| 1983 Training Camp Notes |
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| The wings invited 57 players to camp including first round draft choice Steve Yzerman, who would go on to become an icon in the sport. Troubled NHL'er Don Murdoch was in camp on a tryout basis and played well enough to earn a contract with Adirondack (AHL). Other notable names in camp were G Ken Holland who would rise through the ranks to become the teams GM, Paul Woods, the voice of the red wings on the radio, Colin Campbell, now an NHL Vice-president, Barry Melrose and future Jack Adams Trophy winner Ted Nolan. |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1982-83 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1983-84 Club | Draft Notes |
|---|
| 8 | LW | Ted Nolan | 6' | 185 | 4/7/58 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 106 | Detroit (NHL) | 1978 draft 5th rnd, 78th |
| 11 | LW | Murray Craven | 6'1 | 165 | 6/20/64 | Medicine Hat (WHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 28
31 | 17
4 | 29
7 | 46
11 | 35
6 | Detroit (NHL) | 1982 draft 1st rnd, 17th |
| 15 | LW | Paul Woods | 5'10 | 172 | 4/12/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 63 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 30 | Detroit (NHL) | Claimed from Mon in Waiver draft 10/10/77 |
| 25 | LW | John Ogrodnick | 6' | 189 | 7/20/59 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 41 | 44 | 85 | 30 | Detroit (NHL) | 1979 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
| | LW | * Bob Pierson | 6'3 | 213 | 10/23/64 | Brantford (OHL) | 47 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 46 | Released from Camp | 1983 draft 7th rnd, 130th |
| | LW | * Bob Probert | 6'3 | 208 | 6/5/65 | Brantford (OHL) | 51 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 133 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 3rd rnd, 46th |
| | LW | * Don LeBlanc | 5'11 | 179 | 6/16/63 | Toronto (OHL) | 42 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | Released from Camp | 1981 draft 9th rnd, 170th |
| | LW | * Gerard Gallant | 5'11 | 164 | 9/2/63 | St Jean/Verdun (QMJHL) | 62 | 54 | 74 | 128 | 244 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th |
| | LW | Joe Paterson | 6'2 | 204 | 6/25/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 36
33 | 11
2 | 10
1 | 21
3 | 85
14 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/83 | 1979 draft 5th rnd, 87th |
| | LW | Ken Solheim | 6'3 | 210 | 3/27/61 | Birmingham (CHL)
Minnesota/Detroit (NHL) | 22
35 | 14
2 | 3
4 | 17
6 | 4
6 | Adirondack (AHL) | Min 1983 |
| | LW | * Mike Stern | 6'4 | 210 | 6/12/64 | Oshawa (OHL) | 61 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 161 | Returned to Jrs | 1982 draft 11th rnd, 212 |
| | LW | John Wensink | 6' | 200 | 4/1/53 | New Jersey (NHL)
Wichita (CHL) | 42
7 | 2
1 | 7
0 | 9
1 | 135
36 | Released from tryout 9/26/83 | Camp Tryout |
| 10 | RW | Ron Duguay | 6'2 | 210 | 7/6/57 | New York Rangers (NHL) | 72 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 58 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 6/14/83 |
| 14 | RW | * Lane Lambert | 5'11 | 178 | 11/18/64 | Saskatoon (WHL) | 64 | 59 | 60 | 119 | 126 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 2nd rnd, 25th |
| 17 | RW | Eddie Johnstone | 5'9 | 175 | 3/2/54 | New York Rangers (NHL) | 52 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 27 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 6/14/83 |
| 18 | RW | Danny Gare | 5'9 | 175 | 5/14/54 | Detroit (NHL) | 79 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 107 | Detroit (NHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| 24 | RW | Brian Johnson | 6'1 | 185 | 4/1/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 67 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 250 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| | RW | Brad Smith | 6'1 | 195 | 4/13/58 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 74
1 | 20
0 | 30
0 | 50
0 | 132
0 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Calg 2/24/81 |
| | RW | Don Murdoch | 5'11 | 180 | 10/25/56 | Adirondack (AHL) | 35 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 19 | Adirondack (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1983 |
| | RW | * Douglas Saunders | 5'11 | 190 | 3/25/63 | Portland/Kamloops (WHL) | 59 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 147 | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1983 |
| | RW | Jody Gage | 6' | 185 | 11/29/59 | Adirondack (AHL) | 65 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 33 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1979 draft 3rd rnd, 45th |
| | RW | * Joey Kocur | 5'11 | 204 | 12/21/64 | Saskatoon (WHL) | 62 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 289 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 91st |
| | RW | * Steven Young | 5'10 | 180 | 3/4/58 | Concordia (NCAA) | 20 | 35 | 47 | 82 | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1983 |
| 8 | C | Dennis Polonich | 5'6 | 165 | 12/4/53 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 61
11 | 18
0 | 22
1 | 40
1 | 128
0 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1973 draft 8th rnd, 123rd |
| 12 | C | Ivan Boldirev | 6' | 190 | 8/15/49 | Vancouver/Detroit (NHL) | 72 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 26 | Detroit (NHL) | Van 1/15/83 |
| 16 | C | Kelly Kisio | 5'9 | 170 | 9/18/59 | Davos HC (Swiss)
Detroit (NHL) | 35
15 | 40
4 | 33
3 | 73
7 |
0 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| 19 | C | * Steve Yzerman | 5'11 | 177 | 5/9/65 | Peterborough (OHL) | 56 | 42 | 49 | 91 | 33 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th |
