Turgeon, 23, has skated in 69 games with the Griffins this season and tallied 19 points (6-13-19) alongside 39 penalty minutes. In three seasons with the Griffins, he has appeared in 209 games, totaling 69 points (26-43-69), a plus-20 rating and 68 penalty minutes. Turgeon also appeared in 19 AHL playoff games during the team's 2017 Calder Cup championship run, posting two points (1-1-2). The 6-foot-2, 200-pound forward made his NHL debut for the Red Wings during the 2017-18 campaign, playing his first NHL game on Jan. 14, 2018 at Chicago and totaling five games, recording two penalty minutes, three shots on goal, three hits, eight blocked shots and three takeaways in 9:14 average time on ice. Turgeon also posted a career-best 32 points (14-18-32) in 69 games with Grand Rapids during the 2017-18 campaign.
Originally drafted by the Red Wings in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Turgeon spent four seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Portland Winterhawks prior to his professional career, tallying 152 points (67-85-152) and 91 penalty minutes in 259 games from 2011-16. He captained the Winterhawks in 2015-16 and registered a junior career-high 70 points (36-34-70) in 72 games. He was also a WHL champion with Portland in 2012-13 and picked up 18 points (10-8-18) in 45 career postseason WHL games. Turgeon's father, Pierre, scored over 500 NHL goals for Buffalo, the NY Islanders, Montreal, St. Louis, Dallas and Colorado from 1987-07 and his uncle, Sylvain, skated in 669 NHL games for Hartford, New Jersey, Montreal and Ottawa from 1983-95.
