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Red Wings place Athanasiou on LTIR, call up two from AHL

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GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 04: Brian Lashoff #23 of the Detroit Red Wings during the NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena on April 4, 2013 in Glendale, Arizona. The Coyotes defeated the Red Wings 4-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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A growing list of injured players forced the Detroit Red Wings to make a couple of roster moves on Saturday morning before their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Along with placing forward Justin Abdelkader on injured reserve, the team also announced that it has moved moved forward Andreas Athanasiou from the seven-day injured reserve to the long-term injured list.

Abdelkader was injured earlier in the week against the Florida Panthers and is expected to miss two-to-four weeks with an MCL sprain, while Athanasiou, has not played since Nov. 11 with a knee injury. Along with those two the Red Wings are also without Darren Helm, Brendan Smith, Jimmy Howard, Alexey Marchenko and Tyler Bertuzzi.

With those two roster moves made, the Red Wings made a couple of call ups from Grand Rapids of the AHL. Joining the team in Pittsburgh will be forward Tomas Nosek and defenseman Brian Lashoff.

The 24-year-old Nosek has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in 11 games for Grand Rapids so far this season. He appeared in six games for the Red Wings a year ago and did not record a point. Lashoff, meanwhile, has been in the Red Wings organization since the 2008 season and has spent the bulk of his time since then playing in the AHL. He has 115 career games at the NHL level, 75 of them coming during the 2013-14 season, but has not played for the big club since 2014-15 when he appeared in 11 games.

He has three points (one goal, two assists) in 18 games for Grand Rapids this season.

After a 6-2-0 start to the season the Red Wings are just 5-8-3 in the 16 games that have followed.