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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 ZidlickyDerekBoogaard(BOO-guard)24LEFT WINGShoots: LeftHt: 6-8 • Wt: 257Born: 6/23/82Saskatoon, SaskatchewanVS. NHLTEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIMANA 11 1 0 1 -2 45ATL 1 0 0 0 0 2BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0BUF 1 0 0 0 0 2CGY 17 0 1 1 -2 39CAR – – – – – –CHI 6 0 0 0 0 24COL 15 0 1 1 0 23CBJ 9 0 0 0 1 21DAL 2 0 0 0 0 0DET 4 0 0 0 0 6EDM 18 0 0 0 2 53FLA 1 0 1 1 1 0LA 8 0 0 0 0 14MIN – – – – – –MTL – – – – – –NSH 5 0 0 0 1 13NJ – – – – – –NYI 1 0 0 0 0 0NYR 1 0 0 0 0 2OTT 1 0 0 0 -2 5PHI 1 0 0 0 0 5PHX 5 0 0 0 0 14PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0SJ 5 1 0 1 -2 16STL 10 0 0 0 0 26TB 1 0 0 0 -1 0TOR 2 0 0 0 1 10VAN 19 0 2 2 0 30WSH 1 0 0 0 0 2CAREER HIGHLIGHTSHas appeared in 147 games with Minnesota in his three-year NHL career,notching two goals and five assists to go along with 352 PIM...His 352PIM ranks second in franchise history.2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSSkated in 34 games with Minnesota and posted 74 PIM...Recordedseason-high 14 PIM while skating in season-high 9:46 of ice-time atVAN (11/16)...Missed a total of 42 games due to back injuries (11/26-12/7, 12/14-1/16, 1/24-3/15)...Skated vs. COL (3/17) after missing 22games with a back injury...Recorded five PIM at SJ (3/19) to move intosecond place on Wild’s career PIM list...Accrued 24 PIM in Game 4 atCOL (4/15).2006-07 HIGHLIGHTSTotaled 120 PIM to lead the team for the second consecutive season...Minnesota went 29-16-3 in games that he played...Collected 12 PIM injust 1:42 of ice time vs. ANA (10/27)...Saw a season-high 9:35 of ice timeat ANA (11/12)...Registered an assist in his 100th NHL game vs. FLA(2/8)...Tallied a season-high 14 PIM at EDM (3/1)...Missed 19 games dueto injury over the course of the season...Sat out two games (11/2-11/7)because of a lower body injury...Missed 10 games (11/14-12/7) with aleg injury...Was sidelined for three games (1/9-1/16) with a head injury...Sat out four games with back injury (3/6-3/11)...Tallied his first careerplayoff point (assist) in Game 4 vs. ANA (4/17).2005-06 HIGHLIGHTSHis 158 PIM and +2 rating are franchise rookie records...Ranked 11th inthe NHL and first among league rookies in PIM...Made NHL debut in Minnesota’sseason opener vs. CGY (10/5)...Earned two points in his first fiveNHL games...Notched first NHL point in his third NHL game, collecting anassist vs. VAN (10/14)...Scored his first NHL goal, potting the GWG vs. SJ(10/19)...Logged a season-high 10:15 of TOI at CGY (11/1)...Claimed hissecond career goal in a Minnesota win vs. ANA (1/7)...Missed a total offive games due to injury or illness.2004-05 HIGHLIGHTSLed Houston (AHL) with 259 PIM, the fourth-highest total in Aeros history.2003-04 HIGHLIGHTSCollected a team-high 207 PIM in 53 games in his rookie season withHouston (AHL).2002-03 HIGHLIGHTSSigned to his first professional contract (12/19) by Louisiana (ECHL)and finished the season with the IceGators...Ranked second on club with240 PIM.CAREER TRANSACTIONSSelected by Minnesota in the seventh round (202nd overall) of the 2001NHL Entry Draft.BOOGAARD’S PLAYING CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1998-99 Regina SJHL 35 2 3 5 – 166 – – – – –1999-00 Regina WHL 5 0 0 0 – 17 – – – – –Prince George WHL 33 0 0 0 – 149 – – – – –2000-01 Prince George WHL 61 1 8 9 – 245 – – – – –2001-02 Prince George WHL 2 0 0 0 -3 16 0 0 0 – –Medicine Hat WHL 46 1 8 9 -3 178 0 0 0 – –2002-03 Medicine Hat WHL 27 1 2 3 -2 65 0 0 – – –Louisiana ECHL 33 1 2 3 -3 240 0 0 1 8 12.52003-04 Houston AHL 53 0 4 4 -7 207 0 0 0 – –2004-05 Houston AHL 56 1 4 5 0 259 0 0 0 – –2005-06 MINNESOTA NHL 65 2 4 6 2 158 0 0 1 15 13.32006-07 MINNESOTA NHL 48 0 1 1 0 120 0 0 0 11 0.02007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 34 0 0 0 -5 74 0 0 0 6 0.0WILD/NHL TOTALS 147 2 5 7 -3 352 0 0 1 32 6.2BOOGAARD’S POSTSEASON CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%2000-01 Prince George WHL 6 1 0 1 – 31 – – – – –2002-03 Louisiana ECHL 2 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 – –2003-04 Houston AHL 2 0 1 1 1 16 0 0 0 – –2004-05 Houston AHL 5 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 – –2006-07 MINNESOTA NHL 4 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 1 0.02007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 6 0 0 0 -1 24 0 0 0 0 0.0WILD/NHL TOTALS 10 0 1 1 -1 44 0 0 0 1 0.0PERSONALBoogaard is single and resides in Regina, Saskatchewan, during the offseason...Nicknameis “Boogie”...Lists playing in his first NHL game ashis most memorable hockey moment...Started playing hockey at age twoand says his mother and father are the people who most inspired hishockey career...First job as a kid was rough-cutter for a golf course inRegina...Rooted for the Toronto Maple Leafs and says Doug Gilmour washis favorite player as a child...Lists 112 and Sakura as his favorite restaurantsin the Twin Cities...Lists boxing as his favorite sport other thanhockey...Favorite cities to visit on the road include Vancouver, Calgary andDenver...Says Will Ferrell is his favorite actor and “The Sopranos” is hisfavorite television show...Favorite food is sushi, and favorite band is theRed Hot Chilli Peppers...Names The Da Vinci Code as the last good bookhe’s read...Coming to the rink every day is his favorite part of hockey andhis favorite part of Minnesotais playing infront of Wild fans...ListsTom Clancy’s RainbowSix as his favorite videogame and Perkins Restaurant’sTremendousTwelve as his favoritebreakfast.NHL HIGHLIGHTSMost Goals, Game:1 – two timesMost Assists, Game:1 – five timesMost Points, Game:1 – seven timesMost PIM, Game:17 – at CHI, 1/22/06Goal Streak:1g – two timesAssist Streak:1g – five timesPoint Streak:1g – seven timesCareer Hat Tricks:NoneDerek BoogaardTable of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL