32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyALL-TIME SHOOTOUT RESULTSSEASON SHOOTOUTS HOME ROAD TOTAL2005-06 8 2-1 3-2 5-32006-07 17 7-4 3-3 10-72007-08 11 0-3 3-5 3-8TOTALS 36 9-8 9-10 18-18OPPONENT DATE SITE WILD OPP GOALTENDERS DECIDING GOALAnaheim (2-0) 11/06/05 Anaheim 2-3 1-3 Fernandez/Giguere Randy Robitaille10/27/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-2 0-3 Fernandez/Giguere Mikko KoivuAtlanta (0-1) 03/07/08 Atlanta 0-3 1-3 Backstrom/Hedberg Erik ChristensenCalgary (2-3) 12/07/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2-2 1-3 Fernandez/Kiprusoff Mikko Koivu01/26/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2-2 0-2 Backstrom/Kiprusoff Pavol Demitra02/28/07 Calgary 0-3 1-3 Harding/Kiprusoff Jarome Iginla03/24/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 0-2 2-2 Backstrom/Kiprusoff Alex Tanguay01/16/08 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 0-2 2-3 Backstrom/Kiprusoff Kristian HuseliusChicago (2-0) 12/05/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 3-6 2-6 Fernandez/Khabibulin Pierre-Marc Bouchard01/14/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-2 0-3 Fernandez/Khabibulin Pavol DemitraColorado (0-3) 11/18/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-3 2-3 Backstrom/Budaj Joe Sakic01/06/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-4 2-4 Fernandez/Budaj Milan Hejduk04/06/08 Colorado 0-2 2-2 Harding/Theodore Wojtek WolskiColumbus (0-2) 10/28/05 Columbus 1-8 2-8 Roloson/Prusek Trevor Le<strong>to</strong>wski11/30/05 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 0-3 1-3 Fernandez/Leclaire Jaroslav BalastikDallas (1-2) 12/02/06 Dallas 1-3 3-3 Backstrom/Turco Jussi Jokinen01/20/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2-9 3-9 Backstrom/Turco Stu Barnes02/20/07 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-3 0-3 Backstrom/Turco Mikko KoivuDetroit (1-0) 01/10/08 Detroit 2-3 1-3 Harding/Osgood Marian GaborikEdmon<strong>to</strong>n (1-1) 04/06/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2-3 1-3 Fernandez/Roloson Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>n10/25/07 Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 1-3 2-3 Harding/Roloson Ales HemskyLos Angeles (1-1) 11/11/06 Los Angeles 3-6 2-6 Fernandez/Garon Todd White10/16/07 Los Angeles 1-2 3-3 Backstrom/Aubin Mike CammalleriNashville (1-0) 11/16/06 Nashville 3-4 2-4 Backstrom/Mason Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>nNew Jersey (0-2) 12/03/05 New Jersey 0-3 1-3 Fernandez/Brodeur Vic<strong>to</strong>r Kozlov03/13/08 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 0-3 1-3 Backstrom/Brodeur Jamie LangenbrunnerSan Jose (1-2) 02/02/06 San Jose 1-5 0-5 Fernandez/Toskala Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>n03/09/08 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-3 2-3 Backstrom/Nabokov Patrick Marleau03/19/08 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-3 