Red Wings recall defenseman Libor Sulak

DETROIT -The Detroit Red Wings today recalled defenseman Libor Sulak from the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions.
Sulak, 25, made the Red Wings out of training camp and was one of five players to make his NHL debut on Oct. 4 versus Columbus. He would go on to skate in six games for Detroit, logging six penalty minutes and averaging 19:23 time on ice. Since joining the Griffins, Sulak has recorded 12 points (4-8-12), 32 penalty minutes and 80 shots in goal in 54 games. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound blueliner previously debuted for the Griffins at the end of the 2017-18 campaign, notching two assists in two games, following a full season in the Finnish SM-Liiga, in which he led the Lahti Pelicans' defensemen with 32 points (9-23-32) in 42 games and led the league with 307 shots on goal.

Signed as a free agent by Detroit on May 24, 2017, Sulak spent two seasons (2015-17) playing for Orli Znojmo, a Czech team that competes in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, the top professional league in Austria, where he totaled 46 points (16-30-46) and a plus-19 rating in 106 games. During the 2016-17 season, Sulak placed fourth on the team with 28 points (10-18-28) and a team-best plus-19 rating, following up his 2015-16 season in which he was named the league's rookie of the year after recording 18 points (6-12-18) in 62 games. He also has professional experience in his home country, registering four points (2-2-4) in 32 games in 2013-14 for Pirati Chomutov in the top Czech league and adding 11 points (4-7-11) for SK Kadan in 39 games between 2012-15 in the Czech Republic's second-tier league. The Pelhrimov, Czech Republic, native represented his country at both the 2017 and 2018 IIHF World Championships, in addition to the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship and the 2012 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.