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Training Camp 1999

1999 Training Camp Notes
The Wings invited 65 players to camp, 21 amateurs and 44 professionals. They are made up of 8 netminders, 20 defenseman and 37 forwards. Besides the parent club, players will be placed with one of two farm clubs, a shared affiliation with Anaheim in Cincinnati (AHL), and the Toledo Storm (ECHL).
# Pos Player HT WT D.O.B. 1998-99 Club GP G A PTS PIM 1999-00 Club Draft Notes
3 D Jesse Wallin 6'2 190 3/10/78 Adirondack (AHL) 76 4 12 16 34 Cincinnati (AHL) 9/29/99 1996 draft 1st rnd, 26th
4 D Uwe Krupp 6'6 233 6/24/65 Detroit (NHL) 22 3 2 5 6 Did Not Play - injured Free Agent 1998
5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 6'2 190 4/28/70 Detroit (NHL) 81 14 43 57 14 Detroit (NHL) 1989 draft 3rd rnd, 53rd
8 C Igor Larionov 5'11 170 12/3/60 Detroit (NHL) 75 14 49 63 48 Detroit (NHL) SJ 10/24/95
11 D Mathieu Dandenault 6'1 196 2/3/76 Detroit (NHL) 75 4 10 14 59 Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 2nd rnd, 49th
13 C Slava Kozlov 5'10 195 5/3/72 Detroit (NHL) 79 29 29 58 45 Detroit (NHL) 1990 draft 3rd rnd, 45th
14 LW Brendan Shanahan 6'3 215 5/9/65 Detroit (NHL) 81 31 27 58 123 Detroit (NHL) Hart 10/9/96
15 D Steve Duchesne 5'11 195 6/30/65 Los Angeles/Philadelphia (NHL) 71 6 24 30 24 Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1999
17 RW Doug Brown 5'11 185 6/12/64 Detroit (NHL) 80 9 19 28 42 Detroit (NHL) Nash 7/14/98
18 RW Kirk Maltby 6' 190 12/22/72 Detroit (NHL) 53 8 6 14 34 Detroit (NHL) Edm 3/20/96
19 C Steve Yzerman 5'11 185 5/9/65 Detroit (NHL) 80 29 45 74 42 Detroit (NHL) 1983 draft 1st rnd, 4th
20 RW Martin LaPointe 5'11 215 9/12/73 Detroit (NHL) 77 16 13 29 141 Detroit (NHL) 1991 draft 1st rnd, 10th
21 C Darryl LaPlante 6' 185 3/28/77 Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
3
71
0
17
0
15
0
32
0
96
Cincinnati (AHL) 9/29/99 1995 draft 3rd rnd, 58th
22 LW Philippe Audet 6'2 175 6/4/77 Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
4
70
0
20
0
20
0
40
0
77
Cincinnati (AHL) 9/29/99 1995 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd
23 C Stacy Roest 5'9 185 3/15/74 Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
59
2
4
0
8
1
12
1
14
0
Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1997
24 D Chris Chelios 6'1 190 1/25/62 Chicago/Detroit (NHL) 75 9 27 36 93 Detroit (NHL) Chi 3/23/99
25 RW Darren McCarty 6'1 215 4/1/72 Detroit (NHL) 69 14 26 40 108 Detroit (NHL) 1992 draft 2nd rnd, 46th
26 RW Joey Kocur 6' 222 12/21/64 Detroit (NHL) 39 2 5 7 87 Did Not Play - injured Free Agent 1996
27 D Aaron Ward 6'2 225 1/17/73 Detroit (NHL) 60 3 8 11 52 Detroit (NHL) Win 6/11/93
28 D Yan Golubovsky 6'3 183 3/9/76 Detroit (NHL)
Adirondack (AHL)
17
43
0
2
1
2
1
4
16
32
Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 1st rnd, 23rd
30 G Chris Osgood 5'11 175 11/26/72 Detroit (NHL) 63 0 3 3 8 Detroit (NHL) 1991 draft 3rd rnd, 54th
