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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyTEAM INFORMATIONHome Ice (Cap., Built)...................Pepsi Center (18,007, 1999)Mailing Address.........................................1000 Chopper CircleDenver, CO 80204Telephone.............................................................303.405.1100Fax .......................................................................303.893.0614Website.................................................coloradoavalanche.comFounded...................1979-80 (Relocated from Quebec in 1995)Stanley Cup Titles....................................................1996, 2001Colors......................................Burgundy, Silver, Blue and BlackDirectoryPresident & Alternate Governor..............................Pierre LacroixGeneral Manager..............................................Francois GiguereHead Coach............................................................Tony GranatoAssistant Coaches...........................Jacques Cloutier, Dave BarrGoaltending Coach.................................................. Jeff HackettCommunications DepartmentSenior V.P. of Communications & Business Ops....... Jean MartineauDirector of Communications.....................................Damen ZierDirector of Media Services/Internet.............Brendan McNicholasWebsite Coordinator............................................ Craig StancherCOLORADO AVALANCHE2008-09 matchupsThu. 11/6 Pepsi Center 8:00 p.m.Mon. 12/1 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 p.m.Sun. 1/4 Pepsi Center 8:00 p.m.Wed. 2/11 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 p.m.Thu. 3/12 Pepsi Center 8:00 p.m.Tue. 3/17 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 p.m.All-Time Series NotesHat Tricks: Marian Gaborik, 4/9/06, (P. Budaj/J. Theodore), 3-1=4; Radim Vrbata, 2/8/02, (M. Fernandez/D. Roloson), 3-0=3Overtime Games: 10, last, 3/11/07, 3-2 overtime win (Burns) vs. COLPenalty Shots: NoneShutouts: Four (COL-4, MIN-0), last, 2/08/02, 6-0 loss vs. COL (Aebischer – 24 saves)Last Trade Between Avalanche and Wild: 2/25/04, Acquired 2005 fourth round pick (Kyle Bailey) from Colorado in exchange for CDarby Hendrickson and Wild’s 2004 eighth round pick (Brandon Yip).WILD VS. COLORADO AVALANCHE2007-08 Wild Record: 5-2-1 (4-0-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-2-1 at Colorado)All-Time Wild Record: 16-22-7 (11-7-4 at Xcel Energy Center, 5-15-3 at Colorado)Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning GoalieDATE OPP. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.COL 0 2 0 – 2 13 9 9 – 31 1-6 5-10 Budaj (29-32)10/21 MIN 0 2 1 – 3 7 15 10 – 32 2-5 6-12 Koivu (1) Backstrom (29-31) *18,568MIN 1 0 0 – 1 10 5 7 – 22 1-3 3-6 Harding (27-30)10/28 COL 1 1 1 – 3 11 14 5 – 30 1-3 3-6 Svatos Budaj (21-22) 17,041MIN 0 2 0 – 2 8 12 7 – 27 2-4 7-17 Backstrom (22-25)11/11 COL 1 2 1 – 4 7 15 4 – 26 2-6 5-13 Stastny Budaj (25-27) 15,434COL 0 1 0 – 1 7 15 6 – 28 0-4 2-4 Budaj (22-26)11/18 MIN 1 3 0 – 4 11 12 3 – 26 0-2 4-8 Foy (1) Harding (27-28) *18,568MIN 2 1 0 – 3 12 15 10 – 37 1-3 2-4 Demitra (1) Backstrom (28-30)1/24 COL 1 1 0 – 2 9 10 11 – 30 0-2 3-6 Theodore (34-37) 15,321COL 0 1 0 – 1 8 7 15 – 30 1-6 4-8 Theodore (26-28)3/17 MIN 1 1 1 – 3 14 8 7 – 29 1-3 7-14 Radivojevic (2) Backstrom (29-30) *18,568COL 0 2 0 0 2 9 9 6 2 26 0-3 4-8 Theodore (17-20)3/30 MIN 2 0 0 1 3 6 3 8 3 20 1-4 3-6 Gaborik (7) Backstrom (24-26) *18,568MIN 1 1 1 0 3 13 10 9 5 37 1-4 7-17 Harding (33-36)4/6 COL 0 1 2 0 4 13 14 7 2 36 2-3 8-19 Wolski (SO) Theodore (34-37) 18,007Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Plays Penalties/ GoaltendersTOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T (Percentage) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)COL 3 11 4 0 19 77 93 63 4 237 7-33 (21.2) 34-74 Budaj (2-2-0, 97-107); Theodore (1-2-1, 111-122)MIN 8 10 3 1 22 81 80 61 8 230 9-30 (30.0) 37-80 Backstrom (4-1-0, 132-142); Harding (1-1-1, 87-94)Series NotesMinnesota has won the last five regular season home meetings, and is unbeaten in regulation in the last nine (7-0-2)...The Wild recorded its first-everplayoff series win with a 4-3 series victory over the Avs in the 2003 Western Conference Quarterfinal