2-3 Backstrom/Nabokov Jeremy RoenickSt. Louis (2-0) 04/04/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2-3 1-3 Harding/Divis Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>n02/10/08 St. Louis 2-6 1-6 Harding/Legace Brent BurnsVancouver (3-1) 03/31/06 Vancouver 1-3 0-3 Fernandez/Auld Mikko Koivu10/10/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 3-4 2-4 Fernandez/Luongo Petteri Nummelin03/04/07 Vancouver 2-6 3-6 Backstrom/Luongo Daniel Sedin02/14/08 Vancouver 2-3 1-3 Backstrom/Luongo Mikko KoivuWashing<strong>to</strong>n (1-0) 10/12/06 <strong>Minnesota</strong> 1-2 0-3 Fernandez/Johnson Mikko KoivuALL-TIME SHOOTOUT STATISTICSGOALTENDER RECORD GA SV SA SV% SFNiklas Backstrom 4-11 27 17 44 .386 52Manny Fernandez 11-3 14 34 48 .708 57Josh Harding 3-3 7 6 13 .462 14Dwayne Roloson 0-1 2 4 6 .667 8TOTALS 18-18 50 61 111 .550 131SHOOTER 1ST 2ND 3RD SD TOTAL S% GWGMikko Koivu 4/9 6/13 2/4 1/2 13/28 46.4 6Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>n 1/1 2/8 3/10 3/5 9/24 37.5 4Petteri Nummelin 2/3 1/2 2/2 3/3 8/10 80.0 1Pavol Demitra 6/16 0/1 1/1 7/18 38.9 2Brent Burns 1/1 1/3 1/1 3/5 60.0 1Todd White 0/2 1/1 1/1 2/4 50.0 1Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0/1 0/1 1/2 1/6 2/10 20.0 1Randy Robitaille 1/1 0/2 0/1 1/4 25.0 1Marian Gaborik 0/3 0/6 1/3 0/1 1/13 7.7 1Wes Walz 0/1 0/1 0/2 0.0 0Mark Parrish 0/2 0/2 0.0 0Eric Belanger 0/1 0/1 0/1 0.0 0Marc Chouinard 0/1 0/1 0.0 0Alexandre Daigle 0/1 0/1 0.0 0Filip Kuba 0/1 0/1 0.0 0Daniel Tjarnqvist 0/1 0/1 0.0 0Pascal Dupuis 0/1 0/1 0.0 0TOTAL 14/36 12/36 10/26 10/29 45/127 35.4 18184 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 185Table 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
32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyBY THE WILD (41)2007-08 (5)10/4/07 vs. Chicago 1-0 (Niklas Backstrom-27 saves)10/10/07 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 2-0 (Niklas Backs<strong>to</strong>rm-21 saves)10/14/07 @ Anaheim 2-0 (Josh Harding-37 saves)3/15/08 vs. Los Angeles 2-0 (Niklas Backstrom-24 saves)3/28/08 vs. Vancouver 4-0 (Niklas Backstrom-28 saves)2006-07 (8)10/14/06 vs. Columbus 5-0 (Manny Fernandez-24 saves)11/24/06 vs. Phoenix 4-0 (Niklas Backstrom-28 saves)01/19/07 @ Chicago 3-0 (Manny Fernandez-24 saves)02/03/07 @ Phoenix 1-0 (Niklas Backstrom-29 saves)03/01/07 @ Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 5-0 (Josh Harding-30 saves)03/27/07 vs. Calgary 0-1 (Niklas Backstrom-24 saves)04/03/07 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 3-0 (Niklas Backstrom-25 saves)04/05/07 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 3-0 (Niklas Backstrom-22 saves)2005-06 (3)10/12/05 vs. Vancouver 6-0 (Dwayne Roloson-33 saves)12/08/05 @ Pittsburgh 5-0 (Manny Fernandez-22 saves)04/11/06 vs. Chicago 2-0 (Josh Harding-27 saves)2003-04 (7)11/07/03 @ Calgary 3-0 (Dwayne Roloson-34 saves)11/11/03 vs. Vancouver 1-0 (Dwayne Roloson-29 