| 1973 Training Camp Notes |
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| The Wings invited 87 players to camp, but two of them were no-shows after signing with the rival WHA. Their are 32 amateurs and 55 professionals. They are made up of 11 netminders, 28 defenseman and 48 forwards. Besides the parent club, players will be placed with one of the three farm clubs, The London Lions of the Norris sponsored British Super League, Virginia (AHL), or Port Huron (IHL). |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1972-73 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1973-74 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 1 | G | Roy Edwards | 5'8 | 165 | 3/12/37 | Detroit (NHL) | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Detroit (NHL) | Pit 10/6/72 |
| 2 | D | Gary Bergman | 5'11 | 185 | 10/7/39 | Detroit (NHL) | 68 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 71 | Detroit (NHL) | 1964 Inter-League draft |
| 3 | D | Larry Johnston | 5'11 | 200 | 7/20/43 | Detroit (NHL) | 73 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 169 | Detroit (NHL) | LA 2/20/70 |
| 4 | D | Thommie Bergman | 6'3 | 199 | 12/10/47 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 70 | Detroit (NHL)/Virginia (AHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 5 | C | Marcel Dionne | 5'8 | 175 | 8/3/51 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 40 | 50 | 90 | 21 | Detroit (NHL) | 1971 draft 1st rnd, 2nd |
| 7 | C | Red Berenson | 6' | 193 | 12/8/39 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 8 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/6/71 |
| 8 | C | Guy Charron | 5'10 | 170 | 1/24/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 23 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 10 | C | Alex Delvecchio | 6' | 195 | 12/4/31 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 13 | Detroit (NHL) | Signed 1948 |
| 11 | LW | Brian Lavender | 6' | 180 | 4/20/47 | New York Islanders/Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 61 | Assigned to Baltimore 10/1/73 | NYI 1/17/73 |
| 12 | LW | Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 5'11 | 192 | 6/13/48 | Boston/Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 105 | Detroit (NHL) | Bos 3/1/73 |
| 14 | LW | Nick Libett | 6'1 | 180 | 12/9/45 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 56 | Detroit (NHL) | Signed 3/22/66 |
| 15 | C | Bill Hogaboam | 5'11 | 170 | 9/5/49 | Atlanta/Detroit (NHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 6
50 | 1
16 | 0
28 | 1
44 | 2
14 | Detroit (NHL)/Virginia (AHL) | Atl 11/28/72 |
| 16 | C | Henry Boucha | 6'1 | 190 | 6/1/51 | Detroit (NHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 73
7 | 14
3 | 14
2 | 28
5 | 82
9 | Detroit (NHL) | 1970 draft 2nd rnd, 16th |
| 17 | RW | Tim Ecclestone | 6' | 188 | 9/24/47 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 28 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/6/71 |
| 18 | RW | Len Fontaine | 5'7 | 165 | 2/25/48 | Detroit (NHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 39
17 | 8
7 | 10
10 | 18
17 | 6
2 | Detroit (NHL)/Virginia (AHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 19 | D | Rick Foley | 6'4 | 215 | 9/22/45 | San Diego (WHL)
Richmond (AHL) | 31
26 | 5
6 | 14
15 | 19
21 | 110
69 | Detroit (NHL)/Baltimore (AHL) | Phi 5/15/73 |
| 20 | RW | Mickey Redmond | 5'11 | 185 | 12/27/47 | Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 24 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 21 | D | Ron Stackhouse | 6'3 | 205 | 8/26/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 82 | Detroit (NHL) | Cal 10/22/71 |
| 22 | RW | Bill Collins | 6' | 190 | 7/13/43 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 44 | Detroit (NHL) | Mon 1/13/71 |
| 23 | LW | * Tord Lundstrom | 5'11 | 176 | 3/4/45 | Brynas (SWE)
Swedish National Team | 42
16 | 34
10 | | | | Detroit (NHL)/London (BSL) | Free Agent 1973 |
| 24 | D | Ken Murray | 6' | 180 | 1/22/48 | New York Islanders/Detroit (NHL) | 70 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 95 | Virginia (AHL) | NYI 1/17/73 |
