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The Red Wings have signed center Dominic Turgeon, their third-round (63rd overall) selection in last year's NHL draft, to an entry-level contract, the club announced today.
Turgeon, 19, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound native of Cherry Hills, Colorado, set career highs with 18 goals and 43 points in 67 games this season with the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks. He also had eight goals among nine points in 17 post-season games, helping the Winterhawks reach the WHL's conference finals for the fifth straight season.
He represented his country in the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, helping the United States capture a bronze medal with three assists in six games.
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