The Detroit Red Wings have filled out the club’s scouting staff. Veteran scout Marty Hogan will be taking over for the departed Kevin Gibson as an amateur scout.
Hogan, 43, owns a lengthy resume of scouting in the Ontario Hockey League ranks. He has worked as a scout for the past eight years with the Ottawa 67s.
“Scout Marty Hogan has accepted a scouting position with the Detroit Red Wings,” the 67s posted on the club’s social media sites. “We’d like to thank Marty for all of his contributions over the last eight years with us, and wish him all the best with the Red Wings. Great, knowledgeable hockey man and unbelievable human being.”
Scout Marty Hogan has accepted a scouting position with the Detroit Red Wings 👏
We’d like to thank Marty for all of his contributions over the last eight years with us, and wish him all the best with the Red Wings! pic.twitter.com/f9pLAUVxSh
— Ottawa 67’s (@Ottawa67sHockey) July 22, 2025
Before his time with the 67s, Hogan served five years as an OHL scout with the Niagara IceDogs and one season with the Mississauga Steelheads.
He also spent two years as the video coach with the Estonian U18 national team. Currently, he is employed as an assistant coach by the NCAA Division III Lake Forest Foresters in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Born across the Canada-USA border from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, Holmes played junior B hockey with the Tecumseh Bulldogs during the 2000-01 season. One of his teammates that year also became an NHL scout. Brad Holland, the son of former Red Wings GM and current Los Angeles Kings GM Ken Holland, served as a pro scout with the Edmonton Oilers from 2019-22. He was also assistant GM of the Oilers from 2022-24.
Red Wings Scout Left For USHL
The opening on the Detroit scouting staff was created when Gibson left the Red Wings to accept the position as GM of the USHL Waterloo Black Hawks.
The Black Hawks organization is excited to announce our new GM: Kevin Gibson.
Welcome to the organization Kevin!https://t.co/0xGTbx2Dxq pic.twitter.com/buYc5N9s7M
— Waterloo Black Hawks (@BlckHawksHockey) June 2, 2025
Gibson was an addition to the Detroit amateur scouting staff in 2019. He was among the new hires brought in when Steve Yzerman took over as Red Wings GM.
“I can’t thank the Red Wings enough for all that they have taught me,” Gibson said. “My time with Detroit brought the opportunity to work with incredible mentors and hockey minds. I am grateful for the scouting and development wisdom they have passed on.