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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 Zidlicky2008-2009 minnesota wild team roster2008-2009 minnesota wild team rosterFORWARDS (32) HT WT SHOT BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM ACQCody Almond 6-1 199 Left 7/24/89 Calgary, Alberta Kelowna WHL 69 22 34 56 – 114 EN/07Eric Belanger 5-11 185 Left 12/16/77 Sherbrooke, Quebec MINNESOTA NHL 75 13 24 37 -6 30 FA/07Derek Boogaard 6-7 258 Left 6/23/82 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MINNESOTA NHL 34 0 0 0 -5 74 EN/01Pierre-Marc Bouchard 5-10 172 Left 4/27/84 Sherbrooke, Quebec MINNESOTA NHL 81 13 50 63 11 34 EN/02Andrew Brunette 6-1 212 Left 8/24/73 Sudbury, Ontario COLORADO NHL 82 19 40 59 5 14 FA/08Cal Clutterbuck 5-11 213 Right 11/18/87 Welland, Ontario Houston AHL 73 11 13 24 – 97 EN/06Eero Elo 6-1 165 Right 4/26/90 Rauma, Finland Lukko Rauma Fin-Jr. 42 12 15 27 – 34 EN/08Riley Emmerson 6-8 238 Left 11/18/87 Burnaby, British Columbia Texas ECHL 51 2 2 4 – 142 EN/05Marian Gaborik 6-1 199 Left 2/14/82 Trencin, Slovakia MINNESOTA NHL 77 42 41 83 17 63 EN/00Colton Gillies 6-4 194 Left 2/12/89 White Rock, British Columbia Saskatoon WHL 58 24 23 47 – 97 EN/07Ryan Hamilton 6-2 217 Left 4/15/85 Oshawa, Ontario Houston AHL 72 20 19 39 – 38 FA/06Chris Hickey 6-1 196 Right 9/2/88 Mendota Heights, Minnesota Tri-City USHL 55 15 16 31 – 34 EN/06Danny Irmen 6-0 190 Right 9/6/84 Fargo, North Dakota Houston AHL 77 10 13 23 – 51 EN/03Petr Kalus 6-1 201 Left 6/29/87 Ostrava, Czech Republic Houston AHL 58 8 10 18 – 57 TRD/07Matt Kassian 6-4 238 Left 10/28/86 Edmonton, Alberta Texas ECHL 47 6 4 10 – 90 EN/05Mikko Koivu 6-2 200 Left 3/12/83 Turku, Finland MINNESOTA NHL 57 11 31 42 13 42 EN/01Krys Kolanos 6-3 206 Right 7/27/81 Calgary, Alberta Quad City AHL 65 30 33 63 – 84 FA/08Corey Locke 5-9 168 Left 5/8/84 Toronto, Ontario Hamilton AHL 78 30 42 72 – 50 TRD/08Bryan Lundbohm 5-10 185 Left 8/24/77 Roseau, Minnesota Soenderjyske Denmark 33 13 14 27 – 12 FA/08Morten Madsen 6-2 185 Left 1/16/87 Rodovre, Denmark Houston AHL 50 3 17 20 – 18 EN/05Carson McMillan 6-0 200 Right 9/10/88 Brandon, Manitoba Calgary WHL 72 16 26 42 – 87 EN/07Antti Miettinen 6-0 190 Left 7/3/80 Hameenlina, Finland DALLAS NHL 69 15 19 34 4 34 FA/08Owen Nolan 6-1 214 Right 2/12/72 Belfast, Ireland CALGARY NHL 77 16 16 32 6 71 FA/08Maxim Noreau 5-11 192 Right 5/24/87 Montreal, Quebec Houston AHL 50 8 8 16 – 48 FA/08Peter Olvecky 6-2 195 Left 10/11/85 Trencin, Slovakia Houston AHL 61 17 16 33 – 38 EN/04Benoit Pouliot 6-3 199 Left 9/29/86 Alfred, Ontario Houston AHL 46 10 14 24 -8 67 EN/05Jesse Schultz 6-0 192 Right 9/28/82 Strasbourg, Saskatchewan Chicago AHL 80 26 40 66 – 43 FA/08James Sheppard 6-2 210 Left 4/25/88 Halifax, Nova Scotia MINNESOTA NHL 78 4 15 19 0 29 EN/06Stephane Veilleux 6-0 188 Left 11/16/81 St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec MINNESOTA NHL 77 11 7 18 -13 61 EN/01Roman Voloshenko 6-1 205 Right 5/12/86 Brest, Belarus Moscow Dynamo Russia 18 1 1 2 – 6 EN/04Julian Walker 6-2 