According to the Detroit Red Wings, they have recalled right wings Givani Smith and Filip Zadina and defenseman Dennis Cholowski from the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins.
The Detroit #RedWings today recalled right wings Givani Smith and Filip Zadina and defenseman Dennis Cholowski from the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins.
Details: https://t.co/y09Y8PVI3U pic.twitter.com/FfOSEyNCJm
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) January 30, 2020
From Detroit Red Wings:
Smith has appeared in 15 games with Detroit this season, picking up his first three NHL points (2-1-3) since his most recent recall on Dec. 31. The 21-year-old logged his first NHL assist and point on Jan. 7 vs. Montreal before scoring twice in a four-game span on Jan. 14 at NY Islanders and Jan. 20 at Colorado. Smith has also logged five penalty minutes, 19 shots on goal and 32 hits in 10:19 average time on ice. A second-year pro, Smith has matched his AHL rookie-season totals with 13 points (4-9-13) in 24 games for the Griffins after posting 13 points (6-7-13) over 64 games during the 2018-19 campaign. He also leads the Griffins this season with 61 penalty minutes.
Zadina, 20, recorded his first NHL two-goal game in Detroit’s last game on Jan. 22 against the Minnesota Wild, bringing his NHL totals this season to 15 points (8-7-15) in 26 games. He is tied for second among NHL rookies in goals since Jan. 1, and dating back to his original recall on Nov. 24, Zadina leads Detroit in goals and is tied for second in points. Zadina has played parts of two seasons with the Red Wings, totaling 18 points (9-9-18) in 35 NHL games. After rejoining the Griffins last week, Zadina notched two goals and earned the assist on the overtime winner in Grand Rapids’ 4-3 win over the San Diego Gulls on Friday. The second-year pro has 16 points (9-7-16) in 21 games with the Griffins this season and has totaled 51 points (25-26-51) in 80 games with the team over the past two seasons.
Cholowski, 21, has split his second professional campaign between the Red Wings and Griffins, showing eight points (2-6-8) and four penalty minutes in 30 games with the Red Wings. He also has five points (1-4-5) on the power play to rank second among the team’s defensemen, in addition to his first overtime-winning goal in the NHL (Nov. 12 at Anaheim). After originally joining the Griffins last month, Cholowski has notched seven points (2-5-7) in 19 contests. Dating back to his pro debut at the end of the 2016-17 campaign, Cholowski has 19 points (2-17-19) and 16 penalty minutes in 45 regular-season games with the Griffins and two points (0-2-2) and two penalty minutes in six Calder Cup Playoff games. In his two NHL seasons, the 6-foot-2, 197-pound defenseman has recorded 24 points (9-15-24) and 20 penalty minutes in 82 games with the Red Wings.