rallying from a 3-1 deficit...Andrew Brunetteplayed three seasons with Minnesota and three with Colorado...Owen Nolan played with the Quebec for five seasons before the team moved to Coloradowhere he played one season...Jordan Leopold (Golden Valley) is a Minnesota native...Marian Gaborik leads the Wild in career scoring against theAvalanche with 31 points (16-15=31)...Milan Hejduk leads Colorado in all-time scoring against Minnesota with 35 points (15-20=35).TEAM INFORMATIONHome Ice (Cap., Built)...........Nationwide Arena (18,144, 2000)Mailing Address...................................200 W. Nationwide Blvd.Columbus, OH 43215Telephone.............................................................614.246.4625Fax .......................................................................614.246.4007Website............................................................ bluejackets.comFounded........................................................................2000-01Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................. NoneColors.....................Red, White, Capital Blue and Electric GreenDirectoryGeneral Manager...................................................Scott HowsonHead Coach..........................................................Ken HitchcockAssistant Coaches..........Gary Agnew, Gord Murphy, Claude NoelGoaltending Coach............................................Clint MalarchukCommunications DepartmentVice President of Public Relations........................Todd SharrockDirector of Communications.................................... Karen DavisManager of Communications..............................Ryan HoltmannManager of Multimedia........................................Ryan Mulcronecolumbus blue jacketsAll-Time Series NotesHat Tricks: Marian Gaborik, 3/10/02, (R. Tugnutt), 3-1=4 pts.Overtime Games: Six, last, 12/29/06, 4-3 overtime win (Walz) vs. CBJPenalty Shots: NoneShutouts: Seven (CBJ-5, MIN-2), last, 11/23/07, 4-0 loss vs. CBJ (Leclaire – 32 saves)Last Trade Between Blue Jackets and Wild: None2008-09 matchupsSat. 10/25 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 p.m.Sat. 11/15 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 p.m.Sat. 1/10 Nationwide Arena 6:00 p.m.Sat. 4/11 Nationwide Arena 6:00 p.m.WILD VS. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS2007-08 Wild Record: 3-1-0 (1-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 2-0-0 at Columbus)All-Time Wild Record: 13-10-4 (10-3-1 at Xcel Energy Center, 3-7-3 at Columbus)Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning GoalieDATE OPP. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.CBJ 1 1 0 – 2 8 7 6 – 21 1-2 6-15 Norrena (28-31)10/6 MIN 1 0 2 – 3 11 7 13 – 31 0-4 4-11 Burns (1) Backstrom (19-21) *18,568CBJ 1 2 1 – 4 12 14 3 – 29 2-5 14-39 Peca Leclaire (32-32)11/23 MIN 0 0 0 – 0 10 10 12 – 32 0-9 9-21 Backstrom (25-29) *18,568MIN 1 0 1 – 2 5 11 10 – 26 0-4 2-7 Rolston (2) Backstrom (31-32)12/8 CBJ 0 1 0 – 1 6 11 15 – 32 0-1 5-13 Leclaire (24-26) 15,666MIN 1 3 0 – 4 8 11 1 – 20 0-3 7-14 Rolston (6) Backstrom (33-34)2/2 CBJ 0 1 0 – 1 9 14 11 – 34 0-4 6-12 Norrena (16-20) 18,529Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Plays Penalties/ GoaltendersTOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T (Percentage) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)CBJ 2 5 1 – 8 35 46 35 – 116 3-12 (25.0) 31-79 Norrena (0-2-0, 44-51); Leclaire (1-1-0, 56-58)MIN 3 3 3 – 9 34 39 36 – 109 0-20 (0.0) 22-53 Backstrom (3-1-0, 108-116)Series NotesThe Wild played in its first-ever shootout at Xcel Energy Center vs. Columbus and lost 3-2 (11/30/05)...Nine different Wild players recordeda point in a 5-2 Wild win over the Blue Jackets (12/20/03)...Marian Gaborik posted the second of his eight career hat tricks vs. Columbus(3/10/02)...Columbus’ Head Athletic Trainer Mike Vogt served as the Wild’s assistant athletic trainer for seven seasons...Marek Zidlicky leadsthe Wild in career scoring against the Blue Jackets with 25 points (5-20=25) in 28 contests...Kristian Huselius leads the Blue Jackets inall-time scoring vs. Minnesota with 13 points (4-9=13) in 24 games.224 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 225Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL