryout |
| # | DEFENSEMEN (19) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
| 2 | Joe Hicketts | D | L | 5-8 | 180 | Kamloops, British Columbia | 5/4/96 | Signed, 9/24/14 |
| 3 | Nick Jensen | D | R | 6-0 | 194 | Rogers, Minnesota | 9/21/90 | 2009 Draft (5/150) |
| 4 | Dylan McIlrath | D | R | 6-5 | 236 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 4/20/92 | Trade w/ FLA, 3/1/17 |
| 21 | Dennis Cholowski | D | L | 6-1 | 195 | Langley, British Columbia | 2/15/98 | 2016 Draft (1/20) |
| 24 | Filip Hronek | D | R | 6-0 | 170 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Rep. | 11/2/97 | 2016 Draft (2/53) |
| 25 | Mike Green | D | R | 6-1 | 207 | Calgary, Alberta | 10/12/85 | Signed, 7/1/15 |
| 29 | Vili Saarijarvi | D | R | 5-10 | 182 | Rovaniemi, Finland | 5/15/97 | 2015 Draft (3/73) |
| 32 | Brian Lashoff | D | L | 6-3 | 219 | Albany, New York | 7/16/90 | Signed, 10/1/08 |
| 47 | Libor Sulak | D | L | 6-2 | 207 | Pelhrimov, Czech Republic | 3/4/94 | Signed, 5/24/17 |
| 52 | Jonathan Ericsson | D | L | 6-5 | 220 | Karlskrona, Sweden | 3/2/84 | 2002 Draft (9/291) |
| 55 | Niklas Kronwall | D | L | 6-0 | 194 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1/12/81 | 2000 Draft (1/29) |
| 62 | Trevor Hamilton + | D | R | 6-0 | 198 | Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan | 3/17/95 | Professional Tryout |
| 65 | Danny DeKeyser | D | L | 6-3 | 192 | Detroit, Michigan | 3/7/90 | Signed, 3/29/13 |
| 73 | Marcus Crawford + | D | R | 5-11 | 198 | Ajax, Ontario | 3/21/97 | Amateur Tryout |
| 79 | Brenden Kotyk * | D | R | 6-5 | 225 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 8/27/91 | Professional Tryout |
| 83 | Trevor Daley | D | L | 5-11 | 195 | Toronto, Ontario | 10/9/83 | Signed, 7/1/17 |
| 84 | Jake Chelios | D | L | 6-2 | 185 | Chicago, Illinois | 3/8/91 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 86 | Mackenze Stewart * | D | L | 6-3 | 240 | Calgary, Alberta | 8/10/95 | Professional Tryout |
| 87 | Matt Register * | D | L | 6-2 | 194 | Calgary, Alberta | 9/2/89 | Professional Tryout |
| # | GOALIES (7) | POS | C | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
| 31 | Harri Sateri | G | L | 6-0 | 207 | Toijala, Finland | 12/29/89 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 34 | Patrik Rybar | G | L | 6-3 | 190 | Skalica, Slovakia | 11/9/93 | Signed, 5/21/18 |
| 35 | Jimmy Howard | G | L | 6-1 | 218 | Syracuse, New York | 3/26/84 | 2003 Draft (2/64) |
| 36 | Kaden Fulcher | G | L | 6-3 | 187 | Brigden, Ontario | 9/23/98 | Signed, 10/3/17 |
| 38 | Pat Nagle + | G | L | 6-2 | 190 | Rochester, Michigan | 9/21/87 | Professional Tryout |
| 45 | Jonathan Bernier | G | L | 6-0 | 184 | Laval, Quebec | 8/7/88 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| =+ = signed by Grand Rapids | ||||||||
| * = camp invitee |
