Detroit Red Wings 2017 NHL Prospect Tournament Roster

The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features the ninth overall selection in the 2017 NHL entry draft, Michael Rasmussen. Top prospects Evgeny Svechnikov and Dennis Cholowski. Also making his first appearance at the NHL Prospect Tournament is  Axel Holmstrom who is expected to remain in North America this season. To round out their roster the Wings have invited 9 free agent tryouts though several of those are already under contract with Grand Rapids.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, ChicagoCarolinaMinnesotaNew York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click here.

NO. PROSPECT NAME POS HT WT DRAFTED 2016-17 TEAM
FORWARDS
70 Oliver Castleman * LW 5.10 180 Niagara (OHL)
58 Luke Esposito * F 5.10 175 Harvard (NCAA)
64 Zach Gallant C 6.02 188 DET-17 (3-83) Peterborough (OHL)
67 Brady Gilmour C 5.10 170 DET-17 (7-193) Saginaw (OHL)
49 Axel Holmstrom F 6.00 198 DET-14 (7-196) Swelleftea (SWE)
75 Isaac Johnson * LW 6.02 180 Des Moines (USHL)
76  Sean Josling * RW 5.11 166 Sarnia (OHL)
78 Luke Kutkevicius * C 6.00 162 Hamilton (OHL)
27 Michael Rasmussen C 6.06 215 DET-17 (1-9) Tri-City (WHL)
44 Dylan Sadowy LW 6.01 195 SJ-14 (3-81) Grand Rapids (AHL)
56 Dominik Shine * F 5.11 175 Northern Michigan (NCAA)
48 Givani Smith RW 6.02 209 DET-16 (2-46) Guelph (OHL)
77 Evgeny Svechnikov LW 6.03 205 DET-15 (1-19) Grand Rapids (AHL)
78 Dominic Turgeon C 6.02 203 DET-14 (3-63) Grand Rapids (AHL)
46 Lane Zablocki RW 6.00 190 DET-17 (3-79) Regina (WHL)
DEFENSEMEN
53 Dennis Cholowski D 6.01 185 DET-16 (1-20) St. Cloud State (NCAA)
74 Cole Fraser D 6.02 195 DET-17 (5-131) Peterborough (WHL)
24 Filip Hronek D 6.00 170 DET-16 (2-53) Saginaw (OHL)
54 Patrick McCarron * D 6.03 188 Cornell (NCAA)
29 Vili Saarijarvi D 5.10 165 DET-15 (3-73) Mississauga (OHL)
63 Jordan Sambrook D 6.02 193 DET-16 (5-137) Erie (OHL)
47 Libor Sulak  D 6.02 207 Orli Znojmo (AUS)
50 Reilly Webb D 6.03 193 DET-17 (6-164) Hamilton (OHL)
GOALTENDERS
36 Corbin Boes * G 6.03 224 Dalhousie (CIS)
60 Kaden Fulcher * G 6.03 182 Hamilton (OHL)
68 Matej Machovsky G 6.02 187 Plzen HC (Czech)

* denotes free agent tryout

** Roster is draft and Subject to change

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