The Red Wings made a pair of moves late Tuesday afternoon — both coming out of the NCAA. First, they signed Princeton standout Ryan Kuffner, then shortly announced the signing of Michigan State University’s Taro Hirose:
Ryan Kuffner
Princeton Univ.
The 22-year-old Ottawa native had a standout Junior season last year, notching nearly 30 goals. He followed that season up with another impressive senior season with the Tigers. The shifty, versatile winger achieved the milestone of becoming the university’s all-time scoring leader with 152 points (75 goals, 77 assists) in 132 games. I’ve seen him play maybe a handful of times — He played in the highly-competitive ECAC, where as a senior, he was top-five in the nation in goal-scoring.