| 1982 Training Camp Notes |
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| Training camp in 1982 was the beginning of a new era for hockey in Detroit as new owner Mike Ilitch and GM Jimmy Devellano shook things up. Lots of new faces were brought in, and for several others, this would be their last camp in the wings organization. Veterans Stan Weir, Colin Campbell, Reggie Leach, Tom Rowe, and Jim Rutherford were brought in to stabilize things while the kids got seasoning. Sixty-five players were invited to the main camp, made up of 7 goaltenders, 17 defenseman and 41 forwards. Players were split between the parent club and two minor league affiliates, Adirondack (AHL), and Kalamazoo (IHL). |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1981-82 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1982-83 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 1 | G | Georges Gagnon | 5'9 | 156 | 5/24/59 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Free Agent 1981 |
| 1 | G | Gilles Gilbert | 6' | 185 | 3/31/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Detroit (NHL) | Bos 7/15/80 |
| 1 | G | Greg Stefan | 5'11 | 173 | 2/11/61 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 29
2 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 36
0 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
| 1 | G | Jim Rutherford | 5'8 | 168 | 2/17/49 | New Haven (AHL)
Los Angeles (NHL) | 29
7 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | 0
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | Free Agent 1982 |
| 2 | D | Bruce Howes | 6'2 | 201 | 7/4/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Kalamazoo (IHL) | 20
44 | 1
6 | 1
14 | 2
20 | 11
43 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Free Agent n1979 |
| 2 | D | Jim Schoenfeld | 6'2 | 210 | 9/4/52 | Buffalo/Detroit (NHL) | 52 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 99 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 2 | D | John Beukeboom | 6'2 | 197 | 6/1/61 | Dallas (CHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 13
59 | 0
2 | 6
10 | 6
12 | 33
123 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1980 draft 8th rnd, 151st |
| 2 | D | * Larry Trader | 6'1 | 178 | 7/7/63 | London (OHL) | 68 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 161 | Detroit (NHL) - Returned to London (OHL) 11/24/82 | 1981 draft 5th rnd, 86th |
| 3 | D | * Darwin McCutcheon | 6'5 | 205 | 4/19/62 | Toronto (NHL)
Windsor (OHL) | 1
67 | 0
5 | 0
24 | 0
29 | 2
141 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 3 | D | John Barrett | 6' | 208 | 7/1/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 93 | Detroit (NHL) | 1978 draft 8th rnd, 129th |
| 3 | D | Mike Braun | 6'1 | 199 | 5/2/61 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 23 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | 1980 draft 7th rnd, 130th |
| 3 | D | Mike Brown | 6'5 | 215 | 12/23/57 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 81 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 351 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 4 | D | Brian McDavid | 6'1 | 190 | 4/4/58 | Adirondack (AHL) | 79 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 107 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Free Agent 1981 |
| 4 | D | Colin Campbell | 5'9 | 190 | 1/28/53 | Vancouver (NHL) | 47 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 131 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1982 |
| 4 | D | Rejean Cloutier | 6'1 | 187 | 2/15/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 64
2 | 11
0 | 27
1 | 38
1 | 140
2 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | Free Agent 1979 |
| 5 | D | Greg Smith | 6' | 195 | 7/8/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 79 | Injured in Camp - Knee Surgery Detroit (NHL) | Min 8/21/81 |
| 5 | D | Randy Ladouceur | 6'2 | 220 | 6/30/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 78 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Free Agent 1979 |
| 7 | D | Wade Dawson | 6'3 | 207 | 5/28/61 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 69 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 170 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Free Agent 1981 |
| 7 | D | Willie Huber | 6'5 | 225 | 1/15/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 98 | Detroit (NHL) | 1978 draft 1st rnd, 9th |
