DETROIT — Andrew Copp is entering is 11th full NHL season and he has to think back all the way to 2015 to remember his first NHL game.

But it’s a pleasant memory, as it is with all players.

“It was in Winnipeg, last game of the regular season,” Copp said. “We’d clinched the playoffs in Game 81, and I had just signed after my (senior) season at Michigan. Got to play the last game. I did the (solo) lap, the ‘no bucket’ (rookie player skating in warmups without his helmet), Buff (Dustin Byfuglien) hid it (helmet) from me in the locker room. I played well, had an assist, and we won.

“All good things.”

Memorable, for sure. On Thursday, as the Wings open their “Centennial” season against Montreal, rookies Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Emmitt Finnie and Axel Sandin-Pellikka all are likely to skat

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