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The future of the Detroit Red Wings will be on display June 25-29 at Little Caesars Arena. That’s when the club will conduct its annual NHL prospects camp,
While the final roster won’t be announced until after the June 21-22 NHL entry draft, you can count on both of last year’s first-round picks, forwards Filip Zadina and Joe Veleno, being part of the camp.
The future talent will be divided into two squads – Team Howe and Team Lindsay. They will partake in on-ice skill development and off-ice workouts. All of that training with culminate with a three-on-three tournament on June 28 and a Red & White Game on June 29.
Tickets for development camp are free and available in limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis, by clicking here and using “PUBLIC” as the promo code. Fans may reserve up to six tickets for each day. Parking will be available in the Little Caesars Arena Garage for $7 per day.
Preseason Slate Announced
The Wings also revealed their 2019-20 NHL preseason schedule on Tuesday. This year’s nine-game slate will include the Kraft Hockeyville game against the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in Calumet, Mich. on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. In fact, Detroit will see three of the last four franchises to win the Cup during the exhibition slate.
Along with that contest against the Blues, the Wings will play four sets of home-and home games. It begins with a game against the 2014-15 Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks on Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena. The Wings play Chicago at the United Center the following night.
The New York Islanders visit the LCA Sept. 20, also with a 7 p.m. start time. The Wings are in Long Island on Sept. 23.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, Cup winners in 2015-16 and 2016-17, will be visitors to the LCA on Sept. 22, with a 5 p.m puck drop. The Wings travel to PPG Paints Arena to face the Pens on Sept. 25.
Detroit closes out preseason back with back-to-back games against Atlantic Division rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs travel to LCA for a Sept. 27 game at 7:30 p.m. The Wings trek to Toronto to face the Leafs on the following night.
Tickets for all of the home games will go on sale at a later date. People seeking tickets for the game in Calumet against the Blues should visit www.KraftHockeyville.com for further information.
Krygier Hired
Former NHL forward Todd Krygier has been hired as an assistant coach by the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit’s American Hockey League affiliate.
Krygier, 53, spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach for Western Michigan University. Prior to that, he served as head coach of the United States Hockey League’s Muskegon Lumberjacks from 2013-16. Krygier also did a tour from 2006-13 as head coach at Novi (Mich.) High School.
Over 12 NHL seasons as a player, Krygier played 543 games. He opposed the Wings as a member of the Washington Capitals in the 1997-98 Stanley Cup final.
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