1986 Training Camp Notes |
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After finishing with the NHL's worst record, the Wings opened camp with a new coach Jacques Demers, and several new players including the No. 1 overall draft choice Joe Murphy. There were five players in camp as try-outs among the 56 present, but none earned a contract. |
# | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1985-86 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1986-87 Club | Draft Notes |
17 | LW | Gerard Gallant | 5'11 | 185 | 9/2/63 | Detroit (NHL) | 52 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 109 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th |
24 | LW | Bob Probert | 6'3 | 208 | 6/5/65 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 32 44 | 12 8 | 15 13 | 27 21 | 152 186 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 3rd rnd, 46th |
25 | LW | John Ogrodnick | 6' | 189 | 6/20/59 | Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 18 | Detroit (NHL) | 1979 draft 4th rnd, 66th |
35 | LW | Warren Young | 6'3 | 195 | 1/11/56 | Detroit (NHL) | 79 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 161 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/2/86 | Free Agent 1985 |
85 | LW | Petr Klima | 6' | 190 | 12/23/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 16 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 88th |
| LW | Basil McRae | 6'2 | 205 | 1/5/61 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 69 4 | 22 0 | 30 0 | 52 0 | 259 5 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| LW | Bobby Simpson | 6' | 185 | 11/17/56 | Salt Lake (IHL) | 74 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 37 | Released from Tryout 9/23/86 | Camp Tryout 1986 |
| LW | Dale Krentz | 5'11 | 187 | 12/19/61 | Adirondack (AHL) | 79 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 27 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Free Agent 1985 |
| LW | Dave Donnelly | 5'11 | 185 | 2/2/62 | Boston (NHL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Did not Attend Camp, Signed with Chicago (NHL) | Bos 3/86 |
| LW | * Dave Waldie | 6' | 185 | 4/8/65 | Portland (WHL) | 72 | 68 | 58 | 126 | 63 | Did not Attend Camp, Tryout with Hartford (NHL) | Camp Tryout 1986 |
8 | RW | Ray Staszak | 6' | 200 | 12/1/62 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 26 4 | 13 0 | 8 1 | 21 1 | 41 7 | Injured - Did Not Play | Free Agent 1985 |
14 | RW | Doug Shedden | 6'0 | 185 | 4/26/61 | Pittsburgh/Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 34 | Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | Pit 3/11/86 |
15 | RW | Chris Cichocki | 5'10 | 185 | 9/17/63 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 9 59 | 4 10 | 4 11 | 8 21 | 6 21 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/2/86 | Free Agent 1985 |
20 | RW | Tim Higgins | 6'1 | 185 | 2/7/58 | New Jersey (NHL) | 59 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 47 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 6/25/86 |
26 | RW | Joey Kocur | 6'1 | 204 | 12/21/64 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 9 59 | 6 9 | 2 6 | 8 15 | 34 377 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 91st |
15 | RW | * Brent Fedyk | 6' | 180 | 3/3/67 | Regina (WHL) | 50 | 43 | 34 | 77 | 47 | Returned to Jrs 9/30/86 | 1985 draft 1st rnd, 8th |
| RW | * Guy Phillips | 6' | 185 | 2/13/66 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 72 | 38 | 55 | 93 | 66 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Camp Tryout 1986 |
| RW | Thomas Bjuhr | 6'1 | 207 | 2/28/66 | AIK Solna (SEL) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | 1985 draft 7th rnd, 134th |
10 | C | * Joe Murphy | 6'1 | 190 | 10/16/67 | MSU (NCAA) Canadian Natl Team | 35 8 | 24 3 | 37 3 | 61 6 | 50 2 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/2/86 | 1986 1st rnd, 1st |
11 | C | Shawn Burr | 6'0 | 180 | 7/1/66 | Detroit (NHL) Kitchener (OHL) Adirondack (AHL) | 5 59 3 | 1 60 2 | 0 67 2 | 1 127 4 | 4 83 2 | Detroit (NHL) | 1984 draft 1st rnd, 7th |
12 | C | Billy Carroll | 5'10 | 190 | 1/19/59 | Nova Scotia (AHL) Edmonton/Detroit (NHL) | 26 26 | 7 2 | 18 6 | 25 8 | 15 11 | Detroit (NHL) | Edm 12/28/85 |
19 | C | Steve Yzerman | 5'11 | 175 | 5/9/65 | Detroit (NHL) | 51 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 16 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th |
21 | C | Adam Oates | 5'11 | 190 | 8/27/62 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 34 38 | 18 9 | 28 11 | 46 20 | 4 10 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| C | * Adam Graves | 5'11 | 185 | 4/12/68 | Windsor (OHL) | 62 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 35 | Returned to Jrs 9/23/86 | 1986 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd |
| C | Bill Terry | 5'7 | 178 | 7/13/61 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 78 | 43 | 66 | 109 | 28 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Camp Tryout 1986 |
| C | Geordie Robertson | 6' | 165 | 8/1/59 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/86 | 79 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 99 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Free Agent 1985 |
| C | Glenn Merkosky | 5'10 | 176 | 4/8/60 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 59 17 | 24 0 | 33 2 | 57 2 | 22 0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/6/86 | Free Agent 1985 |
