| 1975 Training Camp Notes |
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| A trio of feisty newcomers were among the 40 players the Wings invited to camp in 1975. Feisty Dan Maloney and Terry Harper were acquired from the Kings as compensation for the loss of disgruntled center Marcel Dionne. They were joined by Gritty Bryan Hextall Jr, who was added to the mix from Atlanta. Other notable faces in camp belonged to 6'2, 200 pound Rick "Jumbo" Lapointe, the club's first choice in the 1975 draft, and Al Cameron the team's 3rd pick. Both pulled off the rare fete of making the team out of camp as rookies on the blueline. Besides the parent club, players were placed with one of two farm clubs, New Haven (AHL), or Kalamazoo (IHL). |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1974-75 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1975-76 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 1 | G | Jim Rutherford | 5'8 | 160 | 2/17/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Detroit (NHL) | Pit 1/18/74 |
| 2 | D | Terry Harper | 6'1 | 197 | 1/27/40 | Los Angeles (NHL) | 80 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 120 | Detroit (NHL) | LA 6/23/75 |
| 3 | D | Larry Giroux | 6' | 190 | 8/28/51 | Denver (WHL)
Virginia (AHL)
Kansas City/Detroit (NHL) | 10
14
60 | 1
3
2 | 6
10
26 | 7
13
28 | 37
31
84 | Detroit (NHL)/New Haven (AHL) | KC 12/14/74 |
| 4 | D | * Rick LaPointe | 6'2 | 200 | 8/2/55 | Victoria (WCHL) | 67 | 19 | 51 | 70 | 177 | Detroit (NHL) | 1975 draft 1st rnd, 5th |
| 5 | D | Jean Hamel | 5'11 | 185 | 6/6/52 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 136 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/14/74 |
| 7 | LW | Dan Maloney | 6'2 | 185 | 9/24/50 | Los Angeles (NHL) | 80 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 165 | Detroit (NHL) | LA 6/23/75 |
| 8 | C | Dennis Polonich | 5'6 | 166 | 12/4/53 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 60
4 | 14
0 | 20
0 | 34
0 | 194
0 | Kalamazoo (IHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1973 draft 8th rnd, 123rd |
| 11 | C | Walt McKechnie | 6'2 | 195 | 6/19/47 | Boston/Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 14 | Detroit (NHL) | Bos 2/18/75 |
| 12 | C | Bryan Hextall Jr. | 5'11 | 170 | 5/23/41 | Atlanta (NHL) | 74 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 62 | Detroit (NHL) | Atl 6/5/75 |
| 14 | LW | Nick Libett | 6'1 | 185 | 12/9/45 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 39 | Detroit (NHL) | Signed 3/22/66 |
| 15 | C | Bill Hogaboam | 5'11 | 170 | 5/9/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 60 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 16 | Detroit (NHL) | ATL 11/28/72 |
| 16 | RW | Michel Bergeron | 5'10 | 170 | 11/11/54 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 49
25 | 9
10 | 13
7 | 22
17 | 14
10 | Detroit (NHL) | 1974 draft 4th rnd, 63rd |
| 17 | LW | Pierre Jarry | 5'11 | 190 | 5/30/49 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 20
39 | 11
8 | 12
13 | 23
21 | 17
4 | New Haven (AHL) | Tor 11/29/73 |
| 18 | D | Bryan "Bugsy" Watson | 5'10 | 175 | 11/14/42 | Detroit (NHL) | 70 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 238 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 2/14/74 |
| 19 | RW | Mike Korney | 6'3 | 220 | 9/15/53 | Hampton (SHL)
Virginia/Providence/Springfield (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 13
6
30 | 0
1
8 | 1
0
2 | 1
1
10 | 35
0
18 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1973 draft 4th rnd, 59th |
| 20 | RW | Mickey Redmond | 5'11 | 185 | 12/27/47 | Detroit (NHL) | 29 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 18 | Detroit (NHL) | Mtl 1/13/71 |
| 21 | LW | Danny Grant | 5'10 | 188 | 2/21/45 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 50 | 36 | 86 | 28 | Detroit (NHL) | Min 8/27/74 |
| 22 | C | * Mike Wong | 6'3 | 204 | 1/14/55 | Montreal (QMJHL) | 67 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 130 | Kalamazoo (IHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1975 draft 5th rnd, 77th |
