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Training Camp 1998

1998 Training Camp Notes
The Wings invited 69 players to camp, 21 amateurs and 58 professionals. They are made up of 8 netminders, 20 defenseman and 41 forwards. Besides the parent club, players will be placed with the Adirondack Red Wings (AHL), the organizations primary affiliate.
# Pos Player HT WT D.O.B. 1997-98 Club GP G A PTS PIM 1998-99 Club Draft Notes
4 D Uwe Krupp 6'6 235 6/24/65 Colorado (NHL) 78 9 22 31 38 Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1998
5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 6'2 190 4/28/70 Detroit (NHL) 80 17 42 59 18 Detroit (NHL) 1989 draft 3rd rnd, 53rd
8 C Igor Larionov 5'9 170 12/3/60 Detroit (NHL) 69 8 39 47 40 Detroit (NHL) SJ 10/24/95
11 RW Mathieu Dandenault 6'1 200 2/3/76 Detroit (NHL) 68 5 12 17 43 Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 2nd rnd, 49th
13 LW Slava Kozlov 5'10 185 5/3/72 Detroit (NHL) 80 25 27 52 46 Detroit (NHL) 1990 draft 3rd rnd, 45th
14 LW Brendan Shanahan 6'3 220 1/23/69 Detroit (NHL) 75 28 29 57 154 Detroit (NHL) Hart 10/9/96
17 RW Doug Brown 5'10 188 6/12/64 Detroit (NHL) 80 19 23 42 12 Detroit (NHL) Nash 7/14/98
18 RW Kirk Maltby 6' 186 12/12/72 Detroit (NHL) 65 14 9 23 89 Detroit (NHL) Edm 3/20/96
19 C Steve Yzerman 5'11 185 5/9/65 Detroit (NHL) 75 24 45 69 46 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th
20 RW Martin LaPointe 5'11 200 9/12/73 Detroit (NHL) 79 15 19 34 106 Detroit (NHL) 1991 draft 1st rnd, 10th
21 C Darryl LaPlante 6' 185 3/28/77 Adirondack (AHL) 77 15 10 25 51 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1995 draft 3rd rnd, 58th
22 RW Mike Knuble 6'3 225 7/4/72 Detroit (NHL) 53 7 6 13 16 New York (NHL) 1991 draft 4th rnd, 76th
23 C Stacy Roest 5'10 190 3/15/74 Adirondack (AHL) 80 34 58 92 30 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1997
24 D * Jesse Wallin 6'2 190 3/10/78 Red Deer (WHL) 12 1 6 7 17 Adirondack (AHL) 1996 draft 1st rnd, 26th
25 RW Darren McCarty 6'1 215 4/1/72 Detroit (NHL) 71 15 22 37 157 Detroit (NHL) 1992 draft 2nd rnd, 46th
26 RW Joey Kocur 6' 220 12/21/64 Detroit (NHL) 63 6 5 11 92 Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1996
27 D Aaron Ward 6'2 215 1/17/73 Detroit (NHL) 52 5 5 10 47 Detroit (NHL) Win 6/11/93
28 D Yan Golubovsky 6'3 183 3/9/76 Adirondack (AHL) 52 1 15 16 57 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 1st rnd, 23rd
30 G Chris Osgood 5'11 175 11/26/72 Detroit (NHL) 64 0 0 0 31 Detroit (NHL) 1991 draft 3rd rnd, 54th
31 G Kevin Hodson 6' 178 3/27/72 Detroit (NHL) 21 0 0 0 2 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1993
32 D Maxim Kuznetsov 6'5 198 3/24/77 Adirondack (AHL) 51 5 5 10 43 Adirondack (AHL) 1995 draft 1st rnd, 26th
33 C Kris Draper 5'11 190 5/24/71 Detroit (NHL) 64 13 10 23 45 Detroit (NHL) Win 6/30/93