| 20 | C | Dwight Foster | 5'11 | 195 | 4/2/57 | New Jersey/Detroit (NHL) | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 60 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 10/29/82 |
| 21 | C | Claude Loiselle | 5'11 | 190 | 5/29/63 | Detroit (NHL)
Windsor (OHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 18
46
6 | 2
39
1 | 0
49
7 | 2
88
8 | 15
75
0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/83 | 1981 draft 2nd rnd, 23rd |
| 24 | C | Derek Smith | 5'11 | 178 | 7/31/54 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 11
42 | 6
7 | 4
4 | 10
11 | 2
12 | Adirondack (AHL) | Buf 12/2/81 |
| | C | * Carmine Vani | 6'1 | 180 | 8/7/64 | Kingston/North Bay (OHL) | 46 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 140 | Returned to Jrs | 1982 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| | C | Charlie Skjodt | 6' | 190 | 6/10/56 | Salt Lake (CHL) | 62 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 43 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| | C | Wayne Crawford | 5'11 | 185 | 4/18/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 69 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 16 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1980 draft 6th rnd, 109th |
| 2 | D | Barry Melrose | 6' | 205 | 7/15/56 | St Catherines (AHL)
Toronto (NHL) | 25
52 | 1
2 | 10
5 | 11
7 | 106
68 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| 3 | D | John Barrett | 6' | 208 | 7/1/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 79 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 74 | Detroit (NHL) | 1978 draft 8th rnd, 129th |
| 4 | D | Colin Campbell | 5'9 | 190 | 1/28/53 | Detroit (NHL) | 53 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 74 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1982 |
| 5 | D | Greg Smith | 6' | 195 | 7/8/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 73 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 79 | Detroit (NHL) | Min 8/21/81 |
| 22 | D | Brad Park | 6' | 200 | 7/6/48 | Boston (NHL) | 76 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 82 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| 28 | D | Reed Larson | 6' | 195 | 7/30/56 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 104 | Detroit (NHL) | 1976 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd |
| 29 | D | Randy Ladouceur | 6'2 | 220 | 6/30/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 48
27 | 11
0 | 21
4 | 32
4 | 54
16 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/83 | Free Agent 1979 |
| 33 | D | Bob Manno | 6' | 185 | 10/31/56 | Merano HC (Ital) | 28 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 40 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| | D | * Brad Shaw | 5'11 | 172 | 4/28/64 | Ottawa (OHL) | 63 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 24 | Returned to Jrs | 1982 draft 5th rnd, 86th |
| | D | * Brent Meckling | 6'2 | 180 | 9/14/64 | Calgary/Medicine Hat (WHL) | 70 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 61 | Returned to Jrs | 1982 draft 10th rnd, 191st |
| | D | * Craig Butz | 6' | 199 | 2/3/65 | Kelowna (WHL) | 71 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 307 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 8th rnd, 151st |
| | D | * Dave Korol | 6' | 175 | 3/1/65 | Winnipeg (WHL) | 72 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 90 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 4th rnd, 70th |
| | D | * Dave Sikorski | 6' | 210 | 2/24/65 | Cornwall (OHL) | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 50 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 9th rnd, 172nd |
| | D | John Baby | 5'11 | 194 | 5/18/57 | Raperswil (Swiss) | | | | | | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1983 |
| | D | John Beukeboom | 6'2 | 197 | 1/1/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 72 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 157 | Montana (CHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | 1980 draft 8th rnd, 151st |
| | D | Larry Trader | 6'1 | 178 | 7/7/63 | Detroit (NHL)
London (OHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 15
39
6 | 0
16
2 | 2
28
2 | 2
44
2 | 6
67
4 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1981 draft 5th rnd, 86th |
| | D | Rejean Cloutier | 6'1 | 187 | 2/15/60 | Adirondack (AHL) | 80 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 137 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| | D | Rory Cava | 6'5 | 220 | 2/12/60 | Carolina (ACHL) | 63 | 23 | 60 | 83 | 151 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| | D | Ted Huesing | 6'1 | 185 | 3/23/57 | Adirondack (AHL) | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| 1 | G | Carrado Micalef | 5'8 | 172 | 4/20/61 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 11
34 | 0
0 | 0
1 | 0
1 | 2
18 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/83 | 1981 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| 30 | G | Greg Stefan | 5'11 | 173 | 2/11/61 | Detroit (NHL) | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
| 31 | G | * Chris Pusey | 6' | 180 | 6/20/65 | London/Brantford (OHL) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Returned to Jrs | 1983 draft 7th rnd, 109th |
| 35 | G | Ken Holland | 5'8 | 160 | 11/10/55 | Binghamton (AHL) | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
| 41 | G | Eddie Mio | 5'10 | 180 | 1/31/54 | New York Rangers (NHL) | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 6/14/83 |
| | G | * Mark LaForest | 5'10 | 178 | 7/10/62 | North Bay (OHL) | 54 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Free Agent 1983 |
* - Amateur Player.
