Detroit – The Detroit Red Wings today signed defenseman Andrew Gibson to a three-year entry-level contract beginning in the 2024-25 season. Gibson will play for the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins on an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
Gibson, 19, played in all 68 games for the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League during the 2023-24 season, recording 44 points (12-32-44), a plus-36 rating and 58 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-4, 206-pound defenseman had two assists in 11 postseason contests. Gibson spent the entire 2022-23 season with the Greyhounds, leading the team's rookies with 21 points (7-14-21) and 30 penalty minutes in 45 games. Gibson made his major junior debut with the Greyhounds in 2021-22, posting a plus-1 rating and six penalty minutes in six games played. Drafted by the Red Wings in the second round (42nd overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, Gibson played in 119 OHL games with the Greyhounds, scoring 65 points (19-46-65) and 94 penalty minutes. was recorded.
Gibson, a native of LaSalle, Ont., spent the majority of the 2021-22 season with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, earning a spot on the circuit after recording 51 points (21-30-51) and 30 penalties. He played time in 40 regular season games and was selected as the top defenseman. He recorded 11 points (3-8-11) and 20 penalty minutes in 15 postseason games, helping the Thunderbirds win the NOJHL Championship. Gibson developed in the Windsor Junior Spitfires' AAA program before his junior major career. On the international stage, Gibson won a bronze medal as a member of Team Canada at the 2023 IIHF World U18 Championship, recording three assists, a plus-five rating, and 25 penalty minutes in seven games.
Andrew Gibson, defense
Born February 13, 2005 — LaSalle, Ontario
Height 6.04 — Weight 206 — Shoot R
42nd overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, second round pick by the Detroit Red Wings
