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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 ZidlickyPLAYER2007-08 injury reportINJURYDATE OFINJURYGAMESOUTRETURNNick Schultz flu 4/6 1 out for reg. seasonStephane Veilleux flu 3/26 3 4/3Pierre-Marc Bouchard flu 3/24 1 3/26Pavol Demitra leg 3/24 1 3/26Kurtis Foster fractured left femur 3/19 8 out for seasonSteve Kelly ankle 3/13 11 out for reg. seasonEric Belanger toe 3/7 7 3/24Chris Simon flu 3/5 2 3/9Kurtis Foster back 3/4 1 3/7Petteri Nummelin groin 3/4 15 4/6Mikko Koivu flu 3/2 1 3/4Mark Parrish flu 2/26 2 3/2Matt Foy head 2/20 2 2/29Brian Rolston flu 2/16 1 2/19Kim Johnsson flu 2/12 1 2/14Josh Harding flu 2/5 1 2/7Mark Parrish head 2/2 2 2/9Derek Boogaard back 1/24 22 3/17Mark Parrish bruised foot 1/21 2 1/30Mark Parrish back 1/16 1 1/18Sean Hill ankle 1/11 10 2/9Branko Radivojevic neck 1/10 2 1/16Todd Fedoruk shoulder 12/15 3 12/26Matt Foy flu 12/14 1 12/18Derek Boogaard back 12/14 15 1/18Branko Radivojevic flu 12/14 1 12/18Mark Parrish hip 11/28 3 12/7Derek Boogaard back spasms 11/26 5 12/8Kurtis Foster face fracture 11/24 4 12/7Josh Harding head 11/21 3 11/30Petteri Nummelin nose, head 11/21 13 12/22Mikko Koivu fractured left leg 11/16 24 1/11Stephane Veilleux fractured cheekbone 11/10 2 11/15Niklas Backstrom groin strain 10/27 2 11/1Marian Gaborik groin strain 10/27, 11/3 5 11/15Pavol Demitra adductor strain 10/21, 11/3 13 11/28Dominic Moore abdominal strain 10/9 13 11/11Wes Walz knee 10/5 1 10/10Kurtis Foster groin Pre-season 2 10/10TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 210JULY30 Released RW Mark Parrish.26 Re-signed RW Pierre-Marc Bouchard to a five-yearcontract.19 Re-signed LW Stephane Veilleux to a one-year contract.16 Re-signed LW Peter Olvecky and D Clayton Stoner toone-year contracts.15 Re-signed D John Scott, C Corey Locke and RW DannyIrmen to one-year contracts; Signed C Bryan Lundbohmto a one-year contract and D Brandon Rogers to amulti-year contract.12 Acquired C Corey Locke from Montreal in exchange forD Shawn Belle; Signed C Krys Kolanos to a one-yearcontract.11 Named Matt Shaw assistant coach.7 Signed RW Owen Nolan to a two-year contract; SignedD Tomas Mojzis and G Barry Brust to multi-year contracts;Signed RW Jesse Schultz to a one-year contract.4 Signed RW Antti Miettinen to a multi-year contract.3 Re-signed D Kurtis Foster to a one-year contract.1 Acquired D Marek Zidlicky from Nashville in exchangefor RW Ryan Jones and a second round pick in the 2009NHL Entry Draft; Signed LW Andrew Brunette and RWCraig Weller to multi-year contracts.JUNE21 Acquired the Devils’ first round pick (23rd overall) in the2008 NHL Entry Draft from New Jersey in exchange forMinnesota’s first round pick (24th overall) in the 2008NHL Entry Draft and a third round pick in the 2009 NHLEntry Draft.11 Re-signed D Erik Reitz to a one-year contract.10 Acquired D Marc-Andre Bergeron from Anaheim inexchange Minnesota’s third round pick (85th overall –Brandon McMillan) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.MAY22 Signed D Maxim Noreau to a multi-year contract.APRIL21 Reassigend D Erik Reitz and C/LW Benoit Pouliot toHouston Aeros (AHL).11 Recalled D Erik Reitz from Houston Aeros (AHL).8 Reassigned C Steve Kelly to Houston Aeros (AHL).2 Signed RW Ryan Jones to a one-year contract for the2008-09 season.MARCH28 Signed C Colton Gillies to an entry-level contract.14 Recalled C/LW Benoit Pouliot from the Houston Aeros(AHL).8 Recalled C Steve Kelly from the Houston Aeros (AHL).FEBRUARY26 Acquired LW Chris Simon from the New York Islandersfor a sixth-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.23 Signed D Nick Schultz to a six-year contract extension.8 Reassigned G Nolan Schaefer to the Houston Aeros(AHL).2007-08 transactions7 Recalled G Nolan Schaefer from the Houston Aeros(AHL).6 Reassigned G Nolan Schaefer to the Houston Aeros(AHL).5 Recalled G Nolan Schaefer from the Houston Aeros(AHL).JANUARY11 C Dominic Moore claimed off waivers by the TorontoMaple Leafs.DECEMBER1 C Wes Walz announced his retirement from NHL.NOVEMBER29 Reassigned G Nolan Schaefer to Houston Aeros (AHL).22 Claimed LW Todd Fedoruk off re-entry waivers from theDallas Stars, reassigned LW Aaron Voros to HoustonAeros (AHL)...Recalled LW Aaron Voros and G NolanSchaefer from Houston.16 D Andre Lakos signed by Farjestads BK (Sweden).12 Reassigned G Nolan Schaefer to Houston Aeros (AHL).11 Recalled G Nolan Schaefer and LW Aaron Voros fromHouston Aeros (AHL).6 Reassigned C/LW Benoit Pouliot to Houston Aeros (AHL).1 Recalled C/LW Benoit Pouliot from Houston Aeros (AHL),reassigned RW Cal Clutterbuck and G Nolan Schaeferto Houston.OCTOBER27 Recalled G Nolan Schaefer from the Houston Aeros(AHL).26 Signed D Brent Burns to a four-year contract extension.23 Recalled RW Cal Clutterbuck from the Houston Aeros(AHL).2 Reassigned D Erik Reitz to Houston Aeros (AHL).SEPTEMBER29 Reassigned RW Petr Kalus, D John Scott, LW BenoitPouliot and D Shawn Belle to Houston Aeros (AHL)...Signed C James Sheppard to an entry-level contract.27 Reassigned G Nolan Schaefer and D Andre Lakos toHouston Aeros (AHL)...Sent C Colton Gillies to SaskatoonBlades (WHL).23 Released C Adrian Foster...Reassigned C Serge Payerand RW Aaron Voros to Houston Aeros (AHL).19 Reassigned LW Danny Irmen, RW Cal Clutterbuck, LWRyan Hamilton, D Paul Albers, C Steve Kelly, C MortenMadsen, D Clayton Stoner, RW Joel Ward, G BarryBrust and LW Roman Voloshenko to Houston Aeros(AHL).18 Reassigned D A.J. Thelen, LW Peter Olvecky and RWMatt Kassian to Houston Aeros (AHL).17 invited C Adrian Foster and G Barry Brust to trainingcamp.12 Reassigned G Miroslav Kopriva, G Anton Khudobin andD Riley Emmerson to Houston Aeros (AHL).130 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 131Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL