Red Wings return five players to junior clubs, release seven

By @MichaelCaples –

The Detroit Red Wings announced their first roster moves of the 2014 preseason today, sending five prospects back to their junior clubs and releasing seven who were in attendance on a tryout basis.

Here are the players on the move:

PLAYERS ASSIGNED ON 9/22/14

59

Tyler Bertuzzi

LW

L

6-1

187

Sudbury, ON

2/24/1995

Guelph (OHL)

62

Zach Nastasiuk

C

R

6-2

196

Barrie, ON

3/30/1995

Owen Sound (OHL)

78

Dominic Turgeon

C

L

6-2

196

Cherry Hills Village, CO

2/25/1996

Portland (WHL)

74

Marc McNulty

D

R

6-5

193

Medicine Hat, Alberta

4/25/1995

Prince Albert (WHL)

71

Mitchell Wheaton

D

R

6-5

215

Sherwood Park, Alberta

2/6/1995

Kelowna (WHL)


PLAYERS RELEASED ON 9/22/14

54

Hayden Hodgson

RW

R

6-2

204

Leamington, ON

3/2/1996

Erie (OHL)

63

Jerome Verrier

RW

R

6-0

192

Drummondville, Quebec

5/10/1994

Drummondville (QMJHL)

67

Brandon Robinson

LW

L

6-3

216

Pickering, ON

10/13/1995

North Bay (OHL)

76

Darby Llewellyn

LW

L

6-1

179

Ann Arbor, MI

7/19/1996

Kitchener (OHL)

86

Blake Clarke

LW

L

6-1

190

Chesterfield, Missouri

1/24/1996

North Bay (OHL)

46

Ty Stanton

D

L

6-4

176

St. Albert, Alberta

5/23/1995

Medicine Hat (WHL)

68

Lucas Peressini

G

L

6-2

185

Nobleton, ON

3/9/1995

Kingston (OHL)