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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 ZidlickyTelevision InformationKSTC-TV, Channel 45, the Twin Cities only independenttelevision station, begins its fourth season as the exclusiveover-the-air broadcast partner of the MinnesotaWild.Channel 45 delivers the best in local sports action toarea viewers. Key franchise games include the Minnesota State High School League ChampionshipTournaments, National Basketball Association’s Minnesota Timberwolves, Saint Paul Saints Baseballand the fast-paced action of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild.Part of the rich broadcasting heritage of Hubbard Broadcasting, one ofthe only family-owned television groups in the country, Channel 45 is thestation to turn to for top-rated network syndication including Friends,That 70’s Show, King of Queens, Scrubs and Frasier.Reaching more than 1.7 million television homes, KSTC-TV, Channel 45,is also available on cable channel 12 (on most metro cable stations) andis carried on DirecTV and Dish Network satellite systems.KSTC-TV, Channel 45 also produces “Minnesota Wild Country,” a weekly magazine show that includeshighlights, a spotlight feature, news and notes and community involvement by the team. Hosted byClay Matvick, the show airs at 6 p.m. on Saturday and again on Sunday evening at 11:30 p.m.FSN North—the area’s leading supplier of regional sports programming—entersits ninth consecutive year as the MinnesotaWild’s exclusive cable television partner. As part of this long-termpartnership, FSN North will telecast 45 regular season Wild gamesduring the 2008-09 campaign. In addition to live game coverage,FSN North airs a special half-hour show titled “Wild Live” beforeand after the games. The FSN North telecasts feature the broadcast team of play-by-play announcerDan Terhaar and color analyst Mike Greenlay.FSN North reaches more than 2 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North andSouth Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year. The EmmyAward-winning regional sports network provides comprehensive coverage of the NBA’s MinnesotaTimberwolves, MLB’s Minnesota Twins, the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx as wellas the University of Minnesota athletic events.For the latest up-to-the-minute sports news and opinions, visit FoxSports.com. Type keyword “North”to view FSN North’s telecast schedules and read more information on the Wild and other local teams.FSN North is also on MySpace: myspace.com/fsnnorth and Facebook: keyword: FSN North.Television announcersDan TerhaarTELEVISION PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERDan Terhaar is entering his fourth season as the television play-by-play announcer of the MinnesotaWild. He was named to the position on September 14, 2005, and can be seen on KSTC-TV.TV, Channel 45, the Wild’s exclusive over-the-air broadcast partner and FSN North, the club’sexclusive cable telecast partner. Along with being the voice of Wild television broadcasts, he willbe fully integrated into the organization’s communications, sponsorship, marketing and communityrelations’ efforts.Terhaar, 46 (11/20/61), also serves as the Sports Director for WCCO Radio and was the play-byplayannouncer for KSTC-TV’s coverage of the Minnesota State High School League Tournamentsincluding boys’ and girls’ hockey and boys’ and girls’ basketball.Terhaar, a graduate of E.J. Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, has an extensive background in the Minnesota sports scene. Overthe past few years, he has been the host of a number of weekly local sports magazine shows including the Minnesota Wild’s Call of theWild, the Minnesota Swarm’s Inside Scoop and Minnesota Twins’ Inside Pitch magazine shows. Terhaar has also served as an announcer onVictory Sports, and was a host of a morning show on KSTP Radio AM 1500. He has a strong hockey background having served as the radiovoice of University of Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey from 1996 to 2003 on KSTP Radio. He also called college hockey games for St. CloudState and the University of North Dakota.Terhaar and his wife, Teresa, have three children, Ben, Hannah and Tom. The family resides in Andover, Minn.Mike GreenlayTELEVISION ANALYSTMike Greenlay enters his seventh year as the Minnesota Wild’s Television