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Detroit — Former Red Wings forward Greg Johnson died Monday morning at his home in Metro Detroit. He was 48.
The news was first reported by The Chronicle-Journal, a daily newspaper in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Johnson’s hometown.
There has been no cause of death issued for Johnson, who played for the Wings from 1993-96 before being traded to Pittsburgh.
Johnson was drafted in the second-round in 1989 by Philadelphia but never played for the Flyers, who traded him to the Red Wings.
The Wings traded Johnson to Pittsburgh for forward Tomas Sandstrom during the 1996-97 season, months before winning their first of two consecutive Stanley Cups.