| 1987 Training Camp Notes |
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| The Wings invited 66 players to camp in 1987, made up of 9 goalies, 27 defenseman, and 30 forwards. Three players were invited to try-out including former wing Tim Friday, but did not earn contracts. |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1986-87 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1987-88 Club | Draft Notes |
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| 14 | LW | Brent Ashton | 6'1 | 210 | 5/18/60 | Quebec/Detroit (NHL) | 81 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 39 | Detroit (NHL) | Que 1/17/87 |
| 17 | LW | Gerard Gallant | 5'10 | 185 | 9/2/63 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 38 | 34 | 72 | 216 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th |
| 24 | LW | Bob Probert | 6'3 | 215 | 6/5/65 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 7
63 | 1
13 | 4
11 | 5
24 | 15
221 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 3rd rnd, 46th |
| 37 | LW | * Kris King | 6' | 193 | 2/18/66 | Peterborough (OHL) | 46 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 160 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| 85 | LW | Petr Klima | 6' | 190 | 12/23/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 42 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 88th |
| | LW | Neil Megannety | 5'11 | 190 | 11/19/62 | Tyringe (Swe)
Adirondack (AHL) | 45
22 | 30
7 | 20
3 | 50
10 | 22
7 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| 28 | LW | Dale Krentz | 5'11 | 187 | 12/19/61 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 71
8 | 32
0 | 39
0 | 71
0 | 68
0 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| | LW | Steve Martinson | 6'1 | 205 | 6/21/57 | Hershey/Adirondack (AHL) | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 163 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | LW | * Mike Gober | 6' | 192 | 4/10/67 | Trois Rivieres/Laval (QMJHL) | 63 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 292 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 7th rnd, 137th |
| 18 | RW | Mark Kumpel | 6' | 190 | 3/7/61 | Quebec/Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 45
7 | 1
2 | 9
3 | 10
5 | 16
0 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Que 1/17/87 |
| 20 | RW | Tim Higgins | 6'1 | 185 | 2/7/58 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 124 | Detroit (NHL) | NJ 6/25/86 |
| 26 | RW | Joey Kocur | 6' | 195 | 12/21/64 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 276 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 5th rnd, 91st |
| | RW | Ric Seiling | 6'1 | 180 | 12/15/57 | Detroit (NHL) | 74 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 49 | Adirondack (AHL) | Buf 10/7/86 |
| | RW | * Thomas Bjuhr | 6'1 | 207 | 2/28/66 | Portland (WHL) | 39 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 23 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1985 draft 7th rnd, 134th |
| | RW | Warren Harper | 5'11 | 176 | 5/10/63 | Flint (IHL)
Rochester (AHL) | 15
61 | 4
13 | 7
27 | 11
40 | 14
50 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | RW | * Brent Fedyk | 6' | 180 | 3/3/67 | Regina/Seattle/Portland (WHL) | 36 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 24 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1985 draft 1st rnd, 8th |
| | RW | * Greg Rolston | 6'1 | 200 | 2/27/65 | York University (OUAA) | | | | | | Released from Camp | Camp Tryout 1987 |
| 8 | C | Mark Lamb | 5'9 | 180 | 8/3/64 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 49
22 | 14
2 | 36
1 | 50
3 | 45
8 | Claimed on Waivers by Edm | Free Agent 1986 |
| 10 | C | Joe Murphy | 6'1 | 190 | 10/16/67 | Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 5
71 | 0
21 | 1
38 | 1
59 | 2
61 | Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | 1986 1st rnd, 1st |
| 11 | C | Shawn Burr | 6'1 | 180 | 7/1/66 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 107 | Detroit (NHL) | 1984 draft 1st rnd, 7th |