| 25 | D | * Tom Mellor | 6'1 | 185 | 1/27/50 | Boston College (NCAA) | 30 | 6 | 45 | 51 | | Detroit (NHL)/London (BSL)/Virginia (AHL) | 1970 draft 5th rnd, 68th |
| 26 | D | Rick Newell | 5'11 | 185 | 2/18/49 | Detroit (NHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 3
68 | 0
24 | 0
23 | 0
47 | 0
125 | Detroit (NHL)/London (BSL)/Virginia (AHL) | NYR 5/24/72 |
| 27 | D | Ron Simpson | 5'11 | 185 | 3/4/49 | Virginia (AHL) | 72 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 70 | London (BSL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 28 | D | Al McLeod | 5'11 | 195 | 6/17/49 | Virginia (AHL) | 76 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 105 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1971 |
| 29 | D | Murray Wing | 5'11 | 185 | 10/14/50 | San Diego (WHL)
Boston (AHL) | 6
57 | 0
24 | 0
10 | 0
12 | 2
37 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | Bos 3/1/73 |
Signed | 30 | G | Denis Dejordy | 5'8 | 182 | 11/12/38 | Detroit (NHL)
Ft Worth (CHL) | 24
10 | 0
0 | 0
1 | 0
1 | 0
0 | Assigned to Baltimore (AHL) 10/1/73 | NYI 10/4/72 |
| 31 | G | * Leif "Honken" Holmquist | 5'10 | 172 | 11/12/42 | Swedish National Team
Aiku (SWE) | | | | | | London (BSL) | Free Agent 1973 |
| 32 | G | * Terry Richardson | 6'1 | 190 | 5/7/53 | New Westminster (WCHL) | 68 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 41 | Detroit (NHL)/London (BSL)/Virginia (AHL) | 1973 draft 1st rnd, 11th |
| 33 | G | Doug Grant | 6'1 | 200 | 7/27/48 | Virginia (AHL) | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Detroit (NHL)/Virginia (AHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 34 | G | Bill McKenzie | 5'11 | 180 | 3/12/49 | Port Huron (IHL) | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | Assigned to London (BSL) 10/1/73 | Free Agent 1972 |
| 35 | G | * Jim Makey | 6' | 175 | 5/30/50 | U of Wisconsin (WCHA) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Diego (WHL) | Free Agent 1973 |
| 36 | LW | Nelson Debenedet | 6'1 | 193 | 12/31/47 | Virginia (AHL) | 76 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 64 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1971 |
| 37 | C | Robbie Ftorek | 5'10 | 155 | 1/2/52 | Virginia (AHL) | 55 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 36 | Detroit (NHL)/Virginia (AHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 38 | C | * Nelson Pyatt | 6' | 175 | 9/9/53 | Oshawa (OHA) | 26 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 7 | Detroit (NHL)/London (BSL) | 1973 draft 2nd rnd, 39th |
| 39 | RW | * Earl Anderson | 6' | 185 | 2/24/51 | U of North Dakota (WCHA) | 36 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 12 | London (BSL) | 1971 draft 5th rnd, 58th |
| 40 | RW | Herb Boxer | 5'9 | 165 | 6/4/47 | Virginia (AHL) | 76 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 46 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | 1968 draft 2nd rnd, 17th |
| 41 | C | Rick McCann | 5'9 | 178 | 5/27/44 | Virginia (AHL) | 66 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 75 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1967 |
| 42 | LW | Brian Watts | 6' | 185 | 9/10/47 | Virginia (AHL) | 72 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 43 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | 1964 draft 2nd rnd, 7th |
| 43 | LW | Danny Gruen | 5'11 | 180 | 6/26/52 | Virginia (AHL)
Ft Worth (CHL) | 3
68 | 1
35 | 1
45 | 2
80 | 0
194 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | 1972 draft 4th rnd, 68th |
| 44 | D | Barry Salovarra | 5'8 | 175 | 1/7/48 | Virginia (AHL) | 76 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 92 | Baltimore (AHL) | Chi 6/15/71 |
| 45 | D | * Mike Korney | 6'3 | 195 | 9/15/53 | Winnipeg (WCHL) | 68 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 92 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | 1973 draft 4th rnd, 59th |
| 46 | LW | * Blair Stewart | 5'11 | 185 | 3/15/53 | Winnipeg (WCHL) | 68 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 151 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | 1973 draft 5th rnd, 75th |
| 47 | LW | Larry Klewchuk | 5'10 | 170 | 4/5/48 | Port Huron (IHL) | 57 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 161 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 19/26/73 | Free Agent 1973 |
| 48 | LW | Brian McCutcheon | 5'10 | 177 | 8/3/49 | Virginia (AHL) | 68 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 64 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1971 |
| 49 | D | Doug Hinton | 5'10 | 195 | 6/23/48 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 72 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 63 | Assigned to Tulsa (CHL) 10/1/73 | Free Agent 1970 |
| 50 | LW | * Ed Hays | 5'11 | 165 | 8/24/50 | Denver University (WCHA) | 28 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 30 | Virginia (AHL) | 1970 draft 7th rnd, 95th |
| 51 | C | * Dennis Polonich | 5'6 | 166 | 12/4/53 | Flin Flon (WCHL) | 68 | 26 | 48 | 74 | 222 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | 1973 draft 8th rnd, 123rd |
| 52 | RW | Meehan Bonner | 5'10 | 190 | 4/20/47 | Port Huron (IHL) | 57 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 129 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1973 |
| 53 | D | * Brian Middleton | 6' | 185 | 5/23/53 | U of Alberta | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | U of Alberta | 1973 draft 7th rnd, 107th |
| 54 | D | * Ray Bibeau | 5'11 | 185 | 4/10/53 | Montreal (QAHA) | 51 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 76 | London (BSL) | 1973 draft 9th rnd, 139th |
| 55 | D | * Glen Cickello | 5'11 | 185 | 7/7/53 | Hamilton (OHA) | 49 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 73 | Virginia (AHL) | 1973 draft 6th rnd, 91st |
| 56 | D | Mike Ford | 6'1 | 180 | 7/26/52 | Port Huron (IHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 66
5 | 3
1 | 35
3 | 38
4 | 195
2 | Assigned to Port Huron (IHL) 10/1/73 | 1972 draft 8th rnd, 122nd |
| 57 | RW | Jim Higgs | 5'8 | 180 | 9/23/48 | Port Huron (IHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 39
39 | 24
3 | 8
4 | 32
7 | 25
4 | Port Huron (IHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 58 | G | George Hulme | 5'10 | 185 | 7/9/51 | Virginia (AHL)
Ft Worth (CHL) | 19
22 | 0
0 | 1
1 | 1
19 | 6
26 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | 1971 draft 4th rnd, 44th |
| 59 | D | Charlie Shaw | 5'11 | 190 | 6/7/51 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 72 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 77 | London (BSL) | 1971 draft 6th rnd, 72nd |
| 60 | LW | Dan McPherson | 6' | 195 | 6/13/48 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 63 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | Baltimore (AHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 61 | D | Bill Miller | 5'11 | 175 | 5/19/52 | Port Huron (IHL) | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 64 | Assigned to London (BSL) 10/1/73 | 1972 draft 6th rnd, 90th |
| 62 | D | * Tom Newman | 5'11 | 175 | 6/25/53 | Kitchener (OHA) | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67 | Assigned to Port Huron (IHL) 10/1/73 | 1973 draft 9th rnd, 138th |
| 63 | D | * Dennis O'Brien | 5'11 | 180 | 1/2/53 | Laurentian University | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | Released from Training Camp | 1973 draft 9th rnd, 135th |
| 64 | LW | Gordon Redden | 5'10 | 175 | 4/17/49 | Fort Worth (CHL) | 60 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 159 | Assigned to Port Huron (IHL) 10/01/73 | Sponsorship - Weyburn (SJHL) |
| 65 | G | Glen Seperich | 5'11 | 175 | 5/16/52 | Fort Worth (CHL)
Port Huron (IHL) | 4
33 | 0
0 | 0
1 | 0
1 | 0
2 | Assigned to Tulsa (CHL) 10/1/73 | 1972 draft 7th rnd, 106th |
| 66 | RW | Randy Sokoll | 5'10 | 185 | 9/14/49 | Virginia (AHL)
Port Huron (IHL) | 24
28 | 3
11 | 1
17 | 4
28 | 6
15 | Baltimore (AHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 67 | D | Lee Carpenter | 5'10 | 176 | 5/14/49 | Virginia (AHL) | 73 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 81 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL)9/26/73 | 1966 draft 3rd rnd, 18th |
| 68 | D | Ross Woodley | 5'11 | 186 | 8/1/49 | Fort Worth (CHL)
Port Huron (IHL) | 7
57 | 0
4 | 1
15 | 1
19 | 2
37 | Assigned to Virginia (AHL) 9/26/73 | Free Agent 1972 |
| 69 | RW | Terry Clancy | 6' | 195 | 4/2/43 | Toronto (NHL) | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Assigned to London (BSL) 9/26/73 | Tor 10/17/73 |
| 70 | LW | * Dennis Johnson | 6' | 187 | 1/14/52 | North Dakota (WCHA) | 21 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | London (BSL) | 1972 draft 5th rnd, 74th |
| 71 | LW | * Gordon Barratt | 6'1 | 185 | 8/6/53 | Pembroke (Tier II) | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 73 | RW | Duffy McCarthy | 5'9 | 180 | 2/21/51 | Des Moines/Muskegon (IHL) | 67 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 13 | London (BSL) | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 74 | G | * Tim McQuiston | 6'3 | 190 | 10/3/51 | U of Pennsylvania | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Assigned to Port Huron (IHL) 10/1/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 75 | G | * Kevin Neville | 5'9 | 175 | 2/3/53 | Toronto (OHA) | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | Assigned to Port Huron (IHL) 10/1/73 | 1973 draft 10th rnd, 151st |
| 76 | C | * Jim Springall | 5'11 | 190 | 10/8/53 | Guelph (SOHA) | 57 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 63 | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 77 | D | * Mike Zettel | 5'11 | 185 | 9/18/53 | Guelph (SOHA) | 60 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 70 | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 78 | D | * John Clayton | 5'9 | 175 | 1/2/50 | Denver University (WCHA) | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 79 | D | * Charles Gyles | 5'11 | | 1/11/50 | Bowling Green University | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 80 | C | Robert Lamoureux | | | 5/3/50 | TPS Turku (FNL) | 36 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 55 | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 81 | C | * Rod Loynachan | 6' | 175 | 6/15/53 | Regina (WCHL) | 49 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 36 | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 82 | D | * Gordon Sutherland | 5'11 | 185 | 7/26/51 | Colorado College (WCHA) | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 84 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 83 | D | * John Hewitt | 5'10 | 183 | 4/13/53 | Portage (MJHL) | 38 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 302 | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 84 | F | * Dan Makey | 6' | 190 | 2/25/49 | Dunville (INT) | 28 | 35 | 31 | 66 | | Virginia (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 85 | | Jim Creamer | | | | | | | | | | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 86 | C | * Teuvo Lindroos | 5'7 | 165 | 7/5/52 | Boras (SWE) | | | | | | Released from Tryout 9/14/73 | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 87 | C | * Paul Granchukoff | 6'1 | 175 | 5/4/53 | Medicine Hat (WCHL) | 62 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 47 | Baltimore (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 88 | RW | Pat Demarchi | 6' | 180 | 5/28/50 | Muskegon (IHL) | 73 | 32 | 57 | 89 | 71 | Virginia (AHL)/Port Huron (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| 89 | C | * John Woods | 5'9 | 172 | 12/27/53 | Guelph (SOHA) | 38 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 58 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1973 |
| | LW | Al Karlander | 5'8 | 175 | 11/5/46 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 25 | Did Not Attend Camp - Jumped to WHA | 1967 draft 2nd rnd, 17th |
| | C | * Robbie Neale | 5'11 | 187 | 4/17/53 | Brandon (WCHL) | 67 | 41 | 57 | 98 | 94 | Did Not Attend Camp - Jumped to WHA | 1973 draft 3rd rnd, 43rd |
* - Amateur Player.
