The Red Wings recalled defenseman Alexey Marchenko from Grand Rapids on the eve of the regular-season finale at Carolina.
Marchenko, 23, will be serving his second stint in Detroit. He played 12 games earlier this season, averaging nearly 15 minutes of ice time per game and logging two points. He scored his first NHL goal on Feb. 28 in Nashville, but also suffered an oblique-muscle strain that sidelined him for a few weeks before he was reassigned to the Griffins.
In 51 games for Grand Rapids this season, he has three goals among 20 points with a plus-22 rating.
Originally drafted by Detroit in the seventh round (205th overall), the 6-foot-3, 210-pound right-shot defenseman spent parts of four seasons with the in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League, playing for Central Red Army, the club managed by former Wings star Sergei Fedorov.
In related news from Grand Rapids, right wing Teemu Pulkkinen -- now playing with the Wings in Detroit -- and center Andy Miele were named to the 2014-15 American Hockey League First All-Star Team. This is the first time that two players from the Griffins were named first-team all-stars since Grand Rapids joined the league in 2001-02.
Miele, 26, a Detroit native, ranks second in the AHL in scoring with 24 goals among 67 points in 66 games.
Pulkkinen, a 23-year-old Finn, still leads the AHL in goals with 34 in 46 games, even though he has played 30 games in the NHL in two stints with Detroit this year. He has five goals and eight points with the Wings.