| 23 | RW | Bill Lochead | 6'1 | 195 | 10/13/54 | Detroit (NHL) | 65 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 34 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1974 draft 1st rnd, 9th |
| 24 | D | Frank Bathe | 6' | 185 | 9/27/54 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 50
19 | 7
0 | 11
3 | 18
3 | 146
31 | Kalamazoo (IHL)/New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1974 |
| 25 | LW | Mike Bloom | 6'3 | 205 | 8/12/52 | Washington/Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 94 | Detroit (NHL) | Was 3/9/75 |
| 26 | D | * Al Cameron | 6'1 | 190 | 10/21/55 | New Westminster (WCHL) | 69 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 184 | Detroit (NHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1975 draft 3rd rnd, 37th |
| 27 | RW | Phil Roberto | 6'1 | 190 | 1/1/49 | Denver (CHL)
St Louis/Detroit (NHL) | 8
53 | 3
13 | 2
29 | 5
42 | 12
32 | Detroit (NHL) | Stl 12/30/74 |
| 28 | D | Barry Salovaara | 5'8 | 175 | 1/7/48 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 43
27 | 2
0 | 17
2 | 19
2 | 50
18 | Detroit (NHL)/New Haven (AHL) | Chi 6/15/71 |
| 29 | LW | Brian McCutcheon | 5'10 | 177 | 8/3/49 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 30
17 | 12
3 | 9
1 | 21
4 | 24
2 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1971 |
| 30 | G | Peter McDuffe | 5'9 | 180 | 2/16/48 | Kansas City (NHL) | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | KC 8/22/75 |
| 31 | G | Terry Richardson | 6'1 | 190 | 5/7/53 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 30
4 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 21
2 | New Haven (NHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1973 draft 1st rnd, 11th |
| 33 | G | Doug Grant | 6'1 | 200 | 7/27/48 | Detroit (NHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 7
35 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1972 |
| 35 | G | Jim Makey | 6' | 190 | 5/30/50 | Virginia (AHL)
Kalamazoo (IHL) | 4
30 | 0
0 | 0
3 | 0
3 | 2
9 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | |
| 41 | RW | Rick McCann | 5'9 | 178 | 5/27/44 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 65
13 | 19
1 | 48
3 | 67
4 | 60
2 | New Haven (AHL) | Free Agent 1967 |
| 42 | LW | Brian Watts | 6' | 185 | 9/10/47 | Virginia (AHL) | 70 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 57 | New Haven (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1964 draft 2nd rnd, 7th |
| | C | Glen Burdon | 6'2 | 178 | 8/4/54 | Baltimore/Providence (AHL)
Kansas City (NHL) | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | New Haven (AHL) | KC 8/22/75 |
| | D | Jim Nahrgang | 6' | 185 | 4/17/51 | Virginia (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 71
1 | 4
0 | 19
0 | 23
0 | 72
0 | Detroit (NHL)/New Haven (AHL) | 1971 draft 7th rnd, 86th |
| | D | * Mike Harazny | 6' | 180 | 3/21/55 | Regina (WCHL) | 70 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 102 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1975 draft 6th rnd, 95th |
| | D | Greg Steel | 6' | 187 | 4/25/54 | Virginia (AHL)
Kalamazoo (IHL) | 3
75 | 0
2 | 0
13 | 0
15 | 4
124 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1974 draft 8th rnd, 134th |
| | D | Glen McLeod | 6' | 181 | 12/4/54 | Kalamazoo (IHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 66
10 | 3
2 | 16
3 | 19
5 | 118
0 | New Haven (AHL) | 1974 draft 9th rnd, 151st |
| | D | Charlie Shaw | 5'11 | 190 | 7/7/51 | Providence/Virginia (AHL) | 43 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 | Port Huron (IHL) | 1971 draft 6th rnd, 72nd |
| | LW | Dennis Johnson | 6' | 187 | 1/14/52 | Hampton (SHL)
Virginia (AHL) | 32
34 | 5
17 | 16
12 | 21
29 | 24
30 | Greensboro (EHL) | 1972 draft 5th rnd, 74th |
| | LW | Bob Krieger | 5'11 | 186 | 10/5/52 | Virginia (AHL) | 60 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 13 | New Haven (AHL) | 1972 draft 3rd rnd, 42nd |
| | RW | Ken Mann | 5'11 | 200 | 9/5/53 | Virginia (AHL) | 68 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 82 | Kalamazoo (IHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1974 |
* - Amateur Player.