31 G Ken Wregget 6'1 205 3/25/64 Calgary (NHL) 27 0 1 1 8 Detroit (NHL) Free Agent 1999
32 D Maxim Kuznetsov 6'5 240 3/24/77 Adirondack (AHL) 60 0 4 4 30 Cincinnati (AHL) 9/29/99 1995 draft 1st rnd, 26th
33 C Kris Draper 5'11 190 5/24/71 Detroit (NHL) 80 4 14 18 79 Detroit (NHL) Win 6/30/93
34 G Manny Legace 5'9 162 2/4/73 Los Angeles (NHL)
Long Beach (IHL)
17
33
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
6
Claimed by Vancouver on Waivers Free Agent 1999
35 G * Patrick Dovigi 6' 180 7/2/79 Erie/St Michaels (OHL) 51 0 0 0 8 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp tryout 1999
39 C Alexandre Jacques 5'11 170 9/27/77 Adirondack (AHL) 68 9 13 22 25 Cincinnati (AHL) 9/20/99 1996 draft 6th rnd, 162nd
41 LW Brent Gilchrist 5'11 181 4/3/67 Detroit (NHL) 5 1 0 1 0 Detroit (NHL) TB 10/5/98
42 C Yuri Butsayev 6'1 205 10/11/78 Tolyatti Lada (REL) 39 10 7 17 55 Cincinnati (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1997 draft 2nd rnd, 49th
46 RW * Kent McDonell 6' 200 3/1/79 Guelph (OHL) 60 31 38 69 110 Returned to Jrs 9/10/99 1999 draft 6th rnd, 181st
47 RW * Ken Davis 6'4 213 3/20/81 Portland (WHL) 72 13 14 27 76 Returned to Jrs 9/10/99 1999 draft 9th rnd, 266th
48 RW * Mike Hurley 6'1 180 11/17/77 U of Albert (CIAU)
Baton Rouge (ECHL)
23
6
16
0
7
0
23
0
12
6
Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp tryout 1999
49 G Aren Miller 6'3 220 1/13/78 Adirondack (AHL)
Toledo (ECHL)
25
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
Cincinnati (AHL) 9/20/99 1996 draft 2nd rnd, 52nd
50 G Jason Elliott 6'2 183 11/10/75 Adirondack (AHL) 51 0 2 2 4 Manitoba (IHL) 1994 draft 8th rnd, 205th
51 LW * Quintin Laing 6'2 200 6/8/79 Kelowna (WHL) 70 11 10 21 107 Released from camp 9/10/99 1997 draft 4th rnd, 102nd
52 LW * JJ Hunter 6'1 196 7/6/80 Kelowna (WHL) 66 18 32 50 61 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp tryout 1999
53 LW Brett Harkins 5'11 172 7/2/70 Cleveland (IHL) 74 20 67 87 84 Released from tryout 9/11/99 Camp Tryout 1999
54 D * Jiri Fischer 6'5 225 7/31/80 Hull (QMJHL) 65 22 56 78 141 Cincinnati (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) 1998 draft 1st rnd, 25th
55 D Larry Murphy 6'2 210 3/8/61 Detroit (NHL) 80 10 42 52 42 Detroit (NHL) Tor 3/18/97
56 D * Jeremy Goetzinger 6'4 230 6/26/80 Prince Albert (WHL) 51 2 17 19 42 Returned to Jrs 9/10/99 1998 draft 7th rnd, 198th
57 C * Chris Stanley 6'2 210 6/18/79 Belleville (OHL) 51 29 40 69 32 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp Tryout 1999
58 D Shane Hnidy 6'2 210 11/8/75 Adirondack (AHL) 68 9 20 29 121 Cincinnati (AHL) 9/20/99 Free Agent 1998
59 C * Brent Hobday 6'1 185 8/26/79 Moose Jaw (WHL) 72 40 26 66 135 Returned to Jrs 9/10/99 1998 draft 4th rnd, 111th
60 G David Arsenault 6'1 178 3/21/77 Adirondack (AHL)
Toledo (ECHL)
5
21
0
0
0
15
0
1
0
6
