| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1970-71 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1971-72 Club | Draft Notes |
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| | D | * Norm Bean | 5'11 | 185 | | Salem (EHL) | 63 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 73 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| | D | * Herb Price | 6' | 190 | 9/10/49 | Michigan State (CCHA) | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 74 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 1 | G | Joe Daley | 5'10 | 165 | 2/20/43 | Buffalo (NHL) | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 5/25/71 |
| 2 | D | Gary Bergman | 5'11 | 185 | 10/7/38 | Detroit (NHL) | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 149 | Detroit (NHL) | 1964 Inter-League draft |
| 3 | G | * Brian Cropper | 5'5 | 160 | 2/3/49 | Cornell University (NCAA) | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Huron (IHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 4 | D | Arnie Brown | 5'11 | 185 | 1/28/42 | New York/Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 54 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 2/2/71 |
| 5 | LW | Guy Charron | 5'10 | 170 | 1/24/49 | Montreal/Detroit (NHL)
Montreal (AHL) | 39
23 | 10
5 | 6
13 | 16
18 | 6
6 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 7 | C | Red Berenson | 6'1 | 185 | 12/8/39 | St Louis/Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 16 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/6/71 |
| 8 | RW | Tom Webster | 5'10 | 175 | 10/4/48 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 40 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 6/10/70 |
| 9 | RW | Gordie Howe | 6' | 205 | 3/31/28 | Detroit (NHL) | 63 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 38 | Did not Attend Camp - Retired | Signed 10/8/46 |
| 10 | C | Alex Delvecchio | 6' | 195 | 12/4/31 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 6 | Detroit (NHL) | Signed 1948 |
| 11 | G | * Richard Duffett | 5'11 | 170 | 6/8/46 | Michigan State (CCHA) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 12 | C | * Marcel Dionne | 5'8 | 170 | 8/3/51 | St Catharines (OHA) | 46 | 62 | 81 | 143 | 22 | Detroit (NHL) | 1971 draft 1st rnd, 2nd |
| 14 | LW | Nick Libett | 6' | 180 | 12/9/45 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 25 | Detroit (NHL) | Signed 3/22/66 |
| 15 | C | Al Karlander | 5'8 | 175 | 11/5/46 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 48
23 | 30
1 | 28
4 | 58
5 | 40
10 | Detroit (NHL) | 1967 draft 2nd rnd, 17th |
| 16 | D | Ron Harris | 5'10 | 190 | 6/30/42 | Detroit (NHL) | 42 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 65 | Detroit (NHL) | Oak 5/27/68 |
| 17 | RW | Tim Ecclestone | 5'10 | 175 | 9/24/47 | St Louis/Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 47 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/6/71 |
| 18 | D | Gerry Hart | 5'9 | 180 | 1/1/48 | Detroit (NHL) | 64 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 148 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1968 |
| 19 | G | * John Voss | 5'10 | 175 | 2/2/46 | Charlotte (EHL) | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tidewater (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 20 | RW | Mickey Redmond | 5'11 | 185 | 12/27/47 | Montreal/Detroit (NHL) | 61 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 42 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 21 | LW | Billy Dea | 5'8 | 175 | 4/3/33 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 26
42 | 8
6 | 15
3 | 23
9 | 10
2 | Tidewater (AHL) | Pit 10/28/69 |
| 22 | RW | Tom Martin | 5'9 | 170 | 10/16/47 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 59 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 31 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | 1970 Inter-League draft |
| 23 | D | Bob Falkenberg | 6' | 195 | 1/1/46 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 61
9 | 2
0 | 31
1 | 33
1 | 118
6 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Sponsorship - Edmonton (CAHL) |
| 24 | C | * Doug Ferguson | 5'10 | 170 | 5/9/43 | Syracuse (EHL) | 74 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 190 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 25 | C | John Fisher | 6' | 185 | 12/21/47 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 70 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Free Agent 1970 |
| 26 | D | Lee Carpenter | 5'10 | 180 | 5/14/49 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 70 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 113 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | 1966 draft 3rd rnd, 18th |
| 27 | RW | Bill Collins | 6' | 185 | 7/13/43 | Montreal/Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 49 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 28 | C | Al Genovy | 5'10 | 175 | 4/13/47 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 44 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 39 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Free Agent 1970 |
| 29 | LW | Tom Gilmore | 5'11 | 190 | 5/14/48 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 61 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 139 | Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1970 |
| 30 | G | Andy Brown | 6' | 185 | 2/15/44 | Baltimore (AHL) | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1971 Inter-League draft |
| 31 | LW | Bob Guindon | 5'9 | 165 | 11/19/50 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 61 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 15 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 1970 draft 2nd rnd, 26th |
| 32 | D | Doug Hinton | 5'10 | 190 | 6/23/48 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 70 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 57 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Free Agent 1970 |
| 33 | RW | Herb Boxer | 5'8 | 165 | 6/4/47 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 60 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 75 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 1968 draft 2nd rnd, 17th |
| 34 | D | Larry Johnston | 5'11 | 195 | 7/20/43 | Baltimore (AHL) | 58 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 198 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | LA 2/20/70 |
| 35 | D | * Wally Olds | 6' | 185 | | U of Minnesota (NCAA) | 32 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 14 | Released from camp | 1969 draft 5th rnd, 57th |
| 36 | G | * George Hulme | 5'9 | 170 | 7/9/51 | St Catharines (OHA) | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | 1971 draft 4th rnd, 44th |
| 37 | D | Serge Lajeunesse | 5'10 | 185 | 6/11/50 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 12
62 | 1
1 | 5
3 | 6
4 | 21
55 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1970 draft 1st rnd, 12th |
| 38 | LW | Bob Dillabough | 5'11 | 165 | 4/24/41 | Phoenix (WHL) | 45 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | Tidewater (AHL) | Van 6/8/71 |
| 39 | C | Rene LeClerc | 5'11 | 160 | 11/12/47 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 23
44 | 8
8 | 14
8 | 22
16 | 28
43 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | 1964 draft 4th rnd, 19th |
| 40 | LW | * Bernie MacNeil | 5'9 | 185 | 3/7/50 | Fort Wayne (IHL) | 69 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 121 | Released from camp | 1970 draft 6th rnd, 82nd |
| 41 | RW | Randy Manery | 6' | 180 | 1/10/49 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 72
2 | 16
0 | 32
0 | 48
0 | 53
0 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Sponsorship - Hamilton (OHA) |
| 42 | G | * Ron Marlow | 5'11 | 190 | 2/10/48 | Port Huron (IHL) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Free Agent 1969 |
| 43 | LW | Ab McDonald | 6'2 | 194 | 2/18/36 | St Louis (NHL) | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Stl 5/12/71 |
| 44 | C | Rick McCann | 5'9 | 175 | 5/27/44 | Baltimore (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 62
5 | 18
0 | 20
0 | 38
0 | 21
0 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1967 |
| 45 | D | Dick Paradise | 6' | 194 | 4/21/45 | Seattle (WHL)
Omaha (CHL) | 67
3 | 3
0 | 12
0 | 15
0 | 75
0 | Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 46 | LW | Mike Lowe | 6' | 190 | 8/30/49 | Kansas City (CHL) | 68 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 37 | Released from camp | Stl 5/12/71 |
| 47 | D | Jim Niekamp | 6' | 170 | 3/11/46 | Baltimore (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 46
24 | 9
0 | 29
2 | 38
2 | 93
27 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Sponsorship - Hamilton (OHA) |
| 48 | C | Ross Perkins | 5'10 | 175 | 11/4/46 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 72 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 60 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Sponsorship - Edmonton (CAHL) |
| 49 | D | * Gordon Redden | 5'11 | 180 | 4/17/49 | Port Huron (IHL) | 72 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 295 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Sponsorship - Weyburn (SJHL) |
| 50 | LW | Craig Reichmuth | 5'10 | 175 | 9/22/47 | San Diego (WHL)
Ft Worth (CHL) | 17
58 | 3
14 | 2
18 | 5
32 | 31
140 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1968 |
| 52 | D | * Ralph Hopiavouri | 6'1 | 185 | 7/7/51 | Toronto/Kitchener (OHA) | 39 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 137 | Port Huron (IHL) | 1970 draft 3rd rnd, 30th |