34 D Jamie Macoun 6'2 200 8/17/61 Toronto/Detroit (NHL) 74 0 7 7 65 Detroit (NHL) Tor 3/24/98
35 G Ryan Bach 6'1 195 10/21/73 Houston (IHL) 43 0 1 1 25 Los Angeles (NHL)/Utah/Long Beach (IHL) 1992 draft 11th rnd, 262nd
36 LW Philippe Audet 6'2 175 6/4/77 Adirondack (AHL) 50 7 8 15 43 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1995 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd
37 D Sean Gillam 6'1 187 5/7/76 Adirondack (AHL) 73 1 9 10 60 Adirondack (AHL) 1994 draft 3rd rnd, 75th
38 G Norm Maracle 5'9 175 10/2/74 Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
4
65
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1993 draft 5th rnd, 126th
39 C Alexandre Jacques 5'11 165 9/27/77 Adirondack (AHL) 16 1 1 2 0 Adirondack (AHL) 1996 draft 6th rnd, 162nd
40 D Jon Coleman 6'1 190 3/9/75 Adirondack (AHL) 54 2 29 31 23 Adirondack (AHL) 1993 draft 2nd rnd, 48th
41 LW Brent Gilchrist 5'11 180 4/3/67 Detroit (NHL) 61 13 14 27 40 Detroit (NHL) TB 10/5/98
42 C * Colin Beardsmore 6'1 194 2/7/78 Owen Sound (OHL) 65 24 46 70 51 Adirondack (AHL)/Toledo (ECHL) 1996 draft 7th rnd, 189th
43 C Dave Paradise 5'10 193 11/24/73 Chicago/Detroit/Quebec (IHL) 37 12 7 19 34 Adirondack (AHL) Camp Tryout 1998
44 D Anders Eriksson 6'3 218 1/9/75 Detroit (NHL) 66 7 14 21 32 Detroit (NHL) 1993 draft 1st rnd 22nd
45 LW Jeff Lazaro 5'9 182 3/21/68 New Orleans (ECHL) 70 37 64 101 151 Adirondack (AHL) Camp Tryout 1998
46 LW * Doug Battaglia 6' 185 10/26/75 RPI (ECAC) 31 4 5 9 60 Released from Camp 1994 draft 5th rnd, 127th
47 RW * Scott Burt 5'11 180 2/7/77 Red Deer/Edmonton (WHL) 68 41 36 77 99 Toledo (ECHL) Camp Tryout 1998
48 C * Mike Laceby 6'1 180 4/6/79 Kingston/Toronto (OHL) 63 6 9 15 28 Returned to Jrs 1997 draft 7th rnd, 186th
49 G * Aren Miller 6'2 208 1/13/78 Spokane (WHL) 64 0 1 1 11 Adirondack (AHL)/Toledo (ECHL) 1996 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd
50 G * Jason Elliott 6'2 183 11/10/75 Cornell (ECAC) 29 0 1 1 0 Adirondack (AHL) 1994 draft 8th rnd, 205th
51 LW * Quintin Laing 6'1 175 6/8/79 Kelowna (WHL) 59 11 24 35 47 Returned to Jrs 1997 draft 4th rnd, 102nd
52 LW * Adam DeLeeuw 6' 206 2/29/80 Barrie (OHL) 56 10 6 16 224 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 6th rnd, 151st
53 C David Engblom 6'1 183 6/2/77 AIK Solna (SWE) 44 4 2 6 24 AIK Solna (SEL) 1995 draft 9th rnd, 234th
54 D * Jiri Fischer 6'5 210 7/31/80 Hull (QMJHL) 70 3 19 22 112 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 1st rnd, 25th
55 D Larry Murphy 6'2 210 3/8/61 Detroit (NHL) 82 11 41 52 37 Detroit (NHL) Tor 3/18/97
56 D * Jeremy Goetzinger 6'4 202 6/26/80 Prince Albert (WHL) 69 4 6 10 78 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 7th rnd, 198th
57 C Steve Wilejto 5'11 178 1/26/79 Prince Albert (WHL) 71 15 15 30 35 Returned to Jrs 1997 draft 8th rnd, 213th