| 12 | C | * Adam Graves | 5'11 | 185 | 4/12/68 | Windsor (OHL) | 66 | 45 | 55 | 100 | 70 | Detroit (NHL)/Windsor (OHL) | 1986 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd |
| 15 | C | Mel Bridgman | 6' | 200 | 4/28/55 | New Jersey/Detroit (NHL) | 64 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 99 | Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | NJ 3/9/87 |
| 19 | C | Steve Yzerman | 5'11 | 180 | 5/9/65 | Detroit (NHL) | 80 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 43 | Detroit (NHL) | 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th |
| 21 | C | Adam Oates | 5'11 | 190 | 8/27/62 | Detroit (NHL) | 76 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 21 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 22 | C | Dave Barr | 6'1 | 190 | 11/30/60 | St Louis/Hartford/Detroit (NHL) | 69 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 68 | Detroit (NHL) | Hart 1/12/87 |
| | C | Doug Kostynski | 6'1 | 170 | 2/23/63 | Moncton (AHL) | 74 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 22 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | C | Murray Eaves | 5'10 | 185 | 5/10/60 | Nova Scotia (AHL) | 76 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 46 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | C | John Chabot | 6'2 | 200 | 5/18/62 | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 72 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 8 | Detroit (NHL) | Free agent 1987 |
| | C | * Bill Shibicky | 5'11 | 189 | 1/25/64 | MSU (NCAA)
Adirondack (AHL) | 42
2 | 43
0 | 36
0 | 79
0 | 100
0 | Released from Camp | 1984 draft 10th rnd, 175th |
| | C | * Dennis Holland | 5'10 | 164 | 1/30/69 | Portland (WHL) | 72 | 36 | 77 | 113 | 96 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 3rd rnd, 52nd |
| 2 | D | Mike O'Connell | 5'9 | 180 | 11/25/55 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 70 | Detroit (NHL) | Bos 3/10/86 |
| 3 | D | Steve Chiasson | 6'1 | 205 | 4/14/67 | Detroit (NHL) | 45 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 73 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1985 draft 3rd rnd, 50th |
| 4 | D | Rick Zombo | 6'1 | 195 | 5/8/63 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 25
44 | 0
1 | 6
4 | 6
5 | 22
59 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 8th rnd, 149th |
| 5 | D | Darren Veitch | 6' | 190 | 4/24/60 | Detroit (NHL) | 77 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 52 | Detroit (NHL) | Was 3/10/86 |
| 23 | D | Lee Norwood | 6'1 | 198 | 2/2/60 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 3
57 | 0
6 | 3
21 | 3
27 | 0
163 | Detroit (NHL) | StL 8/7/86 |
| 25 | D | Dave Lewis | 6'2 | 205 | 7/3/53 | Detroit (NHL) | 58 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 66 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1986 |
| 27 | D | Harold Snepsts | 6'3 | 210 | 10/24/54 | Detroit (NHL) | 54 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 129 | Detroit (NHL) | Free Agent 1985 |
| 29 | D | Gilbert Delorme | 6'1 | 205 | 11/25/62 | Quebec/Detroit (NHL) | 43 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 47 | Detroit (NHL) | Que 1/17/87 |
| 33 | D | * Yves Racine | 6'0 | 183 | 2/7/69 | Longueuil (QMJHL) | 70 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 50 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 1st rnd, 11th |
| | D | Dennis Smith | 5'11 | 192 | 5/27/64 | Adirondack (AHL) | 64 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 120 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1986 |
| | D | Jim Smith | 6'1 | 215 | 1/18/64 | Adirondack (AHL) | 77 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 43 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1986 |
| | D | Peter Dineen | 5'11 | 180 | 11/19/60 | New Haven (AHL)
Los Angeles (NHL) | 59
11 | 2
0 | 17
2 | 19
2 | 140
8 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | D | Phil Degaetano | 6'1 | 203 | 8/9/63 | Adirondack (AHL) | 78 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 75 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1986 |
