Griffins Roster & Alumni Tracker
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – This is your one-stop, authoritative source for information on who could play for the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2022-23, who is unsigned, and where former players and coaches will be this season.
Starting with Grand Rapids' season-ending 2021-22 roster then adding new signees and other players from the Red Wings organization, here are the players who could play for the Griffins in 2022-23 unless they make Detroit's roster, are assigned to the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye, return to Europe or junior, or are loaned to another team.
Under Contract for 2022-23 (Contract)
F Pontus Andreasson (DET)
D Seth Barton (DET)
F Jonatan Berggren (DET)
F Trenton Bliss (GR)
G Victor Brattstrom (DET)
G Sebastian Cossa (DET)
F Kyle Criscuolo (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
F Austin Czarnik (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
D Simon Edvinsson (DET)
F Cross Hanas (DET)
F Taro Hirose (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
D Albert Johansson (DET)
D Steven Kampfer (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
F Cedric Lacroix (GR)
D Brian Lashoff (GR)
F Joel L'Esperance (GR)
G John Lethemon (GR)
F Matt Luff (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
D Jared McIsaac (DET)
D Wyatt Newpower (DET)
G Jussi Olkinuora (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
F Chase Pearson (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
D Donovan Sebrango (DET)
F Dominik Shine (GR)
F Givani Smith (DET) (not waivers-exempt)
F Elmer Soderblom (DET)
F Tyler Spezia (GR)
F Kirill Tyutyayev (GR)
F Joe Veleno (DET)
D Eemil Viro (DET)
F Drew Worrad (GR)
Bold indicates AHL veteran status for 2022-23, meaning he has played 261 or more games in the NHL, AHL and European Elite Leagues and is at least 25 years old. AHL teams may dress no more than six veterans each game, not including goalies.
Three players from the 2021-22 Griffins became restricted free agents. NHL teams could retain rights to their RFAs by extending qualifying offers by July 11. Those not receiving qualifying offers became unrestricted free agents.
Restricted Free Agents - Detroit
G Kaden Fulcher - Did not receive a qualifying offer by July 11, making him an unrestricted free agent
F Chase Pearson - Received a qualifying offer by July 11; Re-signed a one-year contract with Detroit on July 21
Restricted Free Agent - Pittsburgh
F Jan Drozg - Did not receive a qualifying offer by July 11, making him an unrestricted free agent; Signed a contract with Amur Khabarovsk (KHL/Russia) on Oct. 20
The following players became unrestricted free agents, free to sign with the Griffins, Red Wings or any organization. NHL free agency began on July 13 at noon.
Unrestricted Free Agents (Contract)
F Riley Barber (DET) - Signed a one-year contract with Dallas on July 14
F Patrick Curry (GR) - Signed a one-year contract with Iowa (AHL) on July 19
F Jan Drozg (PIT) - Signed a contract with Amur Khabarovsk (KHL/Russia) on Oct. 20
F Turner Elson (DET) - Signed a two-year contract with the New York Rangers on July 14
G Kaden Fulcher (DET)
F Jon Martin (GR) - Signed a PTO with Calgary (AHL) on Oct. 3; Subsequently signed a contract with Calgary
D Ryan Murphy (DET) - Signed a one-year contract with Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL/Russia) on June 29
G Calvin Pickard (DET) - Signed a two-year contract with Edmonton on July 13
D Dan Renouf (DET) - Signed a two-year contract with Boston on July 13
F Hayden Verbeek (GR) - Signed a contract with Spisska Nova Ves (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia) on May 24
F Dennis Yan (GR) - Signed a one-year contract with Nizhny Novgorod (KHL/Russia) on July 4
Finally, these are the transactions involving Griffins alumni that have taken place since April. Check back often to see where your favorites will be playing and coaching in 2022-23.
Oct. 20
Jan Drozg (2021-22) - Signed a contract with Amur Khabarovsk (KHL/Russia)
Oct. 19
Danny DeKeyser (2012-13) - Signed a PTO with Toronto (AHL)
Oct. 11
Jake Paterson (2013-14; 15-16) - Signed a contract with Zvolen (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia)
Oct. 10
Dylan Sadowy (2016-19) - Added to Tulsa's (ECHL) training camp roster
Oct. 7
Max Humitz (2020-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Kalamazoo (ECHL)
Oct. 4
Matt Berry (2021-22) - Signed a PTO with Rochester (AHL)
Danny DeKeyser (2012-13) - Released from PTO by Vancouver
Oct. 3
Jon Martin (2021-22) - Signed a PTO with Calgary (AHL); Subsequently signed a contract with Calgary
Oct. 2
D.J. King (2021-22) - Signed a PTO with Rockford (AHL)
Jarid Lukosevicius (2018-21) - Signed a PTO with Hershey (AHL)
Sept. 30
Jarid Lukosevicius (2018-21) - Signed a one-year contract with South Carolina (ECHL)
Sept. 21
Kevyn Adams (1996-97) - Signed a multi-year contract extension as general manager for Buffalo
Sept. 16
Ryan Sproul (2012-16; 17-18) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Kunlun (KHL/China)
Sept. 12
Brett Skinner (2012-13) - Named head coach by Minnesota (NAHL)
Sept. 9
Danny DeKeyser (2012-13) - Signed a PTO with Vancouver.
Sept. 6
Troy Loggins (2018-21) - Signed a one-year contract with Vasterviks (HockeyAllsvenskan/Sweden)
Sept. 4
Evgeny Svechnikov (2015-18; 19-21) - Signed a one-year contract with San Jose (NHL)
Sept. 1
Adam Almquist (2011-14) - Signed a contract with Chelyabinsk (KHL/Russia)
Alexis D'Aoust (2021-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Vasterviks (HockeyAllsvenskan/Sweden)
Aug. 29
Jamie Tardif (2006-11) - Named an assistant coach by Hartford (AHL)
Aug. 26
Filip Zadina (2018-20) - Re-signed a three-year contract with Detroit
Aug. 23
Dennis Cholowski (2016-17; 18-21) - Signed a two-year contract with the New York Islanders
Aug. 18
Alan Quine (2011-12) - Signed a one-year contract with Ontario (AHL)
Aug. 17
Kyle Wood (2019-20) - Signed a contract with Kunlun (KHL/China)
Aug. 16
Brett McKenzie (2021-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Toledo (ECHL)
Erik Bradford (2021-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Cleveland (AHL)
Aug. 15
Pat Nagle (2014-15; 18-21) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Lehigh Valley (AHL)
Aug. 12
Dominic Turgeon (2016-21) - Signed a one-year contract with Assat (Liiga/Finland)
Aug. 11
Todd Nelson (1996-98; 99-00; 01-02; AC 02-03; HC 15-18) - Named head coach by Hershey (AHL)
Aug. 10
Riley Sheahan (2011-14) - Signed a one-year contract with Buffalo
Aug. 9
Samuel Dove-McFalls (2021-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Bakersfield (AHL)
Sebastien Piche (2009-12) - Signed a one-year contract with Sheffield (EIHL/England)
Aug. 8
Sheldon Brookbank (2001-03) - Named assistant coach by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
Jake Chelios (2018-19) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Kunlun (KHL/China)
Aug. 5
Kevin Boyle (2020-21) - Retired
Jared Coreau (2013-18) - Signed a contract with Bratislava (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia)
Brett Skinner (2012-13) - Named associate head coach by Minnesota (NAHL)
Aug. 2
Zack Torquato (2007-09) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Angers (Ligue Magnus/France)
July 22
Kevin Tansey (2018-19) - Signed a contract with Herning (Metal Ligaen/Denmark)
July 21
Chase Pearson (2018-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Detroit
July 19
Patrick Curry (2020-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Iowa (AHL)
Kevin Poulin (2019-20) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Laval (AHL)
July 18
Harri Sateri (2018-19) - Signed a contract with Biel-Bienne (NL/Switzerland)
July 17
Mattias Janmark (2013-14) - Signed a one-year contract with Edmonton
Alec McCrea (2019-20) - Signed a one-year contract with Dusseldorfer (DEL/Germany)
July 15
Martin Frk (2013-17; 18-19) - Signed a one-year contract with St. Louis
Calle Jarnkrok (2012-14) - Signed a four-year contract with Toronto (NHL)
David McIntyre (2013-14) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Kolner (DEL/Germany)
July 14
Riley Barber (2020-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Dallas
Turner Elson (2017-22) - Signed a two-year contract with the New York Rangers
July 13
Andreas Athanasiou (2013-16) - Signed a one-year contract with Chicago (NHL)
Madison Bowey (2019-20) - Signed a one-year contract with Montreal
Darren Helm (2007-09; 13-14) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Colorado
Xavier Ouellet (2013-16) - Signed a two-year contract with Pittsburgh
Calvin Pickard (2019-22) - Signed a two-year contract with Edmonton
Matt Puempel (2017-20) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Augsburger (DEL/Germany)
Dan Renouf (2015-18; 21-22) - Signed a two-year contract with Boston
Brendan Smith (2010-13) - Signed a two-year contract with New Jersey
July 12
Jeff Blashill (HC 2012-15) - Named assistant coach by Tampa Bay
July 11
Dennis Cholowski (2016-21) - Did not receive a qualifying offer from Seattle
Jan Drozg (2021-22) - Did not receive a qualifying offer from Pittsburgh
Kaden Fulcher (2020-22) - Did not receive a qualifying offer from Detroit
Derek King (1999-01; P/AC 02-04) - Named assistant coach by Chicago (NHL)
Filip Larsson (2019-20) - Did not receive a qualifying offer from Detroit
Chase Pearson (2018-22) - Received a qualifying offer from Detroit
Evgeny Svechnikov (2015-18; 19-21) - Did not receive a qualifying offer from Winnipeg
Filip Zadina (2018-20) - Received a qualifying offer from Detroit
