| 1997 Training Camp Notes |
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| The Wings invited 58 players to camp, 21 amateurs and 37 professionals. They are made up of 7 netminders, 15 defenseman and 36 forwards. Besides the parent club, players will be placed with the Adirondack Red Wings (AHL), the team's primary affiliate. |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1996-97 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1997-98 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 2 | D | Viacheslav Fetisov | 6'1 | 215 | 4/20/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 64 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 76 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 4/3/95 |
| 3 | D | Bob Rouse | 6'2 | 210 | 6/18/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 70 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 58 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1994 |
| 4 | D | Jamie Pushor | 6'3 | 212 | 2/11/73 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 129 | Detroit (NHL) | 1991 draft 2nd rnd, 32nd |
| 5 | D | Nicklas Lidstrom | 6'2 | 190 | 4/28/70 | Detroit (NHL) | 79 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 30 | Detroit (NHL) | 1989 draft 3rd rnd, 53rd |
| 8 | C | Igor Larionov | 5'9 | 170 | 12/3/60 | Detroit (NHL) | 64 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 26 | Detroit (NHL) | SJ 10/24/95 |
| 11 | RW | Mathieu Dandenault | 6'1 | 190 | 2/3/76 | Detroit (NHL) | 65 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | Detroit (NHL) | 1994 draft 2nd rnd, 49th |
| 13 | LW | Slava Kozlov | 5'10 | 185 | 5/3/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 46 | Detroit (NHL) | 1990 draft 3rd rnd, 45th |
| 14 | LW | Brendan Shanahan | 6'3 | 218 | 1/23/69 | Hartford/Detroit (NHL) | 81 | 47 | 41 | 88 | 131 | Detroit (NHL) | Hart 10/9/96 |
| 15 | LW | Tomas Holmstrom | 6' | 200 | 1/23/73 | Detroit (NHL) | 47 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33 | Detroit (NHL) | 1994 draft 10th rnd, 257th |
| 17 | RW | Doug Brown | 5'10 | 185 | 6/12/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 49 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | Detroit (NHL) | 1995 waiver draft |
| 18 | RW | Kirk Maltby | 6' | 186 | 12/22/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 75 | Detroit (NHL) | Edm 3/20/96 |
| 19 | C | Steve Yzerman | 5'11 | 185 | 5/9/65 | Detroit (NHL) | 81 | 22 | 63 | 85 | 78 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th |
| 20 | RW | Martin LaPointe | 5'11 | 200 | 9/12/73 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 167 | Detroit (NHL) | 1991 draft 1st rnd, 10th |
| 21 | C | * Darryl LaPlante | 6' | 185 | 3/28/77 | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 69 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 79 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1995 draft 3rd rnd, 58th |
| 22 | RW | Mike Knuble | 6'3 | 215 | 7/4/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Detroit (NHL) | 1991 draft 4th rnd, 76th |
| 23 | C | Stacy Roest | 5'9 | 190 | 3/15/74 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 30 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1997 |
| 24 | D | * Jesse Wallin | 6'2 | 190 | 3/10/78 | Red Deer (WHL) | 59 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 70 | Returned to Jrs | 1996 draft 1st rnd, 26th |
| 25 | RW | Darren McCarty | 6'1 | 215 | 4/1/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 68 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 126 | Detroit (NHL) | 1992 draft 2nd rnd, 46th |
| 26 | RW | Joey Kocur | 6' | 204 | 12/21/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 70 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1996 |
| 27 | D | Aaron Ward | 6'2 | 215 | 1/17/73 | Detroit (NHL) | 49 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 52 | Detroit (NHL) | Win 6/11/93 |
| 28 | D | Yan Golubovsky | 6'3 | 183 | 3/9/76 | Adirondack (AHL) | 62 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 67 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1994 draft 1st rnd, 23rd |
| 30 | G | Chris Osgood | 5'11 | 175 | 11/26/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Detroit (NHL) | 1991 draft 3rd rnd, 54th |
| 31 | G | Kevin Hodson | 6' | 178 | 3/27/72 | Detroit (NHL) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1993 |
| 32 | D | Maxim Kuznetsov | 6'5 | 198 | 3/24/77 | Adirondack (AHL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1995 draft 1st rnd, 26th |
| 33 | C | Kris Draper | 5'11 | 185 | 5/24/71 | Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 73 | Detroit (NHL) | Win 6/30/93 |
| 35 | G | Ryan Bach | 6'1 | 195 | 10/21/73 | Adirondack (AHL) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Houston (IHL) | 1992 draft 11th rnd, 262nd |
| 36 | LW | * Philippe Audet | 6'2 | 175 | 6/4/77 | Granby (QMJHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 67
3 | 52
1 | 56
1 | 108
2 | 138
0 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1995 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd |
| 37 | LW | Tim Taylor | 6'1 | 190 | 2/6/69 | Detroit (NHL) | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 52 | Boston (NHL) | Free Agent 1993 |
