Red Wings: Grand Rapids Griffins Opening Night Roster
The Detroit Red Wings AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, will open the 2021-22 season on Friday night at home against the Rockford Ice Hogs (Chicago) Game time at Van Andel is 7:00 PM ET.
On Saturday, the Griffins will travel to play the Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville). Game time is 7:00 PM ET.
To start the season, the Griffins will have 22 players on the roster: 13 forwards, seven defensemen, and two goaltenders. Seven players drafted by Detroit will be in the opening night lineup.
Here is the complete roster to start the season.
Goaltenders (2)
#1 Victor Brattstrom, 2018 round 6 #160 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#31 Calvin Pickard, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
Defensemen (7)
#3 Jared McIsaac, 2018 round 2 #36 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#6 Ryan Murphy, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#18 Brian Lashoff “C”, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#20 Dan Renouf, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#28 Luke Witkowski, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#37 Donovan Sebrango, 2020 round 3 #63 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#40 Wyatt Newpower, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
Forwards (13)
#9 Patrick Curry-LW, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#11 Riley Barber-RW, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#15 Turner Elson-LW/RW “A”, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#17 Taro Hirose-LW, Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#21 Dennis Yan-LW, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#22 Chase Pearson-C, 2015 round 5 #140 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#32 Tyler Spezia-C, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#38 Hayden Verbeek-C, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#48 Jonatan Berggren-LW/RW, 2018 round 2 #33 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#65 Dominik Shine-RW, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#71 Jon Martin-RW, Grand Rapids Griffins/Signed
#79 Kirill Tyutyayev-LW, 2019 round 7 #190 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Unsigned
#90 Joe Veleno-C, 2018 round 1 #30 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
Injured Reserve (2)
#26 Seth Barton (Injured Reserve), 2018 round #3 81 overall by Detroit Red Wings/Signed
#51 Kyle Criscuolo-C “A”, (Injured Reserve), Detroit Red Wings/Signed