July 8
Petr Mrazek (2012-15) - Traded to Chicago (NHL) by Toronto (NHL) with the 25th pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for the 38th pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft
July 6
Blake Hillman (2019-20; 21-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Hartford (AHL)
July 5
Gordi Myer (2021-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Toledo (ECHL)
July 4
Dennis Yan (2021-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Nizhny Novgorod (KHL/Russia)
July 1
Filip Larsson (2019-20) - Signed a contract with Kristianstads IK (HockeyAllsvenskan/Sweden)
June 29
Ryan Murphy (2021-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL/Russia)
Sebastien Piche (2009-12) - Will not return to Ljubljana (ICEHL/Slovenia)
June 28
Randy Gazzola (2021-22) - Signed a contract with Asiago (ICEHL/Italy)
June 27
Colin Chaulk (2001-02) - Named head coach by Bakersfield (AHL)
June 25
Colin Campbell (2013-19) - Signed a contract with Kosice (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia)
June 24
Victor Brattstrom (2021-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Detroit
Tory Dello (2019-21) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Laval (AHL)
Ryan Kuffner (2019-20) - Signed a one-year contract with Augsburger (DEL/Germany)
June 23
Patrik Rybar (2018-19) - Signed a contract with Spartak Moskva (KHL/Russia)
June 17
Eric Himelfarb (2003-07) - Retired
June 16
Luke Esposito (2017-18) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Bakersfield (AHL)
D.J. King (2021-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Fort Wayne (ECHL)
Mattias Ritola (2007-10) - Retired
Kirill Tyutyayev (2021-22) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Grand Rapids
June 14
Bruce Cassidy (HC 2000-02) - Named head coach by Vegas
June 13
Andy Miele (2014-16) - Signed a one-year contract with HV71 (SHL/Sweden)
June 8
Adam Keefe (2006-08; 10-11) - Re-signed a one-year contract as head coach of Belfast (EIHL/Northern Ireland)
June 3
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (2019-21) - Signed a one-year contract with KooKoo (Liiga/Finland)
June 1
Eddie Pasquale (2016-17) - Signed with Magnitogorsk (KHL/Russia)
May 29
Jason Spezza (2001-02) - Retired
May 26
Valtteri Filppula (2005-07) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Geneve-Servette (NL/Switzerland)
Dominik Shine (2016-22) - Re-signed a two-year contract with Grand Rapids
May 25
Oliwer Kaski (2019-20) - Signed a two-year contract with Lugano (NL/Switzerland)
Brian Lashoff (2008-13; 14-22) - Signed a one-year contract with Grand Rapids
Tyler Spezia (2018-22) - Re-signed a two-year contract with Grand Rapids
May 24
Gleason Fournier (2011-14) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Fehervar (ICEHL/Hungary)
Hayden Verbeek (2020-22) - Signed a contract with Spisska Nova Ves (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia)
May 23
Dennis Yan (2021-22) - KHL rights obtained by Nizhny Novgorod from Yaroslavl
May 21
Taro Hirose (2019-22) - Re-signed a two-year contract with Detroit
May 19
Mark Zengerle (2014-16) - Signed a one-year contract with Straubing (DEL/Germany)
May 17
Filip Larsson (2019-20) - Will not return to HV71 (HockeyAllsvenskan/Sweden)
May 9
Mathias Brome (2020-21) - Signed a six-year contract with Orebro (SHL/Sweden)
May 6
Louis-Marc Aubry (2011-17) - Signed a one-year contract with Kolner (DEL/Germany)
Marek Tvrdon (2013-16) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Nitra (Tipos Extraliga/Slovakia)
May 4
Matej Machovsky (2017-18) - Signed a one-year contract with KalPa (Liiga/Finland)
April 30
Jeff Blashill (HC 2012-15) - Contract not renewed by Detroit
Jeff Salajko (GC 2013-16) - Contract not renewed by Detroit
April 29
Colin Campbell (2013-19) - Contract not extended by Augsburger (DEL/Germany)
Jared Coreau (2013-18) - Contract not extended by Wolfsburg (DEL/Germany)
Tom McCollum (2009-16; 17-18) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Innsbruck (ICEHL/Austria)
April 28
Alexey Marchenko (2013-16) - Re-signed a two-year contract with Yaroslavl (KHL/Russia)
Francis Pare (2008-13) - Signed a two-year contract with Visp (SL/Switzerland)
April 26
Cody Lampl (2012-13) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Straubing (DEL/Germany)
April 21
Landon Ferraro (2009-10; 11-15) - Re-signed a one-year contract with Kolner (DEL/Germany)