GRADUATION DAY

DETROIT - Defenseman Brett Lebda, who appeared in all 80 games with Grand Rapids last season as a rookie, made his debut for the Detroit Red Wings in Wednesday's 5-1 win over St. Louis, becoming the 70th Griffins alumnus to play in the NHL.

He scored his first NHL goal - unassisted, no less - at 12:06 of the second period against fellow former Griffin Patrick Lalime, giving Detroit a 4-1 lead. In 13:58 of ice time, Lebda tied for the Red Wings' lead with a plus-two rating.

Griffins' Honor Roll of NHL Alumni

Kevyn Adams*
Dmitry Afanasenkov
Sean Avery
Chris Bala*
Ryan Barnes*
Radim Bicanek
Patrick Boileau
Darryl Bootland*
Joel Bouchard
Aris Brimanis
Wade Brookbank*
Slava Butsayev
Mathieu Chouinard*
Ivan Ciernik
Mike Crowley
Toni Dahlman*
Pavol Demitra
Jason Doig
John Emmons*
Mike Fountain
Sean Gagnon
Erich Goldmann*
Mark Greig
John Gruden
Todd Hlushko
Shane Hnidy*
Jiri Hudler
Jody Hull
Jani Hurme*
Curtis Joseph
Chris Kelly*
Dieter Kochan*
Niklas Kronwall*
Joel Kwiatkowski*
Simon Lajeunesse*
Patrick Lalime
Marc Lamothe
Josh Langfeld*
Brett Lebda*
Neil Little*
Donald MacLean
Steve Martins
Glen Metropolit*
Kevin Miller
Kip Miller
Tyler Moss*
Mark Mowers
Anders Myrvold
Chris Neil*
Jeff Nelson
David Oliver
Robert Petrovicky
Michel Picard
Martin Prusek*
Karel Rachunek*
Jamie Rivers
Nathan Robinson*
Stacy Roest
Gaetan Royer*
Darren Rumble
Yves Sarault
Petr Schastlivy*
Blake Sloan
Jason Spezza*
Patrick Traverse
Dave Van Drunen*
Andrei Vasilyev
Julien Vauclair*
Todd White
Jason Williams

* Made NHL debut after playing for Griffins.