Not only did the Detroit Red Wings suffer a frustrating defeat at the hands of the Florida Panthers on Tuesday evening for the second time within a week, but they also lost another key forward to injury.
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Andrew Copp, who had taken the injured Dylan Larkin’s place on the top line, was hurt after getting tangled up with Panthers forward Tomas Nosek after a face-off; Nosek fell onto his left leg, and Copp wasn’t able to put any weight on it as he was assisted off the ice.
Following the game, McLellan announced that Copp was “doubtful” to play on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning and that Larkin is also doubtful for the remainder of the trip.
Now, the Red Wings are calling up multiple reinforcements from the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins.
Detroit announced that John Leonard, Sheldon Dries, and Eduards Tralmaks have all been recalled under emergency conditions.
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Leonard is playing in his first season with the Red Wings organization after signing as a free agent during the offseason. He’s already played in nine games with Detroit in the NHL, scoring twice while adding two assists.
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He’s tallied 27 goals in 34 games for the Griffins, who clinched a postseason spot last month.
Dries, a Metro-Detroit native, has yet to appear in a game with the Red Wings but has scored 20 goals with 17 assists in 48 games in Grand Rapids this season.
Tralmaks, who signed a one-year contract with the Red Wings last March, has scored 18 goals with 10 assists in 48 games in Grand Rapids.
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