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Detroit Red Wings line-up — Stanley Cup Final 2008

May 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · The Hockey Hippie

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click here for Wings line-up in printer-friendly one-sheet in Word

Detroit

Red wings

Line-up

Coach:  Mike Babcock  owner:  Mike Illitch (since ’82)                          Friday, May 23, 2008

 13   Pavel Datsyuk  “A”

‘Paver’  29/1978;  5’11”;  Russian; drafted, 171st, ‘98

 40  Henrik Zetterberg ‘A’

‘Zee’ 27/ ‘80;  5’11”;  Sweden;  drafted, 210th overall 1999

96   Tomas Holmstrom

35/1973;  6’0″;  Sweden;  drafted 257th overall, 1994

11   Dan Cleary

29/1978;  6’0″;  Newfoundland; free agent 10/05, from Phoenix

51   Valtteri Filppula

24/1984;   6’0″;  Finland; drafted 95th overall ‘02

37   Mikael Samuelsson

31/1976;  6’2″;  Sweden; free agent 9/05, from Panthers

17   Dallas Drake

 39/’69;  6’0″;  Trail, BC; drafted 116th overall ’89; (free-agent 07

33   Kris Draper “A”

36/1971;  5’10”;  Toronto!; trade from Winnipeg! 1993

18    Kirk Maltby

35/’72;  6’0″;  Guelph, Ont.;  trade w/ Edm. 3/96

26   Jiri Hudler

24/1984;  5’10”;  Czech; drafted 58th overall 2002

43   Darren Helm

21/’87;  5’11”;  Winnipeg!!;  drafted 132rd overall 2005

25   Darren McCarty

36/1972;  6’1″;  Burnaby, BC;  free agent 2/08, drafted by Det. ‘92

 5   Nicklas Lidstrom “C”

38/’70;  6’1″;  Sweden;  drafted 53rd overall 1989

28   Brian Rafalski

35/’73; 5’10”;  Michigan; free agent 7/07 (from Devils)

55    Niklas Kronwall

27/’81;  6’0″;  Sweden; drafted 29th overall 2000

23   Brad Stuart

29/1979;  6’2″;  Rocky Mountain House, Alberta;  trade with LA, 2/08

22    Brett Lebda

26/1982;  5’9“;  Illinois;  free agent from AHL!  7/04

24   Chris Chelios

46/1962;  6’0″;  Chicago;  trade with Chi.3/99

drafted: 11

free agents:  5

traded for:  4

10 Cup winners: Osgood (2), Hasek, Lindstrom (3), Chelios (2- Mont & Det),

30   Chris Osgood

35/’72;  5’10”;  Peace River, Alberta.; drafted 54th overall ‘91

Draper  (3), McCarty (3)
Holmstrom (3), Maltby (3), Datsyuk (1), Rafalski (2 with NJ),

39  Dominik Hasek

43 / 1965;  6’1″;  Czech;  free agent 7/06

11 N.A., 9 Euros: 8 Can., only 3 U.S.;  5 Swedes, 2 Czechs, 1 Russian, 1 Finn

 

 

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For more hockey stories . . . check out the schedules and rosters for Sochi 2014.

Or the time I snuck onto the Penguins team bus during the playoffs.

Or the description of Blue Heaven at Madison Square Garden.

Or this amazing primer of Everything You Need to Know about hockey at the Olympics.

Or the complete printable Olympic team rosters with positions, stats, jersey numbers and everything for all the main teams.

Or there’s this nice printable one-sheet of the Penguins playoff roster.

Or a riff on how Canada’s flagship broadcast Hockey Night In Canada has suddenly become good again.

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by Brian Hassett           karmacoupon@gmail.com              BrianHassett.com

 

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2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Terrance Clink // May 17, 2023 at 8:44 PM

    Kris Draper is listed at 5’10” and not 6’3″ although he played like he was 6’3″. all the best.

  • 2 Brian // May 24, 2023 at 5:03 AM

    Oh — you’re right. Oops. Fixed it. Thanks.

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