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Detroit Red Wings 1988 Training Camp Roster

1988 Training Camp Notes
Fifty-Nine players were invited to camp in 1988, made up of 7 goalies, 21 defenseman and 31 forwards. Bill White and Doug Stromback were amateur tryout invitees, but both were released after camp. Several future NHL executives were in camp as players including: Gerard Gallant (NHL head coach Columbus), Paul MacLean (Asst. Coach Detroit), John Chabot (Asst. Coach NYI), Mike O'Connell (GM Boston), Jim Nill (Asst GM Detroit), and Glen Hanlon (NHL Head Coach Washington).
# Pos Player HT WT D.O.B. 1987-88 Club GP G A PTS PIM 1988-89 Club Draft Notes
17 LW Gerard Gallant 5'10 185 9/2/63 Detroit (NHL) 73 34 39 73 242 Detroit (NHL) 1981 draft 6th rnd, 107th
18 LW Kris King 6' 193 2/18/66 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
78
3
21
1
32
0
53
1
337
2
Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1987
24 LW Bob Probert 6'3 215 6/5/65 Detroit (NHL) 74 29 33 62 398 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 3rd rnd, 46th
85 LW Petr Klima 6' 190 12/23/64 Detroit (NHL) 78 37 25 62 46 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 5th rnd, 88th
LW Louis Crawford 6' 185 11/5/62 Nova Scotia (AHL) 54 15 15 30 170 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1988
LW * Mike Gober 6' 192 4/10/67 Trois Rivieres (QMJHL) 19 5 10 15 96 Adirondack (AHL) 1987 draft 7th rnd, 137th
28 LW Dale Krentz 5'11 190 12/19/61 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
67
6
39
2
43
0
82
2
65
5
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1985
LW Mats Lundstrom 5'10 185 4/23/66 AIK (SEL) 22 13 7 20 28 Released from Camp 1984 draft 5th rnd, 91st
8 RW Jim Nill 6' 185 4/11/58 Winnipeg/Detroit (NHL) 60 3 12 15 92 Detroit (NHL) Win 1/10/88
14 RW Miroslav Frycer 6' 200 9/27/59 Toronto (NHL) 38 12 20 32 41 Detroit (NHL) Tor 6/10/88
15 RW Paul MacLean 6' 190 3/9/58 Winnipeg (NHL) 77 40 39 79 76 Detroit (NHL) Win 6/9/88
20 RW Tim Higgins 6'1 185 2/7/58 Detroit (NHL) 62 12 13 25 94 Detroit (NHL) NJ 6/25/86
26 RW Joey Kocur 6' 195 12/21/64 Detroit (NHL) 63 7 7 14 263 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 5th rnd, 91st
RW * Daniel Shank 5'10 190 5/12/67 Hull (QMJHL) 52 31 42 73 343 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1988
RW Brent Fedyk 6' 195 3/3/67 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
34
2
9
0
11
1
20
1
22
2
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1985 draft 1st rnd, 8th
RW Randy McKay 6'1 185 1/25/67 Michigan Tech (NCAA)
Adirondack (AHL)
41
10
17
0
24
3
41
3
70
12
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1985 draft 6th rnd, 113th
RW * Doug Stromback 6' 175 3/2/67 Belleville (OHL) 60 27 35 62 19 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1988
RW * Darren Colbourne 5'11 187 1/5/68 Cornwall (OHL) 61 47 51 98 66 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 11th rnd, 227th
RW * Kory Kocur 5'11 188 3/6/69 Saskatoon (WHL) 69 34 37 71 95 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 1st rnd, 17th
RW * Sheldon Kennedy 5'10 170 6/15/69 Swift Current (WHL) 59 53 64 117 45 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 5th rnd, 80th
10 C Joe Murphy 6'1 190 10/16/67 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
6
50
5
10
6
9
11
19
4
37
Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) 1986 1st rnd, 1st
11 C Shawn Burr 6'1 195 7/1/66 Detroit (NHL) 78 17 23 40 97 Detroit (NHL) 1984 draft 1st rnd, 7th
12 C * Adam Graves 5'11 185 4/12/68 Detroit (NHL)
Windsor (OHL)
9
37
0
28
1
32
1
60
8
107
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1986 draft 2nd rnd, 22nd
16 C John Chabot 6'2 200 5/18/62 Detroit (NHL) 78 13 44 57 10 Detroit (NHL) Free agent 1987
19 C Steve Yzerman 5'11 185 5/9/65 Detroit (NHL) 64 50 52 102 44 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th
21 C Adam Oates 5'11 190 8/27/62 Detroit (NHL) 63 14 40 54 20 Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1985
22 C Dave Barr 6'1 190 11/30/60 Detroit (NHL) 51 14 26 40 58 Detroit (NHL) Hart 1/12/87
