Riley Barber Returns to West Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Detroit Red Wings on Saturday reassigned right wing Riley Barber to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Barber joined Detroit’s active roster for the fourth time this season today and logged a minus-one rating in 9:02 of ice time during the Red Wings’ 7-2 defeat against Pittsburgh this afternoon. The 27-year-old competed with Detroit for the first time in his career and made his NHL season debut on Dec. 18, registering two shots and a plus-one rating. Barber has appeared in four outings for the Red Wings this season and has a minus-two rating and two penalty minutes. A former sixth-round draft choice of the Washington Capitals in 2012, the forward has skated in 16 NHL games with nine of them coming with Montreal during the 2019-20 campaign. With the Griffins, Barber is currently on a career-high 14-game point streak (12-7—19), which is the third-longest streak in franchise history and the longest streak in the AHL this season.

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Photo by Nicolas Carrillo/Griffins