Louisiana (ECHL) 9/11/99 1995 draft 5th rnd 126th
61 RW BJ Young 5'10 178 7/23/77 Adirondack (AHL) 58 13 17 30 150 Cincinnati (AHL) 9/20/99 1997 draft 6th rnd, 157th
62 D * Ryan Gaucher 6' 195 2/23/78 Saskatoon (WHL) 64 14 32 46 92 Louisiana (ECHL) 9/10/99 Camp Tryout 1999
63 LW * Anton Borodkin 5'11 184 1/26/81 Kamloops (WHL) 71 8 29 37 98 Returned to Jrs 1999 draft 8th rnd, 238th
64 G * Jake McCracken 5'10 180 1/15/80 Sault Ste Marie (OHL) 41 0 0 0 0 Returned to Jrs 9/10/99 1998 draft 3rd rnd, 84th
65 D * Jeff Katcher 6'4 190 4/16/79 Tri City (WHL) 60 4 14 18 136 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp Tryout 1999
66 C * Brett McLean 5'10 185 8/14/78 Kelowna/Brandon (WHL)
Cincinnati (AHL)
65
7
47
0
54
3
101
3
66
6
Released from tryout Camp Tryout 1999
67 LW * Doug Nolan 6'2 210 1/5/76 U Mass - Lowell (HE) 25 8 5 13 41 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp Tryout 1999
68 D * Greg Labenski 6'1 197 4/4/78 North Bay (OHL) 68 16 40 56 73 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp Tryout 1999
69 RW Marc Rodgers 5'9 185 3/16/72 Adirondack (AHL) 80 19 38 57 66 Manitoba (IHL) 10/21/99 Free Agent 1998
70 RW Toivu Suursoo 5'11 183 11/13/75 Adirondack (AHL)
Malmo IF (SEL)
2
29
0
8
0
6
0
14
0
57
Malmo IF (SEL) 9/20/99 1994 draft 11th rnd, 283rd
71 D David Petrasek 6'1 209 2/1/76 HV 71 Jonkoping (SEL) 45 3 4 7 48 HV 71 Jonkoping (SEL) 9/11/99 1998 draft 8th rnd, 226th
72 C * Brandin Cote 5'10 200 4/21/81 Spokane (WHL) 68 15 27 42 114 Released from tryout 9/10/99 Camp tryout 1999
73 C * Sean Avery 5'9 195 4/10/80 Owen Sound/Kingston (OHL) 61 36 48 84 158 Signed and Returned to Jrs 9/21/99 Camp Tryout 1999
74 RW Magnus Nilsson 6'2 218 2/1/78 Malmo (SWE) 42 0 0 0 10 Malmo IF (SEL) 1996 draft 6th rnd, 144th
75 D * Mike Kucsulain 6'4 211 12/24/74 Lake Superior State (CCHA)
Florida (ECHL)
Kentucky (AHL)
20
6
4
4
1
0
4
2
1
8
3
1
75
12
14
Released from tryout Camp Tryout 1999
76 D John Wikstrom 6'4 210 1/30/79 Morrum GoIS (SWE) 23 0 1 1 28 Louisiana/Wheeling (ECHL) 1997 draft 5th rnd, 129th
78 LW * Ryan Barnes 6'1 220 1/30/80 Sudbury/Toronto/Barrie (OHL) 63 29 28 57 399 Returned to Jrs 1998 draft 2nd rnd, 55th
91 C Sergei Fedorov 6'1 200 12/13/69 Detroit (NHL) 77 26 37 63 66 Detroit (NHL) 1989 draft 4th rnd, 74th
96 RW Tomas Holmstrom 6' 210 1/23/73 Detroit (NHL) 82 13 21 34 69 Detroit (NHL) 1994 draft 10th rnd, 257th
C Chris Bergeron 5'11 190 11/28/70 Port Huron (UHL)
Cincinnati (IHL)
53
1
26
0
43
1
69
1
18
2
Released from tryout 9/11/99 Camp Tryout 1999
D Jeff Sharples 6'1 195 7/28/67 Utah (IHL) 78 8 29 37 93 Released from tryout 9/11/99 Camp Tryout 1999
LW Randy Burridge 5'9 185 1/7/66 Las Vegas (IHL)
Hanover (DEL)
25
14
7
7
12
6
19
13
8
35
Released from tryout 9/29/99 Camp tryout 1999
RW Samuel St Pierre 6'1 200 6/28/79 Drummondville (QMJHL)
Cleveland (IHL)
68
13
47
2
28
5
75
7
65
4
Released from tryout Camp tryout 1999
* - Amateur Player.