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Detroit Red Wings 1978 Pre-Camp Roster

1978 Pre-Camp Notes
For the second straight season, the Wings held a huge pre-camp for tryouts, draft choices, college players, and minor leaguers. This was followed up by the main "Pro Camp" which was made up of players under contract, and a few standouts from the pre-camp. Detroit invited 71 players to the 1978 pre-camp, 9 goalies, 15 blueliners and 47 forwards. Fourteen players earned contracts at various levels of the organization but only six of those were players that were not Detroit draft picks. Defenseman Lorry Gloeckner, a highly touted pick of the Bruins, and Winger Mal Davis were the only Try-outs to see any NHL time with the Wings.
# Pos Player HT WT D.O.B. 1977-78 Club GP G A PTS PIM 1978-79 Club Draft Notes
D * Lorry Gloekner 6'2 210 1/25/56 Did Not Play Kansas City (CHL)/Detroit (NHL) Camp Tryout 1978
D * Alan Stoneman 5'11 190 3/1/58 Kansas City (CHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) Camp Tryout 1978
D * John Barrett 6' 190 7/1/58 Windsor (OHA) 67 8 18 26 133 Milwaukee/Kalamazoo (IHL) 1978 draft 8th rnd, 129th
D * Lance Gattoni 6'1 195 2/13/57 U of Toronto (OUAA) Released from Camp 1977 draft 10th rnd, 155th
D * Keith Baldry 6' 195 12/1/57 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Dan Cuomo 5'10 195 3/1/55 Laurentian University (OUAA) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Gerry Hangsleben 5'11 185 9/19/55 Warroad Lakers Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Roy Huestis Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Doug Johnson 6'1 200 8/20/56 St Thomas College Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D Bernie Kaminsky 6'1 200 2/8/56 Kalamazoo (IHL) 4 0 1 1 2 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Don McCulloch 6'2 202 3/23/51 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Mike Reaume 5'11 185 10/7/57 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Bud Shirley Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Grant Shmyr 6'2 185 10/7/57 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
D * Tom Thomas 5'8 180 6/1/56 Bowling Green University (NCAA) 39 4 18 22 16 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
G * Claude Legris 5'9 160 11/6/56 Campbellton (NNBHL) Kalamazoo (IHL) 1976 draft 8th rnd, 120th
G * Dave Johns 5'7 154 9/13/56 Barrie (SOHA) 27 0 0 0 8 Kansas City (CHL) Camp Tryout 1978
G * Larry Lozinski 5'11 175 3/11/58 Flin Flon (WCHL) 37 0 2 2 22 Kansas City (CHL) 1978 draft 14th rnd, 219th
G Mike Frawley 6'2 185 4/9/54 Kansas City (CHL) 15 0 0 0 0 Released from Camp Free Agent 1977
G Mats Bloomquist 5'9 165 3/11/56 Sweden Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
G * Joe Cole 5'7 155 2/19/57 Halifax (Jr A) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
G * Dan Nee 5'11 180 9/7/55 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
G * Chuck Stowell 6'3 205 5/17/54 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
G * Larry Verlinde 5'8 165 Chatham Royals Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Doug Derkson 5'11 175 6/5/58 New Westminster (WCHL) 70 38 35 73 63 Kalamazoo (IHL) 1978 draft 3rd rnd, 53rd
RW * Grant Morin 5'9 175 7/1/57 Fort Saskatchewan (AJHL) 36 33 42 75 179 Kalamazoo (IHL) 1977 draft 17th rnd, 185th
RW * Glen Wylie 5'11 185 12/1/57 Calgary (WCHL) 33 17 24 41 159 Kalamazoo (IHL) Camp Tryout 1978
C Tom Ross 5'8 170 1/17/54 Kalamazoo (IHL) 57 33 49 82 27 Kalamazoo (IHL)/Kansas City (CHL) Camp Tryout 1978
C * Ted Nolan 6' 185 4/7/58 Sault Ste Marie (OHA) 66 14 30 44 106 Kansas City (CHL) 1978 draft 5th rnd, 78th
RW * Jim Malazdrewicz 5'11 190 3/11/58 St Boniface (MJHL) 35 36 48 84 57 Kansas City (CHL) 1978 draft 9th rnd, 146th
C * Sylvain Locas 5'10 174 2/17/58 Sherbrooke (QMJHL) 68 83 81 164 138 Kansas City (CHL) 1978 draft 6th rnd, 95th
RW * Mal Davis 5'11 180 10/10/56 St Marys University (AUAA) 20 23 13 36 8 Kansas City (CHL)/Detroit (NHL) Camp Tryout 1978