| 38 | G | Norm Maracle | 5'9 | 175 | 10/2/74 | Adirondack (AHL) | 68 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1993 draft 5th rnd, 126th |
| 39 | C | Sylvain Cloutier | 6' | 195 | 2/13/74 | Adirondack (AHL) | 77 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 190 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1992 draft 3rd rnd, 70th |
| 40 | D | * Jon Coleman | 6'1 | 190 | 3/9/75 | Boston University (HE) | 39 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 20 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1993 draft 2nd rnd, 48th |
| 41 | LW | Brent Gilchrist | 5'11 | 180 | 4/3/67 | Dallas (NHL) | 67 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 24 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1997 |
| 42 | C | * Colin Beardsmore | 6'1 | 194 | 2/7/78 | North Bay/Owen Sound (OHL) | 70 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 48 | Returned to Jrs | 1996 draft 7th rnd, 189th |
| 43 | LW | Magnus Nilsson | 6'1 | 187 | 2/1/78 | Malmo (SWE) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Malmo IF (SEL) | 1996 draft 6th rnd, 144th |
| 44 | D | Anders Eriksson | 6'3 | 218 | 1/9/75 | Adirondack (AHL) | 44 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 36 | Detroit (NHL) | 1993 draft 1st rnd 22nd |
| 45 | RW | * Craig Stahl | 5'10 | 193 | 3/19/77 | Tri City (WHL) | 61 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 177 | Returned to Jrs | 1996 draft 8th rnd, 215th |
| 47 | C | * Alexandre Jacques | 5'11 | 165 | 9/27/77 | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 70 | 41 | 60 | 101 | 46 | Adirondack (AHL)/Toledo (ECHL) | 1996 draft 6th rnd, 162nd |
| 48 | C | * Mike Laceby | 6'1 | 180 | 4/6/79 | Kingston (OHL) | 64 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 29 | Returned to Jrs | 1997 draft 7th rnd, 186th |
| 49 | G | * Aren Miller | 6'2 | 208 | 1/13/78 | Spokane (WHL) | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Returned to Jrs | 1996 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd |
| 51 | LW | * Quintin Laing | 6'1 | 175 | 6/8/79 | Kelowna (WHL) | 63 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 54 | Returned to Jrs | 1997 draft 4th rnd, 102nd |
| 55 | D | Larry Murphy | 6'2 | 210 | 3/8/61 | Toronto/Detroit (NHL) | 81 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 20 | Detroit (NHL) | Tor 3/18/97 |
| 57 | C | * Steve Wilejto | 5'11 | 178 | 1/26/79 | Prince Albert (WHL) | 69 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 32 | Returned to Jrs | 1997 draft 8th rnd, 213th |
| 58 | G | * Michal Podolka | 5'11 | 146 | 8/11/77 | Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Returned to Jrs | 1996 draft 5th rnd, 135th |
| 59 | D | * Chad Wilchynski | 6'3 | 179 | 4/4/77 | Regina/Medecine Hat (WHL) | 68 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 160 | Returned to Jrs | 1995 draft 5th rnd, 125th |
| 60 | G | * David Arsenault | 6'1 | 165 | 3/21/77 | Chicoutimi (QMHJL)
Oshawa (OHL) | 4
41 | 0
0 | 0
1 | 0
1 | 0
19 | Adirondack (AHL)/Toledo (ECHL) | 1995 draft 5th rnd 126th |
| 61 | RW | * BJ Young | 5'10 | 178 | 7/23/77 | Red Deer (WHL) | 63 | 58 | 56 | 114 | 97 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1997 draft 6th rnd, 157th |
| 63 | D | Sean Gillam | 6'1 | 187 | 5/7/76 | Adirondack (AHL) | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 50 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1994 draft 3rd rnd, 75th |
| 64 | D | Brandon Smith | 6'1 | 196 | 2/25/73 | Adirondack (AHL) | 80 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 30 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1995 |
| 65 | D | * Greg Willers | 6'1 | 195 | 8/8/79 | Kingston (OHL) | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 37 | Returned to Jrs | 1997 draft 9th rnd, 239th |
| 91 | C | Sergei Fedorov | 6'1 | 200 | 12/13/69 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 30 | Detroit (NHL) | 1989 draft 4th rnd, 74th |
| | RW | * Derek Arbez | 6'1 | 205 | 2/17/77 | Swift Current (WHL) | 61 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 295 | Released from tryout | Camp Tryout 1997 |
| | C | * Gord Hunt | 6'5 | 200 | 7/15/75 | Ferris State (CCHA) | 36 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 73 | Toledo (ECHL) | 1993 draft 11th rnd 282nd |
| | RW | * Jason Norrie | 6'4 | 205 | 10/8/77 | Edmonton (WHL) | 65 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 308 | Released from tryout | Camp Tryout 1997 |
| | C | * Jeff Mikesch | 6' | 175 | 4/11/75 | Michigan Tech (WCHA) | 36 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 84 | Released from Camp | 1994 draft 9th rnd, 231st |
| | LW | Johan Forsander | 6'1 | 174 | 4/28/78 | HV 71 (SWE) | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | HV 71 Jonkoping (SEL) | 1996 draft 4th rnd, 108th |
| | LW | * Paul Goleniak | 6'1 | 190 | 11/20/72 | MI Nationals Jr A | | | | | | Released from tryout | Camp Tryout 1997 |
| | LW | Per Eklund | 5'11 | 196 | 7/9/70 | Djurgarden Stockholm (SEL) | 50 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 14 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1995th draft 7th rnd, 182nd |
| | C | Petr Sykora | 6'2 | 180 | 12/21/78 | HC Pardubice (CZE) | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | HC Pardubice (CZE) | 1997 draft 3rd rnd, 76th |
* - Amateur Player.
