| 1985 Training Camp Notes |
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| The Red Wings branched out in a new direction in 1985, opening the checkbook to put on a run on undrafted high profile college players. Six of the biggest names inked contracts to varying degrees of success, from boom (Adam Oates) to bust (Ray Staszak). The NHL instituted the Supplemental draft the next season to stop teams from doing this. Five of the 57 players in camp were tryouts, but none earned a contract in the organization. |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1984-85 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1985-86 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 17 | C/LW | Gerard Gallant | 5'10 | 168 | 9/2/63 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 46
32 | 18
6 | 29
12 | 47
18 | 131
66 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th |
| 25 | LW | John Ogrodnick | 6' | 189 | 6/20/59 | Detroit (NHL) | 79 | 55 | 50 | 105 | 30 | Detroit (NHL) | 1979 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
| 27 | LW | * Dale Krentz | 5'11 | 187 | 12/19/61 | MSU (NCAA) | 44 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 26 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/7/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| 28 | LW | Basil McRae | 6'2 | 205 | 1/5/61 | St. Catherines (AHL)
Toronto (NHL) | 72
1 | 30
0 | 25
0 | 55
0 | 186
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| 32 | LW | * Bob Probert | 6'3 | 208 | 6/5/65 | Hamilton/Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 48 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 193 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/9/85 | 1983 draft 3rd rnd, 46th |
| 35 | LW | Warren Young | 6'3 | 195 | 1/11/56 | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 80 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 174 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 85 | LW | Petr Klima | 6' | 190 | 12/23/64 | Dukla Jihlava (Cze) | 35 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 76 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 88th |
| | LW | * Dave Waldie | 6' | 185 | 4/8/65 | Cornwall (OHL) | 66 | 35 | 56 | 91 | 29 | Released from Tryout 9/24/85 | Camp Tryout 1985 |
| | LW | Glenn Merkosky | 5'10 | 176 | 4/8/60 | Maine (AHL) | 80 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 19 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| | LW | Mike Stern | 6'4 | 210 | 6/12/64 | Adirondack (AHL) | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 115 | Did not attend camp - Retired with back injury | 1982 draft 11th rnd, 212 |
| | LW | Pierre Aubry | 5'10 | 175 | 4/15/60 | Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 25
29 | 2
13 | 2
10 | 4
23 | 33
74 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Que 2/29/84 |
| | LW | * Tyler Sunday | 5'11 | 190 | 4/7/65 | Cornwall (OHL) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 79 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1985 |
| 10 | RW | Ron Duguay | 6'2 | 210 | 7/6/57 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 38 | 51 | 89 | 51 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 6/14/83 |
| 14 | RW | Lane Lambert | 5'11 | 178 | 11/18/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 104 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/9/85 | 1983 draft 2nd rnd, 25th |
| 18 | RW | Danny Gare | 5'9 | 175 | 5/14/54 | Detroit (NHL) | 71 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 163 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 26 | RW | Joey Kocur | 6'1 | 204 | 12/21/64 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 47
17 | 12
1 | 7
0 | 19
1 | 171
64 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/13/85 | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 91st |
| 33 | RW | * Ray Staszak | 6' | 200 | 12/1/62 | U of Illinois (NCAA) | 38 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 98 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| | RW | * Brent Fedyk | 6'1 | 186 | 3/3/67 | Regina (WHL) | 66 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 48 | Assigned to Jr's 9/25/85 | 1985 draft 1st rnd, 8th |
| | RW | Brian Shaw | 6'0 | 180 | 5/20/62 | Peoria (IHL) | 63 | 31 | 14 | 45 | 163 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| 24 | RW | * Chris Cichocki | 5'10 | 185 | 9/17/63 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | 40 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 14 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| | RW | Donald Shaw | 6'1 | 190 | 5/5/61 | Erie (ACHL) | 64 | 54 | 55 | 109 | 41 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Camp Tryout 1985 |
| 11 | C | Shawn Burr | 6'1 | 180 | 7/1/66 | Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
Kitchener (OHL) | 9
4
48 | 0
0
24 | 0
0
42 | 0
0
66 | 2
2
50 | Detroit (NHL) | 1984 draft 1st rnd, 7th |
| 16 | C | Kelly Kisio | 5'9 | 170 | 9/18/59 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 56 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| 19 | C | Steve Yzerman | 5'11 | 175 | 5/9/65 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 58 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th |
| 20 | C | Dwight Foster | 5'11 | 190 | 4/2/57 | Detroit (NHL) | 50 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 56 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 10/29/82 |
| 31 | C | * Adam Oates | 5'11 | 190 | 8/27/62 | RPI (NCAA) | 38 | 31 | 60 | 91 | 29 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 23 | C | Bruce Eakin | 5'10 | 185 | 9/28/62 | Moncton (AHL)
