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Mantha’s mission
- Updated: September 16, 2016
DETROIT — Anthony Mantha got a little taste of the NHL last season and now he’s a man on a mission.
“Obviously the main goal is to make the team,” Mantha said after an informal skate at Joe Louis Arena. “We can’t lie about it. Every single player wants to make the team. But I just need to be ready when camp starts. We’re leaving on the 21st so I need to be ready on the 21st or 22nd when it starts. I just need to show them what I really got and how I can play my own game.”
Mantha, who turns 22 Friday, played in 10 games with the Red Wings last season, scoring two goals and an assist while taking 18 shots.
“I just focus on those 10 games last year,” Mantha said. “Obviously this summer it was motivation for me. I had a great summer of training, off-ice, on-ice. I’ve been skating with these guys for probably two or three weeks right now so I’m ready for camp and I just can’t wait to get it started.”
Although he was only in Detroit for a short time, Mantha said he learned a lot.
“I would probably say work ethic that the guys have,” Mantha said. “If it’s after games, just being in the gym, working out, stretching, during the game being intense every shift, every game.”
After his NHL stint, Mantha was sent back down to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins, where he scored four goals and seven assists in nine playoff games.
“For sure it’s hard but I went back down to GR for the playoffs,” Mantha said. “I think …