209 Right 9/10/86 Bern, Switzerland EHC Basel Swiss 50 0 6 6 – 22 EN/06Craig Weller 6-4 220 Right 3/17/81 Calgary, Alberta PHOENIX NHL 59 3 8 11 -7 80 FA/08DEFENSEMEN (21) HT WT SHOT BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM ACQAnthony Aiello 6-1 195 Left 5/19/86 Braintree, Massachusetts Boston College NCAA 43 3 10 13 – 40 EN/05Paul Albers 6-1 189 Left 10/15/85 Melville, Saskatchewan Houston AHL 69 5 16 21 – 26 FA/06Marc-Andre Bergeron 5-10 197 Left 10/30/80 Trois-rivieres, Quebec N.Y. ISLANDERS/ANAHEIM NHL 55 9 10 19 -16 20 TRD/08Brent Burns 6-5 219 Right 3/9/85 Ajax, Ontario MINNESOTA NHL 82 15 28 43 12 80 EN/03Tyler Cuma 6-2 180 Left 1/19/90 Toronto, Ontario Ottawa OHL 59 4 28 32 – 69 EN/08Justin Falk 6-5 215 Left 11/11/88 Snowflake, Manitoba Spokane WHL 72 4 22 26 – 98 EN/07Kurtis Foster 6-5 220 Right 11/24/81 Carp, Ontario MINNESOTA NHL 56 7 12 19 0 37 FA/05Harri Ilvonen 6-2 187 Left 11/3/88 Helsinki, Finland Tappara Tampere Fin-Jr. 14 2 10 12 – 22 EN/07Kim Johnsson 6-1 183 Left 3/16/76 Malmo, Sweden MINNESOTA NHL 80 4 23 27 -4 42 FA/06Sean Lorenz 6-1 191 Right 3/10/90 Littleton, Colorado USNTDP NAHL 14 2 1 3 – 4 EN/08Kyle Medvec 6-6 205 Left 6/16/88 Westminster, Colorado Vermont NCAA 30 1 4 5 – 18 EN/06Georgi Misharin 6-1 200 Left 5/11/85 Yekaterinaberg, Russia CSKA Moscow Russia 50 6 3 9 – 42 EN/03Tomas Mojzis 6-1 192 Left 5/2/82 Kolin, Czech Republic Novosibirsk Russia 28 2 1 3 – 38 FA/08Erik Reitz 6-1 210 Right 7/29/82 Detroit, Michigan Houston AHL 49 8 26 34 11 99 EN/00Brandon Rogers 6-1 198 Left 2/27/82 Rochester, New Hampshire Houston AHL 63 4 24 28 – 77 FA/08Marco Scandella 6-2 190 Left 2/23/90 Montreal, Quebec Val’D’Ors QMJHL 65 4 10 14 – 35 EN/08Nick Schultz 6-1 200 Left 8/25/82 Strasbourg, Saskatchewan MINNESOTA NHL 81 2 13 15 9 42 EN/00John Scott 6-8 247 Left 9/26/82 St. Catharines, Ontario Houston AHL 64 3 0 3 – 184 FA/06Martin Skoula 6-3 226 Left 10/28/79 Litomerice, Czech Republic MINNESOTA NHL 80 3 8 11 -16 26 TRD/06Clayton Stoner 6-3 205 Left 2/19/85 Port McNeill, British Columbia Houston AHL 56 3 12 15 – 78 EN/04Marek Zidlicky 5-11 190 Right 2/3/77 Most, Czech Republic NASHVILLE NHL 79 5 38 43 -5 63 TRD/08GOALTENDERS (6) HT WT CATCH BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LEAGUE GP W-L-OT GAA SV% SO GA ACQNiklas Backstrom 6-1 197 Left 2/13/78 Helsinki, Finland MINNESOTA NHL 58 33-13-8 2.31 .920 4 131 FA/06Barry Brust 6-2 210 Left 8/8/83 Swan River, Manitoba Houston AHL 43 24-16-3 2.27 – 4 – FA/08Josh Harding 6-1 197 Right 6/18/84 Regina, Saskatchewan MINNESOTA NHL 29 11-15-2 2.94 .908 2 77 EN/02Niko Hovinen 6-6 208 Left 3/16/88 Helsinki, Finland Jokerit Helsinki Fin-Jr. 22 – 2.74 – – – EN/06Anton Khudobin 5-11 208 Left 5/7/86 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Texas ECHL 27 20-1-4 1.98 – 3 – EN/04Nolan Schaefer 6-2 200 Right 1/15/80 Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan Houston AHL 34 19-13-0 2.06 – 6 – FA/07112 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 113Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL