| 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 Colin Campbell, Reggie Leach, Tom Rowe, and Jim Rutherford were brought in to stabilize things while the kids got seasoning. Sixty-four players were invited to the main camp, made up of 7 goaltenders, 17 defenseman and 40 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 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Free Agent 1981 |
| 1 | G | Gilles Gilbert | 6' | 185 | 3/31/49 | Detroit (NHL) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1980 draft 8th rnd, 151st |
| 2 | D | * Larry Trader | 6'1 | 178 | 7/7/63 | London (OHL) | 68 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 161 | Detroit (NHL)/London (OHL) | 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 | Released from Tryout | 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 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1980 draft 7th rnd, 130th |
| 3 | D | Mike Brown | 6'5 | 215 | 12/23/57 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 81 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 351 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 4 | D | Brian McDavid | 6'1 | 190 | 4/4/58 | Adirondack (AHL) | 79 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 107 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| 5 | D | Greg Smith | 6' | 195 | 7/8/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 79 | Detroit (NHL) | Min 8/21/81 |
| 5 | D | Randy Ladouceur | 6'2 | 220 | 6/30/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 78 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| 7 | D | Wade Dawson | 6'3 | 207 | 5/28/61 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 69 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 170 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 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 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 8 | LW | Carmine Cirella | 6'3 | 215 | 1/16/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 31 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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)/Windsor (OHL) | 1981 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| 8 | RW | Dennis Polonich | 5'6 | 165 | 12/4/53 | Adirondack (AHL) | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 202 | Adirondack (AHL)/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 Jrs | 1982 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| 10 | LW | * Don Werbeniuk | 6'3 | 200 | 2/2/61 | Did Not Play | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 10 | C | Wayne Crawford | 5'11 | 185 | 4/18/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 65 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 42 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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 Jrs | 1982 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
| 11 | RW | * Dennis May | 5'10 | 170 | 4/22/59 | U of Michigan (NCAA) | 37 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 54 | Released from Tryout | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Was 7/23/81 |
| 12 | C | * Murray Craven | 6'1 | 165 | 6/20/64 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 72 | 35 | 46 | 81 | 49 | Returned to Jrs | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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)/Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1982 |
| 14 | C | Brent Jarrett | 5'9 | 160 | 8/1/59 | Saginaw/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 79 | 41 | 83 | 124 | 62 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1982 |
| 14 | RW | Brian Johnson | 6'1 | 185 | 4/1/60 | Dallas (CHL) | 79 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 223 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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 | 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 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1980 draft 9th rnd, 172nd |
| 16 | C | Mark Kirton | 5'10 | 173 | 2/3/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 62 | Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | Tor 12/4/80 |
| 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 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | Calg 11/10/81 |
| 19 | RW | * Yves Courteau | 5'10 | 183 | 4/25/64 | Laval (QMJHL) | 64 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 15 | Returned to Jrs | 1982 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| 20 | RW | Stephen Banonis | 6' | 215 | 5/5/59 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 80 | 38 | 24 | 62 | 51 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 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)/Adirondack (AHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 24 | RW | * Hugh Larkin | 6'2 | 188 | 7/10/62 | Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 60 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 155 | Released from Tryout | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 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 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1976 draft 8th rnd, 120th |
| 30 | G | Larry Lozinski | 5'11 | 175 | 3/11/58 | Adirondack (AHL) | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1978 draft 14th rnd, 219th |
* - Amateur Player.
