In mid-July, Jordan Oesterle’s guests at his wedding included his former teammate at Western Michigan University, Danny DeKeyser. Now they’re teammates again — with the Detroit Red Wings.
General manager Steve Yzerman made Oesterle’s dream of playing for his hometown team come true Wednesday, signing the left-shot defenseman to a two-year contract. Oesterle almost didn’t sleep the night before, so anxious was he that it would really happen, and he could officially share the welcome news with his family in Dearborn Heights.
“It’s something I dreamed about since I was a little kid,” Oesterle said.