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Has produced at least 25 goals in each of his three AHL seasons.
KYLE WILSON
Center • Height: 6’1” • Weight: 201 • Shoots: Right
Born: Dec. 15, 1984 (Oakville, Ontario)
Drafted: Minnesota’s ninth-round choice, 272nd overall, in the 2004 Entry Draft
Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July 5, 2007
2008-09
Ranked fifth on Hershey (AHL) with 58 points and third with 28 goals … Registered
17 multiple-point games … Posted seven PPGs … Had a season-high three points
twice (11/8 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and 1/21 at Norfolk; both 2g-1a) … Recorded
assists in five straight games from 10/10—10/25; 6a) … Had two points in three
straight games from 2/21—2/28; 3g-3a) … Had a pair of three-game goal streaks
(11/15—11/22, 4g, and 12/13—12/27, 4g) … Added 10 points (3g-7a) in the AHL
playoffs, appearing in 22 games as Hershey won the Calder Cup … Recorded two
assists in the deciding Game 6 of the Calder Cup finals at Manitoba.
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2002-03 Colgate ECACHL 33 4 2 6 15 - - - - - - - - - -
2003-04 Colgate ECACHL 37 14 17 31 23 - - - - - - - - - -
2004-05 Colgate ECACHL 30 5 18 23 12 - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 Colgate ECACHL 39 23 18 41 22 - - - - - - - - - -
2006-07 San Antonio AHL 7 1 0 1 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Career
2007-08: Finished second on Hershey in goals (30) and third in points (61) … The
only Bear to play in all 80 games … Had a team-high eight GWGs … Ranked tied
for 11th in the AHL in goals and third in GWGs … Recorded three points (1g-2a)
on 12/14 at Norfolk ... Had five multiple-goal games, including a hat trick 1/19 vs.
Springfield … Added an assist in that game vs. Springfield, one of two four-point
games on the year (also 2/16 at Binghamton, 2g-2a) … Scored five goals in a five-
game span from 2/16—2/24 … Had points in seven of the last eight games of the
season (5g-6a from 3/29—4/13) … Recorded three assists in five playoff games.
2006-07: Appeared in 54 games with Hershey, posting 24 goals and 54 points
… Finished fifth in points and tied for third in goals … His 10 PPGs were good
for second on the roster … Ranked fourth on Bears with 30 assists … Named the
team’s rookie of the year … Registered 17 multiple-point games … Tallied three or
more points in six games … Posted a season-high nine-game point streak from
3/16—4/1 (7g-10a) … Scored at least two goals in four games … Posted a hat trick
on 3/18 vs. Binghamton … Notched four points twice over three games (1g-3a, 3/16;
3g-1a, 3/18) … Recorded seven goals and 16 points in 19 playoff games … Finished
South Carolina ECHL 5 3 2 5 4 - - - - - - - - - -
Hershey AHL 54 24 30 54 26 - - - - - 19 7 9 16 8
2007-08 Hershey AHL 80 30 31 61 26 - - - - - 5 0 3 3 2
2008-09 Hershey AHL 80 28 30 58 31 - - - - - 22 3 7 10 2
ECACHL Second All-Star Team (2006)
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tied for third on the team and tied for seventh in the AHL in playoff scoring …
Shared the lead in playoff scoring among AHL rookies … Ranked second in goals
and tied for second in assists in team playoff scoring race … Skated in five games
(11/19-11/26) with South Carolina (ECHL) before being called up to Hershey …
Tallied five points (3g-2a) during time with Stingrays … Began season with San
Antonio (AHL), scoring one goal in seven games.
College Career
2005-06: Recorded 41 points (23g-18a) in 39 games as a senior at Colgate
(ECACHL) … Led team in scoring … Tied for third in ECACHL in points … Led the
league in goals … Tied for second in league and 15th in nation with 10 PPGs …
Earned second-team All-ECAC Hockey League honors. 2004-05: Appeared in 30
games as a junior with the Raiders … Missed first five games of season with knee
injury … Posted 23 points (5g-18a) on year … Ranked fifth on the team in scoring
… Tied for team lead in assists. 2003-04: Skated in 37 games as a sophomore …
Posted 31 points (14g-17a) … Ranked third in team scoring race … Tied for second
on roster with 14 goals and second with seven PPGs. 2002-03: Appeared in 33
games as a freshman … Tallied six points (4g-2a) on year … Four goals led all
Colgate rookies … Finished third among Raiders rookies in points … Tallied the
OT GWG in the longest game in Colgate hockey history, a 4-3 quadruple-overtime
win over Dartmouth in the ECACHL quarterfinals (3/18).
NHL Transactions
Selected by Minnesota in the ninth round, 272nd overall, in the 2004 Entry Draft …
Signed by Washington as a free agent, July 5, 2007.
Personal
Enjoys playing golf … Favorite athlete is Joe Sakic … Favorite sport outside of
hockey is football … Lists winning the Calder Cup as his top hockey memory.