| | D | Dave Korol | 6'1 | 175 | 3/1/65 | Adirondack (AHL) | 48 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 67 | Adirondack (AHL) | 1983 draft 4th rnd, 70th |
| | D | Doug Houda | 6'2 | 190 | 6/3/66 | Adirondack (AHL) | 77 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 142 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1984 draft 2nd rnd, 28th |
| | D | * Jeff Sharples | 6' | 187 | 7/28/67 | Portland (WHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 44
3 | 25
0 | 35
1 | 60
1 | 92
2 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | 1985 draft 2nd rnd, 29th |
| 7 | D | Doug Halward | 6'1 | 197 | 11/1/55 | Vancouver/Detroit (NHL) | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 53 | Detroit (NHL) | Van 11/21/86 |
| | D | * Rob Doyle | 5'11 | 185 | 2/10/64 | Colorado College (NCAA) | 42 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 72 | Flint (IHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | 1986 Supplemental draft |
| | D | * Craig Quinlan | 6'2 | 200 | 4/9/69 | Hill-Murray HS | 27 | 7 | 16 | 23 | | Released from Camp | 1987 draft 11th rnd, 221st |
| | D | Radomir Brazda | 6'2 | 176 | 10/11/57 | Tesla Pardubice (Cze) | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | Released from Camp | 1987 draft 5th rnd, 95th |
| | D | Richard Osburn | 6'2 | 205 | 7/4/64 | Flint (IHL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Released from Camp | Camp Tryout 1987 |
| | D | Tim Friday | 6' | 190 | 3/5/61 | Did Not Play _Injured | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1987 |
| | D | * Bob Wilkie | 6'2 | 200 | 2/11/69 | Calgary/Swift Current (WHL) | 65 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 50 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 2nd rnd, 41st |
| | D | * Dean Morton | 6'1 | 196 | 2/27/68 | Oshawa (OHL) | 62 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 165 | Returned to Jrs | 1986 draft 8th rnd, 148th |
| | D | * Gord Kruppke | 6'1 | 200 | 4/2/69 | Prince Albert (WHL) | 49 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 129 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 2nd rnd, 32nd |
| | D | * Jay Stark | 6' | 190 | 2/29/68 | Portland (WHL) | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 321 | Returned to Jrs | 1986 draft 6th rnd, 106th |
| | D | * Tomas Jansson | 5'11 | 187 | 3/23/67 | Talje IK (Swe-2) | | | | | | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 12th rnd, 242nd |
| 1 | G | Glen Hanlon | 6' | 185 | 2/20/57 | Detroit (NHL) | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Detroit (NHL) | NYR 7/29/86 |
| 30 | G | Greg Stefan | 5'11 | 180 | 2/11/61 | Detroit (NHL) | 43 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | Detroit (NHL) | 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th |
| | G | Darren Eliot | 6'1 | 175 | 11/26/61 | New Haven (AHL)
Los Angeles (NHL) | 4
24 | 0
0 | 1
1 | 1
1 | 2
18 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | Free agent 1987 |
| | G | Sam St Laurent | 5'10 | 190 | 2/16/59 | Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL) | 25
6 | 0
0 | 1
0 | 1
0 | 4
0 | Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | NJ 8/18/86 |
| | G | Randy Hansch | 5'10 | 165 | 2/8/66 | Kalamazoo (IHL)
Adirondack (AHL) | 16
10 | 0
0 | 3
0 | 3
0 | 0
0 | Did not play -Injured | 1984 draft 6th rnd, 112th |
| | G | Ray LeBlanc | 5'10 | 170 | 10/24/64 | Flint (IHL) | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | Flint (IHL) | Free Agent 1987 |
| | G | * Mark Gowens | 6' | 160 | 3/26/67 | Oshawa/Hamilton (OHL) | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Returned to Jrs | 1985 draft 4th rnd, 71st |
| | G | * Mark Reimer | 5'11 | 170 | 3/23/67 | Saskatoon (WHL) | 42 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Returned to Jrs | 1987 draft 4th rnd, 74th |
| | G | * Tim Cheveldae | 5'10 | 175 | 2/15/68 | Saskatoon (WHL) | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Returned to Jrs | 1986 draft 4th rnd, 64th |
* - Amateur Player.
