By the Numbers Prospects: Dominic Turgeon

By the Numbers will highlight the on-ice accomplishments in the 2017-18 season for the Detroit Red Wings' prospects. Twice a week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player in the system, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on forward Dominic Turgeon.

Dominic Turgeon likely just had one of the most memorable seasons of his hockey career.
After winning the Calder Cup as a rookie with the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins, Turgeon became more of an offensive contributor in his second season.
He then got the call that every player dreams of - the one from the Detroit Red Wings saying they needed him.
Although it was a short stint due to injuries, Turgeon got his first taste of the NHL and was all set for a very strong finish to the season in Grand Rapids.
But when the Griffins were in Texas for a road trip in April, Turgeon complained of what he believed was a right arm bruise.
Instead, it turned out to be a blood clot due to thoracic outlet syndrome that required immediate surgery.
The following week Turgeon flew to Tampa to see Dr. Karl Illig, who performed a successful rib resection as he had done on Lightning star Steven Stamkos two years prior.
Turgeon is expected to make a full recovery and be ready by training camp.
1 -- You never forget your first game and Turgeon will never forget his. After both Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm were hurt against the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Jan. 13 and Luke Glendening was still out, the Wings needed a player, preferably one who could kill penalties. Turgeon arrived in Chicago in time for the team's afternoon game against the Blackhawks, as did his father, Pierre, who was able to fly in from his job with Los Angeles Kings to see his son's debut. In an ironic twist, Turgeon appeared to be hurt early in the game but was able to return later. He played 9:01, had one shot on goal and was even.
167 -- When Turgeon made his National Hockey League debut, he became the 167th Grand Rapids Griffins alumnus to play in the NHL.
2 -- Turgeon, who was Detroit's third-round pick, 63rd overall, in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, became the second player the Wings selected that year to play in the NHL. Dylan Larkin, Detroit's first-round pick, 15th overall, has played in 242 games.
5 -- In all, Turgeon appeared in five NHL games with the Wings this past season. He averaged 9:14 time on ice, had three shots, three hits, three takeaways and was minus-2.
8 -- In his five NHL games, Turgeon racked up an impressive eight blocked shots, three of those coming in his first game in Chicago.
69 -- Turgeon spent the bulk of the season with the Griffins, playing in 69 games.
14 -- In his second professional season, Turgeon scored 14 goals for Grand Rapids, which was eight more than the six he had in his first year with the Griffins. The 14 goals ranked sixth on the Griffins. Eric Tangradi was first with 31, Matt Puempel and Matt Lorito had 23 apiece, Matthew Ford had 22 and Ben Street had 21.
18 -- In addition to the 14 goals, Turgeon had 18 assists for the Griffins. That was a six-assist increase over the 12 he had in 2016-17. He was ninth on the Griffins behind Street (44), Puempel (34), Tangradi (33), Filip Hronek (28), Lorito (26), Colin Campbell (25), Robbie Russo (23) and Axel Holmstrom (19).
3 -- Turgeon established a new career AHL high with three points - two goals and an assist - on Oct. 13, 2017 at San Jose. He tied that high with two goals and an assist on Dec. 30 at Cleveland. Turgeon also recorded his first pro hat trick on Feb. 17 at Manitoba.
5 -- From Dec. 21-30, Turgeon had both a five-game point streak and five-game assist streak, which were both career bests. Turgeon had an assist at Chicago on Dec. 21, at Iowa Dec. 22, at Rockford Dec. 23, at home against Cleveland Dec. 29, then had two goals and an assist Dec. 30 at Cleveland.
Quotable: "Turge kind of got hurt at the end of the year but Turge was a really good third-line guy, fourth-line guy to start his pro career, then kind of developed and evolved a little bit more offensively his second year. Again, I can't leave out the penalty killing component. He did a great job of evolving into a solid penalty killer, with him and Colin Campbell on our first PK unit. Then his offensive, kind of prowess, so to speak, he contributed offensively. He did a really good job of kind of maintaining his defensive reliability but at the same time adding an element of offensive capability and offensive threat last year. Coming back from his injury is going to be huge coming into camp, from what I understand he'll be ready to go for camp. I'm looking forward to seeing what Dom is. Obviously his old man played for a long time, he's got a great pedigree, he's been around rinks his entire life and he's a hockey player. So he's another guy to keep your eye on. He kind of goes about his business and he flies under the radar but he does a great job playing the role that he plays." -- Ben Simon, Grand Rapids Griffins head coach