The 2018-19 Detroit Red Wings season kicks off on Thursday night from Little Caesars Arena and the roster has been finalized for the season.
- Detroit Red Wings will have four alternate captains this year
- Who will be the next Detroit Red Wings captain after Zetterberg announcement?
- Henrik Zetterbergdoneplaying hockey & will be placed on long-term IR
Detroit will go with four alternate captains this year after Henrik Zetterberg announced he is done playing hockey. Dylan Larkin and Frans Nielsen will wear the "A" joining Niklas Kronwall and Justin Abdelkader. Neilsen will be an alternate during away games and Larkin during home games.
Zetterberg will lead the ceremonial puck drop at the game on Thursday night.
Kronwall, Mike Green and Jonathan Ericsson will start the season on injured reserve. The team has 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.
Check out the roster below.
Forwards
No. 8 - Justin Abdelkader
No. 14 - Gustav Nyquist
No. 26 - Thomas Vanek
No. 27 - Michael Rasmussen
No. 28 - Luke Witkowski
No. 39 - Anthony Mantha
No. 41 - Luke Glendening
No. 42 - Martin Frk
No. 43 - Darren Helm
No. 51 - Frans Nielsen
No. 59 - Tyler Bertuzzi
No. 70 - Christoffer Ehn
No. 71 - Dylan Larkin
No. 72 - Andreas Athanasiou
Defensemen
No. 2 - Joe Hicketts
No. 3 - Nick Jensen
No. 17 - Filip Hronek
No. 21 - Dennis Cholowski
No. 47 - Libor Sulak
No. 65 - Danny DeKeyser
No. 83 - Trevor Daley
Goalies
No. 35 - Jimmy Howard
No. 45 - Jonathan Bernier