| 8 | LW | Bob Lekun | 5'11 | 188 | 9/22/59 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 58 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 89 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 8 | LW | Carmine Cirella | 6'3 | 215 | 1/16/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 31 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1979 draft 6th rnd, 108th |
| 8 | C | Claude Loiselle | 5'11 | 171 | 5/29/63 | Detroit (NHL)
Windsor (OHL) | 4
68 | 1
36 | 0
73 | 1
109 | 2
192 | Detroit (NHL) - Returned to Windsor (OHL) 11/24/82 | 1981 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| 8 | RW | Dennis Polonich | 5'6 | 165 | 12/4/53 | Adirondack (AHL) | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 202 | Detroit (NHL) | 1973 draft 8th rnd, 123rd |
| 10 | C | * Carmine Vani | 5'11 | 171 | 8/7/64 | Kingston (OHL) | 49 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 138 | Returned to Kingston (OHL) 9/21/82 | 1982 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| 10 | LW | * Don Werbeniuk | 6'3 | 200 | 2/2/61 | Did Not Play | | | | | | Released from Tryout 9/21/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 10 | C | Wayne Crawford | 5'11 | 185 | 4/18/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 65 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 42 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1980 draft 6th rnd, 109th |
| 11 | C | * Craig Coxe | 6'4 | 185 | 1/21/64 | St Albert (AJHL) | 51 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 212 | Returned to Belleville 9/21/82 (OHL) 9/21/82 | 1982 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
| 11 | RW | * Dennis May | 5'10 | 170 | 4/22/59 | U of Michigan (NCAA) | 37 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 54 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 11 | C | Walt McKechnie | 6'2 | 204 | 6/19/47 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 35 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1981 |
| 12 | RW | Mark Lofthouse | 6'2 | 195 | 4/21/57 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 69
12 | 33
3 | 38
4 | 71
7 | 75
13 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Was 7/23/81 |
| 12 | C | * Murray Craven | 6'1 | 165 | 6/20/64 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 72 | 35 | 46 | 81 | 49 | Returned to Medicine Hat (WHL) 10/5/82 | 1982 draft 1st rnd, 17th |
| 12 | LW | Ted Nolan | 6' | 185 | 4/7/58 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 39
41 | 12
4 | 18
13 | 30
17 | 81
45 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1978 draft 5th rnd, 78th |
| 12 | RW | Tom Rowe | 6' | 190 | 5/23/56 | Binghamton/Hershey (AHL)
Hartford/Washington (NHL) | 42
27 | 22
5 | 20
1 | 42
6 | 125
54 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1982 |
| 14 | C | Brent Jarrett | 5'9 | 160 | 8/1/59 | Saginaw/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 79 | 41 | 83 | 124 | 62 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 14 | RW | Brian Johnson | 6'1 | 185 | 4/1/60 | Dallas (CHL) | 79 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 223 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Free Agent 1979 |
| 14 | RW | Don Murdoch | 5'11 | 180 | 10/25/56 | Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 49
24 | 9
11 | 13
13 | 22
24 | 23
24 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | Min 8/21/81 |
| 14 | C | * Kevin Cameron | 5'11 | 180 | 4/23/61 | St Francis Xavier (AUAA) | 24 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 36 | Released from Tryout 9/21/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 15 | LW | * Luc Bachand | 6' | 185 | 7/26/62 | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | 60 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 101 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 15 | LW | Paul Woods | 5'9 | 172 | 4/12/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 48 | Detroit (NHL) | Claimed from Mon in Waiver draft 10/10/77 |
| 16 | RW | Dave Miles | 6' | 187 | 9/14/61 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 79 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 62 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | 1980 draft 9th rnd, 172nd |
| 16 | C | Mark Kirton | 5'10 | 173 | 2/3/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 62 | Detroit (NHL) | Tor 12/4/80 |
| 17 | C | Stan Weir | 6'1 | 170 | 3/17/52 | Edmonton/Colorado (NHL) | 61 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 23 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 9/11/82 |