| C | Mark Lamb | 5'9 | 180 | 8/3/64 | Moncton (AHL)/Calgary (NHL) | 79 1 | 26 0 | 50 0 | 76 0 | 51 0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Free Agent 1986 |
| C | Ted Speers | 5'11 | 190 | 1/28/61 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 74 4 | 32 1 | 35 1 | 67 2 | 20 0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Free Agent 1983 |
| C | Tom O'Regan | 5'10 | 180 | 12/29/61 | Baltimore (AHL) Pittsburgh (NHL) | 61 9 | 23 1 | 31 2 | 54 3 | 65 2 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Free Agent 1986 |
2 | D | Mike O'Connell | 5'9 | 185 | 11/25/55 | Boston/Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 63 | Detroit (NHL) | Bos 3/10/86 |
3 | D | * Steve Chiasson | 6' | 210 | 4/14/67 | Guelph (OHL) | 54 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 126 | Detroit (NHL) | 1985 draft 3rd rnd, 50th |
5 | D | Darren Veitch | 6' | 195 | 4/24/60 | Washington/Detroit (NHL) | 75 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 29 | Detroit (NHL) | Was 3/10/86 |
23 | D | Lee Norwood | 6'1 | 198 | 2/2/60 | St Louis (NHL) | 71 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 134 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | StL 8/7/86 |
27 | D | Harold Snepsts | 6'3 | 215 | 10/24/54 | Detroit (NHL) | 35 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 75 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
29 | D | Randy Ladouceur | 6'2 | 215 | 6/30/60 | Detroit (NHL) | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 196 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
52 | D | Dave Lewis | 6'2 | 205 | 7/3/53 | New Jersey (NHL) | 69 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 81 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1986 |
| D | Barry Melrose | 6' | 205 | 7/15/56 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 57 14 | 4 0 | 4 0 | 8 0 | 204 70 | Missed Camp - Injured | Free Agent 1983 |
| D | Dave Korol | 6' | 185 | 3/1/65 | Adirondack (AHL) | 74 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 56 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | 1983 draft 4th rnd, 70th |
| D | * Dean Morton | 6' | 196 | 2/27/68 | Ottawa/Oshawa (OHL) | 64 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 124 | Returned to Jrs 9/22/86 | 1986 draft 8th rnd, 148th |
| D | * Doug Houda | 6'2 | 190 | 6/3/66 | Detroit (NHL) Calgary/Medicine Hat (WHL) | 6 51 | 0 13 | 0 33 | 0 46 | 4 140 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | 1984 draft 2nd rnd, 28th |
| D | * Jeff Sharples | 6'1 | 185 | 7/28/67 | Spokane/Portland (WHL) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 48 | Detroit (NHL) | 1985 draft 2nd rnd, 29th |
| D | * Jim Smith | 6'1 | 215 | 1/18/64 | U of Denver (NCAA) | 47 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 37 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/86 | Free Agent 1986 |
| D | * JP Lemoine | 6'4 | 220 | 9/11/64 | French National Team (INTL) | | | | | | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | Camp Tryout 1986 |
| D | Neil Belland | 5'11 | 175 | 4/3/61 | Fredericton (AHL) Vancouver (NHL) | 36 7 | 6 1 | 18 2 | 24 3 | 10 4 | Released from Tryout 9/23/86 | Camp Tryout 1986 |
| D | Peter Ekroth | 6'3 | 211 | 4/2/60 | Sodertalje SK (SEL) | 36 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 65 | Did not Attend Camp | 1986 draft 12th rnd, 232nd |
| D | Phil Degaetano | 6'1 | 203 | 8/9/63 | Indianapolis (IHL) | 80 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 107 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/86 | Free Agent 1986 |
| D | Rick Zombo | 6'1 | 195 | 5/8/63 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 69 14 | 7 0 | 34 1 | 41 1 | 94 16 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 10/2/86 | 1981 draft 8th rnd, 149th |
30 | G | Greg Stefan | 5'11 | 178 | 2/11/61 | Detroit (NHL) | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
31 | G | Mark LaForest | 5'10 | 178 | 7/10/62 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 19 28 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 14 23 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/30/86 | Free Agent 1983 |
| G | Carrado Micalef | 5'8 | 172 | 4/20/61 | Detroit (NHL) Adirondack (AHL) Kalamazoo (IHL) | 11 25 7 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 8 0 2 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | 1981 draft 3rd rnd, 44th |
| G | Chris Pusey | 6' | 190 | 6/20/65 | Adirondack (AHL) Detroit (NHL) | 22 1 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 8 0 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/24/86 | 1983 draft 7th rnd, 109th |
| G | Glen Hanlon | 6' | 185 | 2/20/57 | New York (NHL) New Haven/Adirondack (AHL) | 23 15 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 4 2 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 7/29/86 |
| G | * Mark Gowens | 5'11 | 160 | 3/26/97 | Oshawa (OHL) | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Returned to Jrs 9/22/86 | 1985 draft 4th rnd, 71st |
| G | * Randy Hansch | 5'11 | 165 | 2/8/66 | Victoria/Kamloops (WHL) | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Assigned to Adirondack (AHL) 9/26/86 | 1984 draft 6th rnd, 112th |
| G | Sam St Laurent | 5'10 | 190 | 2/16/59 | Maine (AHL) New Jersey (NHL) | 50 4 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 8 0 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 8/18/86 |
* - Amateur Player.