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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

{allcanada} Marquee names expected for alumni doubleheader

DETROIT -- With so many former Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings players looking to participate in the 2013 Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings Alumni Showdown, preceding the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Jan. 1, fans will be treated to a rare doubleheader. Comerica Park will host back-to-back alumni games Tuesday, with each game featuring a variety of notable names from Red Wings and Maple Leafs history.

In the first game at 1:25 p.m., Detroit will be represented by a number of names from the recent past. Among them will be forwards Martin Lapointe, Pat Verbeek, Mike Sillinger and Petr Klima. The defense for the Red Wings will be bolstered by several Stanley Cup winners, including Steve Duchesne, Aaron Ward, Mathieu Schneider and Mathieu Dandenault. In a unique twist to the game, Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, who played three games with Detroit during the 1983-84 season, is expected to appear in net alongside Kevin Hodson and Eddie Mio.

Toronto's roster for the first alumni game will be led by forwards Shayne Corson, Mark Osborne, Mike Johnson and Dave Reid, defensemen Jame Macoun and Brad Marsh, and goaltenders Peter Ing and Mark Laforest.

The first alumni game should be a spirited prelude to a second game at 4:25 p.m. that will include some of the game's all-time greats.

The Red Wings will feature many of the players who helped the franchise win the Stanley Cup four times in 11 seasons. They include longtime captain Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Chris Chelios, Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Osgood. Hall-of-Fame member Scotty Bowman will coach both squads and head a group of additional Red Wings legends who will oversee the event. That group includes Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Vladimir Konstantinov.

For the second half of the doubleheader, the Maple Leafs will play some of the biggest names in franchise history, including Darryl Sittler, Mats Sundin, Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, Lanny McDonald, Borje Salming and Felix Potvin. Longtime coach Pat Quinn will coach both teams and lead a Toronto legends contingency featuring Johnny Bower, Frank Mahovlich and Paul Henderson.

Alumni Showdown - Game 1
MAPLE LEAFS	RED WINGS
Dan Daoust	John Ogrodnick
Mark Osborne	Dallas Drake
Bill Derlago	Jimmy Carson
Stew Gavin	Martin Lapointe
Pat Boutette	Petr Klima
Rob Pearson	Dennis Polonich
Claude Loiselle	Red Berenson
Brad May	Garry Ungar
Shayne Corson	Kevin Miller
Tom Fergus	Pat Verbeek
Mike Krushelnyski	Paul Ysebaert
Dave McIlwain	Brent Fedyk
Mike Johnson	Mike Knuble
Todd Warriner	Mike Sillinger
Dave Reid	Jason Woolley
Nikolai Borschevsky	Aaron Ward
Lou Franceschetti	Steve Duchesne
Mike Pelyk	Mathieu Dandenault
Jamie Macoun	Jiri Fischer
Matt Martin	Mathieu Schneider
Brad Marsh	Kevin Hodson
Greg Hotham	Ken Holland
Cory Cross	Eddie Mio
Mark Laforest
Peter Ing

Alumni Showdown - Game 2
MAPLE LEAFS	RED WINGS
Darryl Sittler	Steve Yzerman
Rick Vaive	Brendan Shanahan
Wendel Clark	Igor Larionov
Doug Gilmour	Mickey Redmond
Dave Andreychuk	Tomas Holmstrom
Darcy Tucker	Kris Draper
Kevin Maguire	Kirk Maltby
Gary Leeman	Darren McCarty
Russ Courtnall	Joe Kocur
Gary Roberts	Dino Ciccarelli
Lanny McDonald	Slava Kozlov
Tiger Williams	Sergei Fedorov
Mats Sundin	Doug Brown
Mike Walton	Nicklas Lidstrom
Tie Domi	Chris Chelios
Mike Gartner	Mark Howe
Joe Nieuwendyk	Paul Coffey
Steve Thomas	Larry Murphy
Dave Ellett	Slava Fetisov
Bryan McCabe	Brian Rafalski
Bob McGill	Chris Osgood
Borje Salming	Manny Legace
Al Iafrate
Bryan Berard
Curtis Joseph
Felix Potvin
Mike Palmateer