Wings recall Mrazek to backup Howard
by Staff Writer / Detroit Red WingsDETROIT -- The Red Wings today recalled goaltender Petr Mrazek from the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins. The Red Wings also assigned goaltender Jared Coreau and defenseman Xavier Ouellet to the Griffins. Detroit’s current active roster now stands at 22 players with four additional players on injured reserve.
Mrazek has posted a 1-1-0 career record with a 2.02 goals against average and a .922 save percentage in two career National Hockey League games. He is slated to back up starting goaltender Jimmy Howard Wednesday night when the Red Wings drop the puck on the 2013-14 season as they square off with the Buffalo Sabres at 8 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena (NBCSN and 97.1 The Ticket).
CURRENT DETROIT RED WINGS ROSTER – 22 PLAYERS
| FORWARDS | ||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Sh. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthplace | D.O.B. | 2012-13 Team |
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | L | 1-Jun | 219 | Muskegon, MI | 2/25/1987 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | R | 11-May | 203 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12/11/1972 | Ottawa(NHL) |
| 13 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | L | 11-May | 198 | Sverdlovsk, Russia | 7/20/1978 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 18 | Joakim Andersson | C | L | 2-Jun | 206 | Munkedal, Sweden | 2/5/1989 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 20 | Drew Miller | LW | L | 2-Jun | 178 | Dover, NJ | 2/17/1984 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 21 | Tomas Tatar | LW | L | 10-May | 186 | Ilava, Slovakia | 12/1/1990 | Grand Rapids(AHL) |
| 25 | Cory Emmerton | C | L | Jun-00 | 191 | St. Thomas, ON | 6/1/1988 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 37 | Mikael Samuelsson | RW | R | 2-Jun | 218 | Mariefred, Sweden | 2/23/1976 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 40 | Henrik Zetterberg | C | L | 11-May | 197 | Njurunda, Sweden | 10/9/1980 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 44 | Todd Bertuzzi | LW | L | 3-Jun | 229 | Sudbury, ON | 2/2/1975 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 71 | Daniel Cleary | RW | L | Jun-00 | 203 | Carbonear, NL | 12/18/1978 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 90 | Stephen Weiss | C | L | 11-May | 190 | Toronto, ON | 4/3/1983 | Florida(NHL) |
| 93 | Johan Franzen | RW | L | 3-Jun | 223 | Vetlanda, Sweden | 12/23/1979 | Detroit(NHL) |
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Sh. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthplace | D.O.B. | 2012-13 Team |
| 2 | Brendan Smith | D | L | 2-Jun | 198 | Toronto, ON | 2/8/1989 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 4 | Jakub Kindl | D | L | 3-Jun | 216 | Sumperk, Czech Republic | 2/10/1987 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 23 | Brian Lashoff | D | L | 3-Jun | 212 | Albany, NY | 7/16/1990 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 27 | Kyle Quincey | D | L | 2-Jun | 207 | Kitchener, ON | 8/12/1985 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 52 | Jonathan Ericsson | D | L | 4-Jun | 221 | Karlskrona, Sweden | 3/2/1984 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 55 | Niklas Kronwall | D | L | Jun-00 | 190 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1/12/1981 | Detroit(NHL) |
| 65 | Danny DeKeyser | D | L | 3-Jun | 190 | Detroit, MI | 3/7/1990 | Detroit(NHL) |
| GOALTENDERS | ||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Cat. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthplace | D.O.B. | 2012-13 Team |
| 34 | Petr Mrazek | G | L | 1-Jun | 187 | Ostrava, Czech Rep. | 2/14/1992 | Grand Rapids(AHL) |
| 35 | Jimmy Howard | G | L | Jun-00 | 218 | Syracuse, NY | 3/26/1984 | Detroit(NHL) |