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Red Wings activate Bernard-Docker, place Compher on injured reserve

Detroit activated Jacob Bernard-Docker on Thursday and placed J.T. Compher on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 4.

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Jacob Bernard-Docker is off injured reserve after the Detroit Red Wings activated the defenceman on Thursday, Oct. 8. Detroit also placed forward J.T. Compher on injured reserve, effective retroactively from Oct. 4.

The club did not identify either player’s injury in its announcement.

Bernard-Docker, 26, finished the 2025-26 season with a goal and four assists in 63 appearances for Detroit. He blocked 87 shots, delivered 66 hits and averaged 14:49 on the ice.

Ottawa selected the Canmore, Alta., native 26th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft. He has since played for the Senators, Buffalo Sabres and Red Wings.

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