| 17 | LW | * Don LeBlanc | 5'11 | 179 | 6/16/63 | Toronto (OHL) | 61 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 49 | Returned to Jrs | 1981 draft 9th rnd, 170th |
| 18 | C | * Brian Rorabeck | 6' | 175 | 1/30/62 | Sudbury (OHL) | 50 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 42 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1980 draft 10th rnd, 193rd |
| 18 | RW | Danny Gare | 5'9 | 175 | 5/14/54 | Buffalo/Detroit (NHL) | 58 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 99 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 18 | RW | Jody Gage | 6' | 185 | 11/29/59 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 47
31 | 21
9 | 20
10 | 41
19 | 21
2 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1979 draft 3rd rnd, 45th |
| 19 | LW | Eric Vail | 6'1 | 217 | 9/16/53 | Oklahoma (CHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
Calgary/Detroit (NHL) | 3
10
58 | 0
3
14 | 3
4
15 | 3
7
29 | 0
0
35 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | Calg 11/10/81 |
| 19 | RW | * Yves Courteau | 5'10 | 183 | 4/25/64 | Laval (QMJHL) | 64 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 15 | Returned to Laval (QMJHL) 9/21/82 | 1982 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| 20 | RW | Stephen Banonis | 6' | 215 | 5/5/59 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 80 | 38 | 24 | 62 | 51 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 21 | C | * Gerard Gallant | 5'10 | 158 | 9/2/63 | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | 58 | 34 | 58 | 92 | 260 | Returned to Jrs | 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th |
| 21 | RW | Mike Blaisdell | 6'1 | 200 | 1/18/60 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 48 | Detroit (NHL) | 1980 draft 1st rnd, 11th |
| 22 | C | Earl Ingarfield Jr | 5'11 | 180 | 1/30/59 | Adirondack (AHL) | 68 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 86 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | Calg 2/3/81 |
| 22 | D | Greg Joly | 6' | 190 | 5/30/54 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 36
37 | 3
1 | 22
5 | 25
6 | 59
30 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | Was 11/30/76 |
| 23 | LW | Mark Osborne | 6'2 | 200 | 8/13/61 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 61 | Detroit (NHL) | 1980 draft 3rd rnd, 46th |
| 23 | RW | Mike Corrigan | 6'2 | 196 | 5/6/61 | Adirondack (AHL)
Kalamazoo (IHL) | 24
56 | 2
25 | 2
19 | 4
44 | 46
164 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1980 draft 5th rnd, 88th |
| 24 | RW | Derek Smith | 5'10 | 178 | 7/31/54 | Buffalo/Detroit (NHL) | 61 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 12 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 24 | RW | * Hugh Larkin | 6'2 | 188 | 7/10/62 | Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 60 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 155 | Assigned to Kalamazoo (IHL) 9/22/82 | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 25 | LW | John Ogrodnick | 6' | 189 | 7/20/59 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 28 | Detroit (NHL) | 1979 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
| 27 | RW | Brad Smith | 6'1 | 208 | 4/13/58 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 34
33 | 10
2 | 5
0 | 15
2 | 126
80 | Detroit (NHL) | Calg 2/24/81 |
| 27 | RW | Reggie Leach | 6' | 198 | 4/23/50 | Philadelphia (NHL) | 66 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 18 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1982 |
| 28 | D | Reed Larson | 6' | 195 | 7/30/56 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 112 | Detroit (NHL) | 1976 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd |
| 29 | RW | Joe Paterson | 6'1 | 204 | 6/25/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 74
3 | 22
0 | 28
0 | 50
0 | 132
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/82 | 1979 draft 5th rnd, 87th |
| 30 | G | Carrado Micalef | 5'8 | 172 | 4/20/61 | Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
Kalamazoo (IHL) | 18
1
20 | 0
0
0 | 0
1
0 | 0
1
0 | 9
0
4 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/5/82 | 1981 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| 30 | G | Claude Legris | 5'9 | 160 | 11/6/56 | Kalamazoo (IHL)
Detroit (NHL)
Springfield (AHL) | 7
1
18 | 0
0
0 | 1
1
0 | 1
1
0 | 2
0
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1976 draft 8th rnd, 120th |
| 30 | G | Larry Lozinski | 5'11 | 175 | 3/11/58 | Adirondack (AHL) | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/25/82 | 1978 draft 14th rnd, 219th |
* - Amateur Player.
