Renouf signs with Red Wings
by Kyle Kujawa / Detroit Red Wings| Ontario native Dan Renouf has decided to forgo his senior season at the University of Maine to join the Red Wings' organization. The 6-foot-3 defenseman is expected to report to AHL Grand Rapids in the coming days. (Photo by Getty Images) |
DETROIT – The Red Wings have signed defenseman Dan Renouf on a two-year entry-level contract, beginning with the 2016-17 season. Renouf has also signed an amateur tryout with the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, where he will report for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.
Renouf recently completed his junior season at the University of Maine, leading the team’s defensemen and tying for fifth overall with 15 points (6-9-15) in 38 games. The 21-year-old blueliner ranked among Maine’s leaders with six goals (T5th), nine assists (5th), 36 penalty minutes (7th) and two power-play goals (T4th). On Nov. 23, he was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week after notching two goals and two assists in a weekend series against Vermont. In three collegiate seasons, Renouf notched 38 points (10-28-38), a plus-14 rating and 72 penalty minutes in 111 games. The Pickering, Ontario, native was a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner after the 2014-15 campaign and was named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team as a freshman in 2013-14.
The 6-foot-3, 209-pound, defenseman spent two seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League prior to his collegiate career, recording 43 points (11-32-43), a plus-35 rating and 136 penalty minutes in 115 games from 2011-13. He helped Youngstown to the conference fnals in 2012-13 and was named the USHL’s Defenseman of the Week on three occasions.
Dan Renouf, Defenseman
Born Jun 1 1994 -- Pickering, ONT
Height 6.03 -- Weight 209 -- Shoots L
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Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2009-10 Whitby OJHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2011-12 Youngstown USHL 58 1 14 15 53 6 0 2 2 4
2012-13 Youngstown USHL 57 10 18 28 83 9 0 1 1 7
2013-14 U. of Maine H-East 34 1 10 11 12 -- -- -- -- --
2014-15 U. of Maine H-East 39 3 9 12 24 -- -- -- -- --
2015-16 U. of Maine H-East 38 6 9 15 36 -- -- -- -- --