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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 Zidlicky2007 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 16 C Col<strong>to</strong>n Gillies Saska<strong>to</strong>on (WHL)4 110 D Justin Falk Spokane (WHL)5 140 C Cody Almond Kelowna (WHL)6 170 D Harri Ilvonen Tappara (FIN Jr.)7 200 RW Carson McMillan Calgary (WHL)Draft His<strong>to</strong>ryDRAFT NOTES• The <strong>Minnesota</strong> <strong>Wild</strong> first participated in the NHL Expansion and NHL Entry Draft in Calgary on June 24-25, 2000.• The <strong>Wild</strong> selected Marian Gaborik as their first-ever pick at the 2000 Entry Draft first round, third overall).• <strong>Minnesota</strong> picked a defenseman with its first pick for the first time in 2004 (A.J. Thelen, 12th overall). The club has used itsfirst round pick <strong>to</strong> select a forward in six of its first eight drafts.• 19 of <strong>Minnesota</strong>’s 65 <strong>to</strong>tal draft picks have played in a regular season <strong>Wild</strong> game (Gaborik, Schultz, Sushinsky, Bar<strong>to</strong>s, Sekeras,Wanvig, Veilleux, Virta, Bouchard, Brandner, Burns, Koivu, Boogaard, Foy, Reitz, Harding, Pouliot, Sheppard and Clutterbuck).Other <strong>Wild</strong> draft picks, Barry Brust and Patrick O’Sullivan, have appeared in NHL regular season games, both withthe L.A. Kings.• Gaborik is the highest <strong>Wild</strong> draft pick, selected with the third overall pick in the 2000 Entry Draft. Jean-Michel Bolduc is thelowest <strong>Wild</strong> draft pick, taken with the 281st pick in the ninth round of the 2003 Entry Draft.• The <strong>Wild</strong> have selected five <strong>Minnesota</strong> natives: Kyle Medvec (2006), Chris Hickey (2006), A.J. Thelen (2004), Michael Erickson(2002) and Jake Riddle (2001). Medvec and Hickey are still with the organization.2008 nhl ENTRY draftRD PICK POS PLAYER HT WT BORN CLUB (LEAGUE)1 23 D Tyler Cuma 6-2 180 1/19/90 Ottawa (OHL)2 55 D Marco Scandella 6-2 190 2/23/90 Val-D’Or (QMJHL)4 115 D Sean Lorenz 6-1 191 3/10/90 USNDTP5 145 LW Eero Elo 6-3 189 4/26/90 Lukko Rauma (FIN Jr.)2006 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 9 C James Sheppard Cape Bre<strong>to</strong>n (QMJHL)2 40 C Ondrej Fiala Everett (WHL)3 72 RW Cal Clutterbuck Oshawa (OHL)4 102 D Kyle Medvec Apple Valley (HS-MN)5 132 G Niko Hovinen Jokerit (FIN Jr.)6 162 RW Julian Walker Basel (Swiss)7 192 C Chris Hickey Cretin-Derham Hall (HS-MN)2005 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 4 LW Benoit Pouliot Sudbury (OHL)2 57 LW Matt Kassian Kamloops (WHL)3 65 G Kris<strong>to</strong>fer Westblom Kelowna (WHL)4 110 C Kyle Bailey Portland (WHL)122 C Morten Madsen Frolunda (SEL)5 129 D Anthony Aiello Thayer Academy (HS-MA)7 199 D Riley Emmerson Tri-City (WHL)2004 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 12 D A.J. Thelen Michigan St. (NCAA)2 42 LW Roman Voloshenko Krylja (RUS Jr.)3 78 LW Peter Olvecky Trencin (SVK)79 D Clay<strong>to</strong>n S<strong>to</strong>ner Tri-City (WHL)4 111 F Ryan Jones Chatham (WOJHL)114 LW Patrick Bordeleau Val-D’Or (QMJHL)117 RW Julien Sprunger HC Fribourg (Swiss)5 161 D Jean-Claude Sawyer Cape Bre<strong>to</strong>n (QMJHL)6 175 RW Aaron Boogaard Tri-City (WHL)7 195 RW Jean-Michel Rizk Saginaw (OHL)9 272 C Kyle Wilson Colgate (NCAA)2003 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 20 D Brent Burns Bramp<strong>to</strong>n (OHL)2 56 C Patrick O’Sullivan Mississauga (OHL)3 78 C Danny Irmen Lincoln (USHL)5 157 LW Marcin Kolusz Novy Targ (POL)6 187 G Miroslav Kopriva Kladno (CZE)7 207 D Grigory Misharin Yekaterinburg (RUS Jr.)219 LW Adam Courchaine Vancouver (WHL)8 251 LW Mathieu Melanson Chicoutimi (QMJHL)9 281 D Jean-Michael Bolduc Quebec (QMJHL)POS PLAYER TEAMG Zac Bierk TBG Jamie McLennan STLG Chris Terreri NJG Mike Vernon FLAD Artem Anisimov PHID Chris Armstrong SJD Ladislav Benysek ANAD Ian Herbers NYID Filip Kuba CGYDraft His<strong>to</strong>ry2000 EXPANSION DRAFTPOS PLAYER TEAMD Curtis Leschyshyn CARD Sean O’Donnell LAD Oleg Orekhovsky WSHF Michael Bros SJF Jeff Daw CHIF Jim Dowd EDMF Darby Hendrickson VANF Joe Juneau OTTF Sergei Krivokrasov CGY2002 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 8 C Pierre-Marc Bouchard Chicoutimi (QMJHL)2 38 G Josh Harding Regina (WHL)3 72 F Michael Erickson <strong>Minnesota</strong> (NCAA)73 G Barry Brust Spokane (WHL)5 155 C Armands Berzins Shawinigan (QMJHL)6 175 RW Matt Foy Merrimack College (NCAA)7 204 C Niklas Eckerblom Djugarden (SWE)8 237 F Chris<strong>to</strong>ph Brandner Krefeld (DEL)9 268 D Mikhail Tyulyapkin N. Novgorod (RUS Jr.)269 F Mika Hannula Malmo (SEL)2001 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 6 C Mikko Koivu TPS Turku (FIN Jr.)2 36 RW Kyle Wanvig Red Deer (WHL)3 74 D Chris Heid Spokane (WHL)93 C Stephane Veilleux Val-D’Or (QMJHL)4 103 C Tony Virta TPS Turku (FIN Jr.)7 202 LW Derek Boogaard Prince George (WHL)8 239 LW Jake Riddle Seattle (WHL)2000 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRD PICK POS PLAYER CLUB (LEAGUE)1 3 RW Marian Gaborik Dukla Trencin (SVK Jr.)2 33 D Nick Schultz Prince Albert (WHL)4 99 LW Marc Cavosie RPI (NCAA)5 132 RW Maxim Sushinsky Avangard Omsk (RUS)6 170 D Erik Reitz Erie (OHL)7 199 C Brian Passmore Oshawa (OHL)214 LW Peter Bar<strong>to</strong>s HC Ceske Bude (CZE)8 232 D Lubomir Sekeras HC Ocelari Trinec (CZE)255 C Eric Johansson Tri-City (WHL)POS PLAYER TEAMF Darryl Laplante DETF Jeff Nielsen ANAF Stefan Nilsson VANF Jeff Odgers COLF Scott Pellerin STLF Stacy Roest DETF Cam Stewart FLA152 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 153Table of contents Hockey Operations <strong>Wild</strong> THings The Players Team His<strong>to</strong>ry Team Records Playoff His<strong>to</strong>ry The NHL
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