DETROIT - Detroit Red Wings Assistant General Manager Jim Nill announced that the Red Wings will conduct a summer strength and conditioning camp at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

The camp runs from Saturday, July 1 through and including Thursday, July 6. A collection of Detroits top prospects acquired during the past few years will participate. Six of the clubs draftees from the 2006 NHL Entry Draft will be among the crop of 21 players at the camp.

The camp will be divided into on-ice sessions as well as off-ice conditioning. On-ice workouts will take place every day from 8:30-10:00 a.m. beginning on July 2, and will conclude on July 6 with a skills competition.

Players confirmed to attend are listed below.

FORWARDS
Justin Abdelkader
Dick Axelsson
Anton Axelsson
Cory Emmerton
Darren Helm
Shawn Matthias
Evan McGrath
Jan Mursak
Mattias Ritola

DEFENSEMEN
Nils Backstrom
Jonathan Ericsson
Jakub Kindl
Sergei Kolasau
Jeff May
Juho Mielonen
Logan Pyett
Bretton Stamler

GOALIES
Jimmy Howard
Daniel Larsson
Stefan Liv
Joey MacDonald