C Glenn Merkosky 5'10 175 4/8/60 Rosenheim (1.Gbun)
Adirondack (AHL)
16
66
2
34
3
42
5
76
17
34
Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1985
C Murray Eaves 5'10 185 5/10/60 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
65
7
39
0
54
1
93
1
65
2
Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1987
C * Dennis Holland 5'10 165 1/30/69 Portland (WHL) 67 58 86 144 115 Returned to Jrs 1987 draft 3rd rnd, 52nd
C * Glen Goodall 5'8 168 1/22/70 Seattle (WHL) 70 53 64 117 88 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 10th rnd, 206th
2 D Mike O'Connell 5'9 180 11/25/55 Detroit (NHL) 48 6 13 19 38 Detroit (NHL) Bos 3/10/86
3 D Steve Chiasson 6'1 205 4/14/67 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
23
29
6
2
11
9
17
11
58>BR>57 Detroit (NHL) 1985 draft 3rd rnd, 50th
4 D Rick Zombo 6'1 195 5/8/63 Detroit (NHL) 62 3 14 17 96 Detroit (NHL) 1981 draft 8th rnd, 149th
23 D Lee Norwood 6'1 198 2/2/60 Detroit (NHL) 51 9 22 31 131 Detroit (NHL) StL 8/7/86
25 D Jim Pavese 6'2 215 5/8/62 Colorado (IHL)
New Haven (AHL)
St Louis/NYR/Detroit (NHL)
1
1
25
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
1
5
2
0
77
Detroit (NHL) NYR 3/88
29 D Gilbert Delorme 6'1 205 11/25/62 Detroit (NHL) 55 2 8 10 81 Detroit (NHL) Que 1/17/87
33 D * Yves Racine 6' 185 2/7/69 Victoriaville (QMJHL) 69 10 84 94 150 Returned to Jrs 1987 draft 1st rnd, 11th
34 D Jeff Sharples 6'1 195 7/28/67 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
4
56
2
10
1
25
3
35
4
42
Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) 1985 draft 2nd rnd, 29th
48 D * Serge Anglehart 6'2 189 4/18/70 Drummondville (QMJHL) 44 1 8 9 122 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 2nd rnd, 38th
D * Dean Morton 6'1 196 2/27/68 Oshawa (OHL) 57 6 19 25 187 Adirondack (AHL) 1986 draft 8th rnd, 148th
D Dennis Smith 5'11 192 5/27/64 Adirondack (AHL) 75 6 24 30 213 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1986
D Peter Dineen 5'11 190 11/19/60 Adirondack (AHL) 76 8 26 34 137 Adirondack (AHL) Free Agent 1987
D Rob Doyle 5'11 185 2/10/64 Flint (IHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
37
40
22
11
22
28
44
39
85
48
Adirondack (AHL) 1986 Supplemental draft
D Dave Korol 6'1 175 3/1/65 Adirondack (AHL) 53 2 17 19 61 Adirondack (AHL) 1983 draft 4th rnd, 70th
D John Blum 6'3 205 10/8/59 Maine (AHL)
Boston (NHL)
43
19
5
0
18
1
23
1
136
70
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1988
D John Mokosak 5'11 200 9/7/63 Springfield (AHL) 77 1 16 17 178 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1988
D Doug Halward 6'1 197 11/1/55 Detroit (NHL) 70 5 21 26 130 Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) Van 11/21/86
D Doug Houda 6'2 200 6/3/66 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
71
11
10
1
32
1
42
2
169
10
Detroit (NHL)/Adirondack (AHL) 1984 draft 2nd rnd, 28th
D * Bob Wilkie 6'2 200 2/11/69 Swift Current (WHL) 67 12 68 80 124 Returned to Jrs 1987 draft 2nd rnd, 41st
D * Gord Kruppke 6'1 200 4/2/69 Prince Albert (WHL) 54 8 8 16 113 Returned to Jrs 1987 draft 2nd rnd, 32nd
D * Guy Dupuis 6'2 199 5/10/70 Hull (QMJHL) 69 14 34 48 72 Returned to Jrs 1988 draft 3rd rnd, 47th
1 G Glen Hanlon 6' 185 2/20/57 Detroit (NHL) 47 0 1 1 30 Detroit (NHL) NYR 7/29/86
30 G Greg Stefan 5'11 180 2/11/61 Detroit (NHL) 33 0 1 1 36 Detroit (NHL) 1981 draft 7th rnd, 128th
G Sam St Laurent 5'10 190 2/16/59 Adirondack (AHL)
Detroit (NHL)
32
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
8
2
Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) NJ 8/18/86
G * Tim Cheveldae 5'10 175 2/15/68 Saskatoon (WHL) 66 0 7 7 10 Adirondack (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1986 draft 4th rnd, 64th
G Mark Reimer 5'11 170 3/23/67 Portland (WHL)
Flint (IHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
38
5
8
0
0
0
4
0
1
4
0
1
13
0
0
Adirondack (AHL)/Flint (IHL) 1987 draft 4th rnd, 74th
G Randy Hansch 5'10 165 2/8/66 Did not Play -Injured Canadian Natl Team 1984 draft 6th rnd, 112th
G * Bill White 6'2 190 3/11/68 Windsor (OHL) 2 0 1 1 2 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1988
* - Amateur Player.