By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2014-15 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on defenseman Jonathan Ericsson.
82 | The only Red Wing among the 23 NHL defensemen who played the full season in 2014-15. It marks the first time in his career that he played the entire campaign. Since the NHL expanded the schedule in 1974-75, Ericsson became the 15th different defenseman to play in a full 80-plus game season in franchise history, joining Jean Hamel, Rick Lapointe, Al Cameron, Terry Harper, Barry Long, Willie Huber, Reed Larson, Brad Park, Randy Ladouceur, Larry Murphy, Andreas Lilja, Nicklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall and Kyle Quincey. | |