Calgary (NHL) | 78
1 | 35
0 | 48
0 | 83
0 | 60
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/2/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| 21 | C | Claude Loiselle | 5'11 | 190 | 5/29/63 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 47
30 | 22
8 | 29
1 | 51
9 | 24
45 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/9/85 | 1981 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| | C | Gary Yaremchuk | 6'0 | 185 | 8/15/61 | St. Catherines (AHL)
Toronto (NHL) | 66
12 | 17
1 | 47
1 | 64
2 | 75
16 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| | C | Geordie Robertson | 6' | 165 | 8/1/59 | Rochester (AHL) | 70 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 91 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1985 |
| | C | Scott Robins | 5'11 | 180 | 12/13/62 | Pinebridge (ACHL) | 64 | 53 | 57 | 110 | 42 | Released from Tryout 9/23/85 | Camp Tryout 1985 |
| | C | Ted Speers | 5'11 | 190 | 1/28/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 80 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 40 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1983 |
| | C | * Tom Nickolau | 6'2 | 189 | 4/11/66 | Guelph (OHL) | 48 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 71 | Returned to Jrs 9/22/85 | 1984 draft 12th rnd, 236th |
| 3 | D | John Barrett | 6' | 208 | 7/1/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 71 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 117 | Detroit (NHL) | 1978 draft 8th rnd, 129th |
| 5 | D | Greg Smith | 6' | 195 | 7/8/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 73 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 117 | Detroit (NHL) | Min 8/21/81 |
| 7 | D | Mike McEwen | 6'1 | 185 | 8/10/56 | Binghamton (AHL)
Washington (NHL) | 14
56 | 2
11 | 10
27 | 12
38 | 14
42 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 27 | D | Harold Snepsts | 6'3 | 215 | 10/24/54 | Minnesota (NHL) | 71 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 232 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 28 | D | Reed Larson | 6'0 | 195 | 7/30/56 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 139 | Detroit (NHL) | 1976 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd |
| 29 | D | Randy Ladouceur | 6'2 | 200 | 6/30/60 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 108 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| | D | * Dave Korol | 6' | 175 | 3/1/65 | Regina (WHL) | 48 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 61 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | 1983 draft 4th rnd, 70th |
| 22 | D | * Doug Houda | 6'2 | 190 | 6/3/66 | Calgary (WHL) | 65 | 20 | 54 | 74 | 182 | Detroit (NHL) | 1984 draft 2nd rnd, 28th |
| | D | * Jeff Sharples | 6' | 187 | 7/28/67 | Kelowna (WHL) | 72 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 90 | Assigned to Jr's 9/25/85 | 1985 draft 2nd rnd, 29th |
| 2 | D | Larry Trader | 6'1 | 178 | 7/7/63 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 6
40 | 0
3 | 4
7 | 4
10 | 0
39 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 5th rnd, 86th |
| | D | * Michael Nepi | 5'11 | 185 | 5/7/63 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | 39 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 84 | Released from Tryout 9/23/85 | Camp Tryout 1985 |
| | D | * Greg Hudas | 6'5 | 190 | 2/15/64 | U of Michigan (NCAA) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | Released from Tryout 9/23/85 | 1982 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
| | D | Rick Zombo | 6'1 | 195 | 5/8/63 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 56
1 | 3
0 | 32
0 | 35
0 | 70
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | 1981 draft 8th rnd, 149th |
| | D | * Steve Chiasson | 6' | 190 | 4/14/67 | Guelph (OHL) | 61 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 139 | Returned to Jrs 9/24/85 | 1985 draft 3rd rnd, 50th |
| | D | Ted Huesing | 6'1 | 185 | 3/23/57 | Adirondack (AHL) | 61 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 18 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1983 |
| 4 | D | * Tim Friday | 6' | 190 | 3/5/61 | RPI (NCAA) | 36 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 26 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 1 | G | Carrado Micalef | 5'8 | 172 | 4/20/61 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 1
36 | 0
0 | 1
3 | 1
3 | 0
6 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| 30 | G | Greg Stefan | 5'11 | 178 | 2/11/61 | Detroit (NHL) | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
| 41 | G | Eddie Mio | 5'10 | 180 | 1/31/54 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 33
7 | 0
0 | 2
0 | 2
0 | 16
2 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 6/14/83 |
| | G | * Chris Pusey | 6' | 180 | 6/20/65 | Hamilton (OHL) | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | 1983 draft 7th rnd, 109th |
| | G | * Mark Gowens | 6' | 160 | 3/26/67 | Windsor (OHL) | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Returned to Jrs 9/24/85 | 1985 draft 4th rnd, 71st |
| | G | Mark LaForest | 5'10 | 178 | 7/10/62 | Mohawk Valley (ACHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 8
11 | 0
0 | 1
0 | 1
0 | 15
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/85 | Free Agent 1983 |
| | G | * Randy Hansch | 5'10 | 165 | 2/8/66 | Victoria (WHL) | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Returned to Jrs 9/22/85 | 1984 draft 6th rnd, 112th |
* - Amateur Player.