58 D Shane Hnidy 6'1 200 11/8/75 Grand Rapids (IHL) 77 6 12 18 210 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1998
59 C * Brent Hobday 6'1 192 8/26/79 Moose Jaw (WHL) 68 21 22 43 122 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 4th rnd, 111th
60 G David Arsenault 6'1 165 3/21/77 Adirondack (AHL)
Toledo (ECHL)
10
22
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
10
Adirondack (AHL) 1995 draft 5th rnd 126th
61 RW BJ Young 5'10 178 7/23/77 Adirondack (AHL) 65 15 22 37 191 Adirondack (AHL) 1997 draft 6th rnd, 157th
62 LW Martin Laitre 6'1 215 4/11/73 Adirondack (AHL) 45 1 4 5 313 Adirondack (AHL) Camp Tryout 1998
63 D * Eric Lavigne 6' 185 1/19/80 Sherbrooke (QMJHL) 62 3 7 10 28 Released from tryout Camp Tryout 1998
64 G * Jake McCracken 5'10 180 1/15/80 Sault Ste Marie (OHL) 55 0 1 1 6 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 3rd rnd, 84th
65 D * Greg Willers 6'1 195 8/8/79 Kingston/Sarnia (OHL) 19 1 5 6 8 Returned to Jrs 1997 draft 9th rnd, 239th
66 C * Brett MacLean 5'11 185 8/14/78 Kelowna (WHL) 54 42 45 87 91 Released from tryout Camp Tryout 1998
67 LW * Petja Pietilainen 5'11 177 3/24/80 Saskatoon (WHL) 66 16 11 27 63 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 9th rnd, 256th
68 LW Barry Potomski 6'2 215 11/24/72 San Jose (NHL)
Quebec (IHL)
9
31
0
3
1
2
1
5
30
143
Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1998
69 RW Marc Rodgers 5'9 185 3/15/74 Chicago/Quebec (IHL) 72 25 27 52 83 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1998
70 RW Toivu Suursoo 6' 175 11/23/75 TPS Turku (FIN) 38 17 5 22 46 Adirondack (AHL) 1994 draft 11th rnd, 283rd
71 LW Eric Tobler 6'4 225 5/13/76 Lake Charles (WPHL) 66 22 34 56 204 Adirondack (AHL) Camp Tryout 1998
72 LW * Tomak Valtonan 6'1 198 1/8/80 Ilves Jr (FIN) 19 1 0 1 14 Plymouth (OHL) 1998 draft 2nd rnd, 56th
73 D Darren Wright 6'2 196 5/22/76 New Mexico (WPHL) 62 1 11 12 178 Toledo (ECHL) Camp Tryout 1998
74 D Barry Dreger 6' 220 11/28/69 Orlando (IHL) 73 3 10 13 385 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1998
75 C * Doug Doull 6'2 216 5/31/74 St Marys University (AUAA) 25 4 11 15 227 Released from tryout Camp Tryout 1998
76 D John Wikstrom 6'3 200 1/30/79 Lulea (SWE) 1 0 0 0 0 Sweden 1997 draft 5th rnd, 129th
78 LW * Ryan Barnes 6'1 201 1/30/80 Sudbury (OHL) 46 13 18 31 111 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 2nd rnd, 55th
85 LW Petr Klima 6' 183 12/23/64 Krefeld (GER) 38 7 12 19 18 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Camp Tryout 1998
91 C Sergei Fedorov 6'1 200 12/13/69 Detroit (NHL) 21 6 11 17 25 Detroit (NHL) 1989 draft 4th rnd, 74th
96 LW Tomas Holmstrom 6' 210 1/23/73 Detroit (NHL) 57 5 17 22 44 Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 10th rnd, 257th
* - Amateur Player.