D/LW * Carl Van Harrewyn 5'11 185 6/11/58 New Westminster (WCHL) 71 8 34 42 182 Released from Camp 1978 draft 11th rnd, 178th
LW * Randy Betty 6'1 220 9/1/58 New Westminster (WCHL) 45 16 18 34 21 Released from Camp 1978 draft 15th rnd, 224th
RW * Tom Bailey 6'4 190 1/22/58 Kingston (OHA) 61 7 13 20 31 Released from Camp 1978 draft 13th rnd, 208th
RW * Geoff Shaw 6' 194 11/26/58 Hamilton (OHA) 36 9 14 23 61 Released from Camp 1978 draft 10th rnd, 163rd
C * Dave Currie 6' 180 6/17/56 Mississauga (SOHA) 4 0 4 4 0 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Bob Gardiner 6'2 195 3/24/55 Western Michigan University (NCAA) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C Ed Gilbert 6' 185 3/12/52 Retired Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Kip Maurer 5'9 160 9/17/56 U of Michigan (NCAA) 36 25 20 45 14 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Craig Roehl 5'11 170 5/17/55 U of Denver (NCAA) 38 29 19 48 32 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Brian Shmyr 5'11 185 12/29/55 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Dean Solheim 5'10 175 8/4/58 Lethbridge (WCHL) 65 45 67 112 150 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
C * Roy Wheaton 5'11 185 7/18/57 Richmond (BCJHL) 28 54 82 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Don Blue 5'10 175 8/15/56 Yale (NCAA) 26 6 12 18 14 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Gerry Cizmar 6'1 184 11/2/56 Thunder Bay (OHA Sr) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Jacques Desharnais 6'4 196 8/13/56 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Bob Dyer 5'10 175 12/27/56 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Neil Forbes Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Jim Frasco 5'10 165 3/6/57 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Kerry Gladson 6' 185 12/13/57 Vancouver (PJHL) 51 43 94 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Mark Gusba 6' 200 3/10/51 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Bob Kurey 6' 185 9/9/56 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Columba Murphy 5'10 180 5/6/55 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Frank Nagy 5'11 175 11/18/57 Kerrisdale Couriers (PJHL) 37 53 90 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * John Phillips 6'1 202 3/7/58 Montreal (QMJHL) 49 17 36 53 187 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Mike Rasmussen 5'10 173 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Bob Renaud 5'10 170 1/24/52 Laval (QMJHL) 48 18 23 41 19 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Yves Richer Trois Rivieres/Verdun (QMJHL) 71 47 80 127 17 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Mark Sakaluk 5'11 175 1/19/58 Espanola (NOHA Jr B) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Kyle Smith 5'8 180 7/15/55 Brantford (OHA Sr) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Vytas Urbas 6'2 180 2/15/56 Toronto Intermediates Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Tony Valdivia 5'10 170 10/25/57 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Ron Venslinski 5'9 170 6/20/54 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * Bob Wice 5'9 175 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
LW * William Jobson 6'1 180 4/5/57 Victoria (WCHL) 39 24 26 50 67 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
LW * John Kibyuk 5'10 170 7/18/57 Windsor (OHA) 65 23 31 54 207 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
LW * Ray Mawhinney 5'9 182 2/1/58 Calgary (WCHL) 64 20 60 80 73 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
LW Al White 6'1 190 6/6/52 Kalamazoo (IHL) 74 27 33 60 510 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
RW Kim Gellert 6'11 185 12/31/54 Alleghe (Ital) 32 51 Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
F * John Howatt 5'8 170 10/30/57 Hamilton (JrB) Released from Tryout Camp Tryout 1978
* - Amateur Player.