The Detroit Fighting Irish return a key piece of the future by retaining 2003 rookie Lane Stewart. Lane had an impressive start to his Junior Hockey career putting up 7 goals, and 6 assist in only 28 games.

"Lane adds a level of skill, and vision that we are excited to develop and turn him loose!" Head Coach Taylor added about Stewarts return. " as he continues to learn how to be effective day in and day out, through maturity and physical growth, we expect him to be a big part of our offensive strengths in the year to come."