COLAIACOVO ASSIGNED FOR CONDITIONING
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Detroit Red Wings on Friday assigned defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (koh-lee-AH-KOH-voh) to the Grand Rapids Griffins for conditioning.
Colaiacovo, 30, appeared in two games with Detroit this season before suffering an injury on Jan. 21 at Columbus. A native of Toronto, Colaiacovo was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs with the 17th pick of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and saw time with his hometown team before a trade to St. Louis in 2008-09. In 372 NHL games with the Maple Leafs, Blues and Red Wings, he has registered 139 points (30-109—139) and 191 penalty minutes.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound defenseman spent parts of five seasons in the AHL with the St. John’s Maple Leafs and Toronto Marlies from 2003-08, showing 72 points (16-56—72) and 127 penalty minutes in 132 games. Colaiacovo last played in the AHL on Dec. 26, 2007, while on a conditioning stint with the Marlies.
The Griffins will continue their season-high seven-game road trip tonight in Houston at 8:05 p.m. EDT before taking on Texas tomorrow at 8 p.m. EDT. Grand Rapids will conclude the trip next week, visiting the Aeros on Tuesday before wrapping up the stretch with back-to-back games in Abbotsford next Friday and Saturday.
Height: 6'1" Weight: 200 Shoots: Left Born: 1/27/83 in Toronto, Ontario
Drafted: Toronto's 1st choice, 17th overall, in 2001 NHL Entry Draft
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 1998-99 | Mississauga | GTHL | 40 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1999-00 | Erie | OHL | 52 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 2000-01 | Erie | OHL | 62 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 2001-02 | Erie | OHL | 60 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 |
| 2002-03 | Toronto | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Erie | OHL | 35 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2003-04 | Toronto | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| St. John's | AHL | 62 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2004-05 | St. John's | AHL | 49 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005-06 | Toronto | NHL | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Toronto | AHL | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2006-07 | Toronto | NHL | 48 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Toronto | AHL | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2007-08 | Toronto | NHL | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Toronto | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2008-09 | Toronto | NHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| St. Louis | NHL | 63 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009-10 | St. Louis | NHL | 67 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2010-11 | St. Louis | NHL | 65 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2011-12 | St. Louis | NHL | 64 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 2012-13 | Detroit | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| NHL TOTALS | 372 | 30 | 109 | 139 | 191 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| AHL TOTALS | 132 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| PRO TOTALS | 504 | 46 | 165 | 211 | 318 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||