Analyst. The former goalie,who was named to the television analyst position on August 13, 2002, brings a unique perspective tothe broadcast booth and provides in-depth analyst of the game both on and off the ice.Greenlay will partner with Wild television play-by-play announcer Dan Terhaar on KSTC-TV, Channel45, the club’s exclusive over-the-air broadcast partner and Fox Sports Net, the club’s exclusive cabletelecast partner. Along with his analyst duties, Greenlay is fully integrated into the Wild’s communications,marketing and community relations’ efforts.Prior to joining the Wild, Greenlay, 40 (9/15/68), served as radio analyst for the Mighty Ducks ofAnaheim for two seasons (1999-2001). He began his broadcast career with the Houston Aeros in 1995 serving as the team’s radio and televisioncolor analyst for Fox Sports Southwest. Greenlay was the radio analyst for the Nashville Predators during its inaugural 1998-99 season, while alsoworking as a television analyst for several networks. He spent three years as the television analyst for the Orlando Solar Bears on the SunshineNetwork and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) on Fox Sports Detroit (1996-99). Greenlay also served as television analyst for theInternational Hockey League’s (IHL) Game of the Week (1995-99) and Turner Cup Finals (1995-99, 2001).He played professional hockey for six seasons (1989-95) as a goaltender for several NHL organizations including the Edmonton Oilers, the PhiladelphiaFlyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Greenlay was a member of the 1988 Lake Superior State hockey team that won the NCAA Championship.He was also was a part of the Atlanta Knights 1994 IHL Turner Cup Championship team.Born in Brazil to Canadian parents, Greenlay was raised in Calgary, Alberta, and holds an undergraduate degree in E-Commerce from the Universityof Phoenix and a Masters degree in Project Management. Greenlay and his wife, Amy, have a daughter, Halston, and a son, Landon. Thefamily resides in Woodbury, Minn.36 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 37Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL
32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 Zidlickyradio informationWCCO® Radio (830 AM) enters its ninth year as the official flagship station of the MinnesotaWild. All Minnesota Wild hockey games, including all preseason games, regular seasoncontests and Stanley Cup playoff games will be broadcast by WCCO® Radio as part of anexclusive radio agreement. Any preempted contests will be heard on “La Mera Buena” KBGY107.5 FM and BOB 106 FM.Veteran play-by-play man Bob Kurtz and former NHL defenseman Tom Reid make up WCCO’s broadcast team. In additionto their work together with the Wild, the duo was paired together for nine seasons as the television voices of the MinnesotaNorth Stars beginning in 1980.The Twin Cities leader in live broadcasting, WCCO® Radio is also home to University of Minnesota sports.Also as part of the agreement, WCCO® Radio is a major community relations, marketing and promotional partner withthe Minnesota Wild. The station’s web site, wccoradio.com, is also linked to the official web site of the Minnesota Wild,wild.com.WCCO® Radio is a 50,000-watt station that covers 88 counties, including 13 in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and 75non-metro counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota. Owned by Viacom, Infinity Media Corporation andCBS, the station can be picked up in more than 28 states and three Canadian provinces during the evening hours. It hasbeen Minnesota’s most listened to radio station based on total cumulative audience since 1924.“La Mera Buena” KBGY 107.5 FM will air any preempted Minnesota Wild hockeygames during the 2008-09 season. Hispanics in the Twin Cities, Southern Minnesotaand parts of Iowa and Wisconsin are tuning in to “La Mera Buena” 107.5,Minnesota’s first 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year Spanish language 49,000 watt,FM radio station. With news, weather, traffic, special programming and more, as well an extensive song playlist featuringthe biggest stars in Latin music, “La Mera Buena” has become the radio station of choice for area Hispanics.Minnesota’s total country station BOB 106 is proud to join with our sister station “La Mera Buena” and the Wild’s flagshipstation