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Griffins Alumni Report 10/12/26
By Jason Kasiorek
www.griffinscentral.com
October 14th, 2026
Early in the 2026-27 season, 122 former Griffins are playing professionally across Europe and North America. Twenty-eight are in the NHL, including 13 with the parent Detroit Red Wings. That group includes Sheldon Dries, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, William Wallinder, Axel Sandin-Pelikka, Anton Johansson, Carter Mazur, and Nate Danielson. Defenseman Filip Hronek is the highest scorer of the 28 with 5 points in 7 games. Outside the Red Wings organization, Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Hockey League has the largest alumni contingent, with Joe Snively, Albin Grewe, Gustav Lindstrom, and Magnus Hellberg on its roster. Alexis Daoust leads all alumni with 12 points for Herford of Germany's Oberliga. Alexandre Doucet has 11 points for Assat Pori of Liiga, while Ian Mitchell also has 11 for SC Bern of Switzerland's National League. Denis Yan is the leading goal scorer with seven goals for Severstal Cherepovets of the KHL.
| Pos | Name | 2026-27 Team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | PM |
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| LW | Pontus Andreasson | Lulea HF (SweHL) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -8 |
| C | Zachary Aston-Reese | LeHigh Valley (AHL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| C | Louis-Marc Aubry | Cologne (DEL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| RW | Riley Barber | Ingolstadt ERC (DEL) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| D | Seth Barton | Malmo (SweHL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| G | Jan Bednar | Assat Pori (SM-Liiga) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Jonatan Berggren | St Louis (NHL) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | Tyler Bertuzzi | Chicago (NHL) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -1 |
| F | Trenton Bliss | Linz EHC (Austria) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| D | Madison Bowey | Wolfsburg (DEL) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| C | Erik Bradford | Dusseldorf EG (DEL-2) | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| RW | Michael Brandsegg-Nygard | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| G | Victor Brattstrom | AIK (Swe-1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | Mathias Brome | Lulea HF (SweHL) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| D | Matthew Caito | Jokerit Helsinki (SM-Liiga) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| D | Dennis Cholowski | Hartford (AHL) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4 |
| G | Sebastian Cossa | Utah (NHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | Patrick Curry | Jokerit Helsinki (SM-Liiga) | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
| D | Charlie Curti | Herlev (Denmark) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | -6 |
| C | Austin Czarnik | Lausanne HC (Swiss-A) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| RW | Alexis D'Aoust | Herford (GerObl) | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| D | Charle-Edouard D'Astous | Tampa Bay (NHL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| C | Nate Danielson | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| D | Tory Dello | Milan HC (Austria) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 |
| C | Josh Dickinson | Orebro HK (SweHL) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| D | Josiah Didier | Bjorkloven IF (SweHL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| RW | Alexandre Doucet | Assat Pori (SM-Liiga) | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Samuel Dove-McFalls | Nuremburg (DEL) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 |
| C | Sheldon Dries | Detroit (NHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| RW | Jan Drozg | Klagenfurt HC (Austria) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 |
| LW | William Dufour | Nuernberg (DEL) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 |
| C | Christoffer Ehn | Linkoping HC (SweHL) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| LW | Turner Elson | Bolzano HC (Austria) | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| C | Luke Esposito | Mannheim (DEL) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 |
| C | Emmitt Finnie | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Gleason Fournier | Cardiff (EIHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | Eddie Genborg | Timra IK (SweHL) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 |
| RW | Tim Gettinger | Sheffield (EIHL) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | Albin Grewe | Djurgardens IF (SweHL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| G | Carter Gylander | Toledo (ECHL) | | | | | | |
| RW | Cross Hanas | Providence (AHL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | Magnus Hellberg | Djurgardens (SweHL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Joe Hicketts | Ontario (AHL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| D | Blake Hillman | Bolzano HC (Austria) | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| LW | Taro Hirose | Munich (DEL) | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Justin Holl | Hershey (AHL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| LW | Axel Holmstrom | Kookoo Kouvola (SM-Liiga) | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| D | Patrick Holway | Rouen (France) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| D | Filip Hronek | Vancouver (NHL) | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| G | Ville Husso | Anaheim (NHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C | Mattias Janmark-Nylen | Edmonton (NHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Calle Jarnkrok | Brynes IF Gavle (SweHL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| D | Nick Jensen | Anaheim (NHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Albert Johansson | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| D | Anton Johansson | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| LW | Tomas Jurco | Kosice HC (Slovak) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -3 |
| F | Jackson Jutting | MoDo Hockey Ornskoldsvik (Swe-1) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 |
| D | Oliwer Kaski | Malmo (SweHL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 |
| C | Marco Kasper | Detroit (NHL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| D | D.J. King | Utica (AHL) | | | | | | |
| D | Nikolai Knyzhov | St Petersburg SKA (KHL) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Dylan Larkin‡ | Detroit (NHL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
| G | Filip Larsson | Orebro HK (SweHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Gustav Lindstrom | Djurgardens IF (SweHL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 |
| C | Amadeus Lombardi | New Jersey (NHL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| LW | Matt Luff | Hamilton (AHL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| G | Matej Machovsky | Olomouc HC (Czech) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C | Gregor MacLeod | Cologne (DEL) | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| RW | Anthony Mantha | New Jersey (NHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| D | Alexey Marchenko | Kazan Ak-Bars (KHL) | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -1 |
| RW | Carter Mazur | Detroit (NHL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Alec McCrea | Augsburg (DEL) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| D | Dylan McIlrath | Washington (NHL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 |
| C | Andy Miele | Bremerhaven (DEL) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 |
| LW | Michael Milne | Manitoba (AHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Ian Mitchell | Bern SC (Swiss-A) | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| D | Ryan Murphy | Munich EHC (DEL) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| G | Alex Nedeljkovic | San Jose (NHL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Richard Nedomlel | Brno Kometa (Czech) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 |
| LW | Andrej Nestrasil | Trinec Ocelari HC (Czech) | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | -2 |
| C | Tomas Nosek | Pardubice HC (Czech) | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | -4 |
| G | Jussi Olkinuora | Pelicans (SM-Liiga) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D | Xavier Ouellet | Minsk Dynamo (KHL) | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -1 |
| LW | Trevor Parkes | Augsburg (DEL) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| G | Edward Pasquale | Val Pusteria (Austria) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Chase Pearson | Nottingham (EIHL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G | Calvin Pickard | Minnesota (NHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Brogan Rafferty | Vaxjo hC (SweHL) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -8 |
| C | Michael Rasmussen | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| D | Daniel Renouf | Mannheim (DEL) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| D | Robbie Russo | Tucson (AHL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| LW | Jakub Rychlovsky | Liberec Bili Tygri HC (Czech) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -1 |
| D | Vili Saarijarvi | Geneve Servette (Swiss-A) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| D | Axel Sandin-Pellika | Detroit (NHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| G | Harri Sateri | Biel HC (Swiss-A) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | Riley Sawchuk | Tolyatti Lada (KHL) | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | -7 |
| D | Donovan Sebrango | Charlotte (AHL) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 |
| C | Gabriel Seger | Chicago (AHL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| D | Moritz Seider | Detroit (NHL) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| D | Radim Simek | Liberec Bili Tygri HC (Czech) | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | -2 |
| C | Gemel Smith | Presov HC (Slovak) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 |
| RW | Givani Smith | Shanghai (KHL) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| C | Joe Snively | Djurgardens IF (SweHL) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 |
| RW | Elmer Soderblom | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Tyler Spezia | Nuernberg (DEL) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| C | Tylor Spink | Dresden (DEL-2) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |
| D | Ryan Sproul | VSV EC (Austria) | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -1 |
| C | Wojciech Stachowiak | Orebro HK (SweHL) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -2 |
| C | Nolan Stevens | Sodertalje SK (Swe-1) | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| D | Libor Sulak | Vladivostok (KHL) | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| D | Kevin Tansey | Manotick (LNAH) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| RW | Tomas Tatar | Zug EV (Swiss-A) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| LW | Eduards Tralmaks | Bakersfield (AHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| D | Antti Tuomisto | Henderson (AHL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Joe Veleno | New York Rangers (NHL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D | Eemil Viro | Malmo (SweHL) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| LW | Jakub Vrana | Linkopings HC (SweHL) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| D | William Wallinder | Detroit (NHL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D/LW | Luke Witkowski | Brno Kometa (Czech) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -2 |
| D | Kyle Wood | Augsburg (Austria) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| LW | Dennis Yan | Cherepovets Severstal (KHL) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | Filip Zadina | Davos HC (Swiss-A) | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -4 |
| Name | 2026-27 Team | GP | W | L | T/OT/SO | GAA | Sv% | Mins | GA | svs | SO | |
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| Jan Bednar | Assat Pori (SM-Liiga) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2.15 | 0.894 | 585 | 21 | 177 | 0 |
| Victor Brattstrom | AIK (Swe-1) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 | 0.926 | 239 | 8 | 100 | 0 |
| Sebastien Cossa | Utah (NHL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.16 | 0.852 | 76 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Carter Gylander | Toledo (ECHL) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Magnus Hellberg | Djurgardens (SweHL) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.36 | 0.916 | 356 | 14 | 153 | 0 |
| Ville Husso | Anaheim (NHL) | 2 | | | | 2.12 | 0.900 | 85 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Filip Larsson | Orebro HK (SweHL) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.58 | 0.924 | 210 | 9 | 110 | 1 |
| Matej Machovski | Olomouc HC (Czech) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.34 | 0.881 | 419 | 24 | 178 | 0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | San Jose (NHL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | 0.923 | 61 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jussi Olkinuora | Pelicans (SM-Liiga) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.04 | 0.901 | 411 | 14 | 127 | 1 |
| Eduard Pasquale | Val Pusteria (Austria) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.43 | 0.883 | 297 | 17 | 128 | 0 |
| Calvin Pickard | Minnesota (NHL) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Harri Sateri | Biel HC (Swiss-A) | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3.22 | 0.888 | 485 | 26 | 207 | 1 |
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