| 53 | D | * Bob Langin | 6' | 180 | 7/16/49 | Colorado College (NCAA) | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 54 | C | Ron Walters | 6' | 180 | 3/9/48 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 72 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 15 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Sponsorship - Edmonton (CAHL) |
| 55 | LW | * Brian Watts | 6' | 190 | 9/10/47 | Port Huron (IHL) | 44 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 25 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 1964 draft 2nd rnd, 7th |
| 56 | D | * Kevin Morrison | 5'11 | 205 | 10/28/49 | New Haven (EHL) | 64 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 348 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | 1970 Inter-League draft |
| 57 | RW | Doug Volmar | 6'1 | 215 | 1/9/45 | Springfield (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 69
2 | 42
0 | 26
1 | 68
1 | 52
2 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | San Diego (WHL) 7/69 |
| 58 | D | Joe Zanussi | 6' | 195 | 9/25/47 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 72 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 172 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Sponsorship - Edmonton (CAHL) |
| 59 | G | Gerry Gray | 6' | 172 | 1/28/48 | Ft Worth (CHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 33
7 | 0
0 | 1
0 | 1
0 | 0
0 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Sponsorship - Hamilton (OHA) |
| 60 | G | * Bob Johnson | 6'1 | 185 | 11/12/48 | Toledo (IHL)
Fort Worth (CHL) | 44
1 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 19
0 | Traded to Stl 10/1/71 | Free Agent 1970 |
| 61 | D | * Al McLeod | 5'11 | 195 | 6/17/49 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | 32 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 14 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 62 | D | Bob Wall | 5'10 | 171 | 6/7/51 | St Louis (NHL)
Kansas City (CHL) | 25
18 | 2
0 | 4
7 | 6
7 | 4
4 | Tidewater (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Stl 5/12/71 |
| 63 | LW | * Kevin Pettit | 5'8 | 175 | 7/7/47 | Cornell University (NCAA) | 22 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 109 | Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 64 | G | Al Smith | 6'1 | 200 | 11/10/45 | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | Detroit (NHL) | Claimed from Pit 6/8/71 |
| 65 | G | * Robert Lee | 6' | 190 | 7/30/48 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 66 | D | * Bruce McIntosh | 5'10 | 180 | 3/17/49 | U of Minnesota (NCAA) | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 67 | LW | * Nelson Debenedet | 6'1 | 195 | 12/31/47 | U of Toronto | | 3 | 9 | 12 | | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 68 | RW | Dave Ferguson | 5'8 | 165 | 5/9/43 | Baltimore (AHL) | 68 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 115 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1970 |
| 69 | D | * Barry Salovaara | 5'8 | 175 | 1/7/48 | Greensboro (EHL) | 72 | 15 | 53 | 68 | 95 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Chi 6/15/71 |
| 70 | D | * Charlie Shaw | 5'11 | 190 | 6/7/51 | Toronto (OHA) | 59 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 71 | Ft Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | 1971 draft 6th rnd, 72nd |
| 71 | RW | Leon Rochefort | 6' | 178 | 5/4/39 | Montreal (NHL)
Montreal (AHL) | 57
10 | 5
1 | 10
6 | 15
7 | 4
0 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 5/21/71 |
| 72 | LW | Rick Sentes | 6' | 184 | 1/10/47 | Denver (WHL) | 69 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 102 | Tidewater (AHL) | Stl 5/12/71 |
| 73 | G | * Pierre Sigman | 5'10 | 165 | 10/24/48 | Syracuse (EHL) | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 74 | G | Bob Sneddon | 6'2 | 190 | 5/31/44 | California (NHL)
Providence (AHL) | 5
16 | 0
0 | 0
1 | 0
1 | 0
2 | Tidewater (AHL) | Claimed by Tidewater in 1971 Reverse draft |
| 75 | C | Irv Spencer | 5'10 | 185 | 12/4/37 | San Diego (WHL) | 45 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 | Fort Worth (CHL) | Van 6/8/71 |
| 76 | LW | Brian Conacher | 6'3 | 190 | 8/31/40 | Retired | | | | | | Ft Worth (CHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Tor 8/20/71 |
| 77 | G | * Robert Wolfe | 6'1 | 180 | 2/8/47 | Spokane (WHL) | 40 | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 78 | | * Jim Talentino | | | | | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 79 | RW | * Paul Gamsby | 5'10 | 185 | 8/18/48 | U of Michigan (CCHA) | 21 | 9 | 17 | 26 | | Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| 80 | LW | * Randy Sokoll | 5'10 | 190 | 9/18/49 | Michigan State (CCHA) | 22 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 22 | Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1971 |
| | LW | Brian McCutcheon | 5'10 | 177 | 8/3/49 | Cornell University (NCAA) | 27 | 17 | 24 | 51 | 50 | Fort Worth (CHL)/Tidewater (AHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