WCCO® Radio to carry any preempted Wild games. Located in our new studios in Ramsey, Minnesota, BOB FMplays the best country music from the last 50 years, and features legendary Twin Cities morning show host Chuck Knappalong with his longtime partner Jon Engen on the BOB Wake up Happy morning show.The Minnesota Wild is committed to growing the sport of hockey throughout the state of Minnesotaand upper Midwest as part of the Minnesota Wild Radio Network. Through a partnershipwith Skyview Satellite Networks, more than 30 radio affiliates will broadcast Wild hockey gamesto thousands of Minnesota fans. The Wild and its radio partners will create and execute a varietyof fundraising, educational and inspiring promotional opportunities for youth hockey players incommunities all across the region.Skyview Satellite Networks currently provides the radio network distribution and inventory management for more than 30professional franchises and major universities.It also serves as the state news network of California and Arizona. Founded in 1995, Skyview Satellite Networks is basedin Scottsdale, Arizona, and focuses on providing radio network solutions for major league sports. For more informationvisit skyviewsatellite.com.KATE 1450 AM.....................Albert LeaKAUS 1480 AM..........................AustinKBUN 1450 AM........................BemidjiKVBR 1340 AM...................... BrainerdKLIZ 1380 AM........................ BrainerdKUAL 103.5 FM...................... BrainerdKROX 1260 AM.................... CrookstonKDLM 1340 AM............... Detroit LakesKZIO 94.1 FM........................... DuluthWELY 94.5 FM................................ ElyKSUM 1370 AM.....................Fairmontradio informationaffiliates (As of september 7, 2008)KMGK 107.1 FM....................GlenwoodWXXZ 95.3 FM................Grand MaraisKOZY 1320 AM.............. Grand RapidsWMFG 1240 AM.......................HibbingWCCO 830 AM.... Minneapolis/St. PaulKKRC 93.9 FM...................MontevideoKNUJ 860 AM.........................New UlmKYMN 1080 AM....................NorthfieldKCUE 1250 AM.....................Red WingKOLM 1520 AM.................... RochesterKXSS 1390 AM......................St. CloudKKAQ 1460 AM.......... Thief River FallsKRWB 1410 AM......................WarroadKOWZ 1170 AM.......................WasecaKWNO 1230 AM....................... WinonaKMNS 620 AM.................Sioux City, IAKVOX 740 AM.......................Fargo, NDKSDN 930 AM.................Aberdeen, SDKWSN 1230 AM............Sioux Falls, SDKVTK 1570 AM...............Vermillion, SDKBIZ 1400 AM...............Eau Claire, WIKevin FalnessEXECUTIVE PRODUCER / STUDIO HOSTKevin Falness begins his ninth year as the Executive Producer of Minnesota Wildradio broadcasts on WCCO Radio and across the Minnesota Wild Radio Network. Heis the host of the team’s pre- and post-game shows, and keeps fans up to date onall the late breaking hockey news and scores around the League between periodsfrom the NHL Tonight Studios.Prior to the 2002-03 season, the Wild made a brand new home for the NHL TonightStudios – the state-of-the-art Genmar Boats Fishing Lodge in Xcel Energy Center. It serves as the starting point for eachand every radio broadcast for the Minnesota Wild Radio Network.A graduate of St. Louis Park High School, Falness has worked in the radio industry for more than 14 years. Before joiningthe Minnesota Wild, he spent six years in Denver working in sports radio at KKFN. Having begun work in the Mile High Cityin early 1995, he saw the arrival of the Nordiques from Quebec, their transformation into the Colorado Avalanche, andthe club’s success, which brought the city its first professional championship in 1996. While hockey has always been hispassion, Falness has covered all of Denver’s professional sports franchises as well as University of Colorado, ColoradoState University, Denver University and the Air Force programs.Besides catching him on the radio broadcasts, you can also catch Falness hosting “Hockey Unplugged”, co-hosting “ThisWeek in Hockey” Sundays at noon on WCCO® Radio and providing updates both for the team’s official Web site, wild.comand the official Minnesota Wild PONDcast.38 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 39Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL
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