saves)12/03/03 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 1-0 (Manny Fernandez-34 saves)2/02/04 vs. St. Louis 4-0 (Dwayne Roloson-24 saves)2/13/04 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 3-0 (Dwayne Roloson-28 saves)3/18/04 @ Bos<strong>to</strong>n 2-0 (Manny Fernandez-31 saves)4/04/04 vs. St. Louis 3-0 (Dwayne Roloson-24 saves)2002-03 (6)11/16/02 vs. Washing<strong>to</strong>n 1-0 (Dwayne Roloson-17 saves)2/10/03 @ Philadelphia 1-0 (Manny Fernandez-30 saves)2/12/03 vs. Philadelphia 2-0 (Dwayne Roloson-31 saves)2/25/03 @ Ottawa 3-0 (Dwayne Roloson-28 saves)3/23/03 vs. Detroit 4-0 (Dwayne Roloson-33 saves)3/31/03 vs. Calgary 3-0 (Manny Fernandez-26 saves)2001-02 (6)10/6/01 @ San Jose 0-0 (Dwayne Roloson-36 saves)11/21/01 @ San Jose 2-0 (Manny Fernandez-22 saves)11/29/01 vs. Florida 6-0 (Dwayne Roloson-29 saves)1/2/02 vs. Tampa Bay 2-0 (Dwayne Roloson-36 saves)3/7/02 @ St. Louis 3-0 (Dwayne Roloson-28 saves)3/10/02 vs. Columbus 5-0 (Dwayne Roloson-14 saves)2000-01 (6)10/22/00 vs. Florida 0-0 (Jamie McLennan-24 saves)11/24/00 vs. Chicago 2-0 (Manny Fernandez-27 saves)12/17/00 vs. Dallas 6-0 (Manny Fernandez-24 saves)1/10/01 vs. Washing<strong>to</strong>n 3-0 (Manny Fernandez-17 saves)1/24/01 @ Anaheim 5-0 (Manny Fernandez-20 saves)3/21/01 vs. Nashville 0-0 (Jamie McLennan-27 saves)ALL-TIME SHUTOUTSBY THE OPPONENT (48)2007-08 (4)11/23/07 vs. Columbus 4-0 (Pascal Leclaire-32 saves)12/7/07 at Detroit 5-0 (Dominik Hasek-19 saves)2/7/08 vs. Dallas 1-0 (Mike Smith-25 saves)2/20/08 @ Chicago 3-0 (Nikolai Khabibulin-38 saves)2006-07 (4)12/01/06 vs. Detroit 3-0 (Dominik Hasek-20 saves)01/09/07 @ Calgary 3-0 (Miikka Kiprusoff-26 saves)03/06/07 vs. San Jose 3-0 (Evgeni Nabokov-26 saves)03/27/07 vs. Calgary 1-0 (Miikka Kiprusoff-38 saves)2005-06 (1)11/01/05 @ Calgary 3-0 (Miikka Kiprusoff-23 saves)2003-04 (9)10/08/03 @ Chicago 1-0 (Jocelyn Thibault-33 saves)11/13/03 vs. Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 2-0 (Ty Conklin-22 saves)12/11/03 vs. Toron<strong>to</strong> 1-0 (Ed Belfour-28 saves)1/09/04 vs. Phoenix 2-0 (Brian Boucher-21 saves)1/19/04 @ Nashville 2-0 (Tomas Vokoun-26 saves)1/24/04 @ San Jose 4-0 (Evgeni Nabokov-24 saves)2/26/04 @ Nashville 4-0 (Tomas Vokoun-27 saves)3/04/04 @ Anaheim 2-0 (J.S. Giguere-28 saves)3/24/04 @ Columbus 2-0 (Marc Denis-20 saves)2002-03 (8)11/10/02 @ Anaheim 1-0 (J.S. Giguere-26 saves)11/27/03 @ Dallas 5-0 (Marty Turco-18 saves)1/14/03 vs. Buffalo 1-0 (Ryan Miller-22 saves)1/18/03 vs. Anaheim 1-0 (J.S. Giguere-33 saves)3/1/03 @ St. Louis 2-0 (Curtis Sanford-27 saves)3/15/03 @ Columbus 5-0 (Marc Denis-24 saves)3/25/03 @ Detroit 4-0 (Curtis Joseph-18 saves)4/2/03 @ Columbus 3-0 (Marc Denis-27 saves)2001-02 (8)10/6/01 @ San Jose 0-0 (Evgeni Nabokov-19 saves)11/4/01 vs. Detroit 2-0 (Dominik Hasek-21 saves)11/11/01 vs. Vancouver 5-0 (Dan Cloutier-18 saves)11/14/01 vs. Colorado 1-0 (Patrick Roy-26 saves)1/15/02 @ Carolina 2-0 (Arturs Irbe-22 saves)1/30/02 vs. Los Angeles 2-0 (Felix Potvin-20 saves)2/8/02 vs. Colorado 6-0 (David Aebischer-24 saves)2/13/02 vs. Detroit 2-0 (Dominik Hasek-21 saves)2000-01 (14)10/13/00 @ St. Louis 2-0 (Brent Johnson-16 saves)10/22/00 vs. Florida 0-0 (Rober<strong>to</strong> Luongo-20 saves)11/3/00 @ Edmon<strong>to</strong>n 3-0 (Tommy Salo-20 saves)11/7/00 @ Colorado 2-0 (Patrick Roy-23 saves)11/8/00 vs. Calgary 1-0 (Mike Vernon-22 saves)11/30/00 @ Phoenix 2-0 (Robert Esche-30 saves)12/8/00 vs. Anaheim 1-0 (Guy Hebert-27 saves)12/10/00 @ Montreal 4-0 (Jose Theodore-24 saves)1/12/01 vs. Colorado 5-0 (Patrick Roy-21 saves)1/15/01 @ Columbus 3-0 (Ron Tugnutt-31 saves)2/16/01 vs. Los Angeles 4-0 (Jamie S<strong>to</strong>rr-21 saves)3/14/01 vs. St. Louis 1-0 (Brent Johnson-21 saves)3/21/01 vs. Nashville 0-0 (Mike Dunham-23 saves)3/28/01 vs. Phoenix 2-0 (Sean Burke-29 saves)ALL-TIME hat tricks, penalty shots, attendanceHAT TRICKS FOR (13)Antti Laaksonen vs. VAN 11/26/00 (F. Potvin), 3-1= 4 pts.Marian Gaborik vs. ATL 11/13/01 (D. Rhodes), 3-0= 3 pts.Marian Gaborik vs. CBJ 3/10/02 (R. Tugnutt), 3-1= 4 pts.Marian Gaborik @ LA 11/4/02 (J. S<strong>to</strong>rr), 3-0= 3 pts.Marian Gaborik vs. NSH 11/23/02 (M. Dunham) 3-0= 3 pts.Marian Gaborik @ VAN 12/7/02 (D. Cloutier) 3-0= 3 pts.Marian Gaborik @ NJ 2/17/04 (M. Brodeur) 3-0= 3 pts.Marian Gaborik vs. OTT 3/16/04 (P. Lalime) 3-2= 5 pts.Marc Chouinard vs. CGY 10/5/05 (M. Kiprusoff) 3-0=3 pts.Brian Rols<strong>to</strong>n @ SJ 11/5/05 (N. Schaefer). 3-0=3 pts.Marian Gaborik @ COL 04/09/06 (P. Budaj/J. Theodore). 3-1=4Mark Parrish vs. CHI 12/9/06 (B. Boucher). 3-0=3 pts.Marian Gaborik vs. NYR 12/20/07 (H. Lundqvist), 5-1=6 pts.HAT TRICKS AGAINST (7)Radim Vrbata vs. COL 2/8/02 (Fernandez/Roloson) 3-0= 3 ptsVaclav Prospal @ ANA 1/23/04 (Roloson) 3-1=4 ptsJason Blake @ NYI 3/19/04 (Roloson) 3-0=3 ptsJarome Iginla vs. CGY 3/29/07 (Backstrom/Harding) 3-0=3Markus Naslund vs. VAN 11/21/07 (Harding) 3-0=3Henrik Zetterberg vs. DET 12/7/07 (Harding) 3-0=3Jarome Iginla @ CGY 3/22/08 (Harding) 3-0=3PENALTY SHOTS FOR (12-for-22)Scott Pellerin vs. Joaquin Gage; no goal, 10/15/00 vs. EDMMaxim Sushinsky vs. Felix Potvin; no goal, 11/26/00 vs. VANAntti Laaksonen vs. Patrick Lalime; no goal, 12/20/00 vs. OTTSebastien Bordeleau vs. Felix Potvin; goal, 10/7/01 @ LAStacy Roest vs. Dan Cloutier; goal, 3/2/02 @ VANAntti Laaksonen vs. Brent Johnson; goal, 3/26/02 @ STLMarian Gaborik vs. Jocelyn Thibault; no goal, 2/5/03 vs. CHIAntti Laaksonen vs. Johan Hedberg; no goal, 10/18/03 vs. VANMarian Gaborik vs. Sebastien Caron; goal, 11/19/03 @ PITRichard Park vs. Miikka Kiprusoff; goal, 12/29/03 @ CALWes Walz vs. Reinhard Divis; goal, 2/02/04 vs. STLAntti Laaksonen vs. Dan Cloutier; goal, 2/19/04 vs. VANMarian Gaborik vs. Reinhard Divis; no goal; 4/04/04 vs. STLAlexandre Daigle vs. Curtis Joseph; no goal; 10/8/05 at PHXPierre-Marc Bouchard vs. Dan Cloutier; goal; 10/12/05 vs. VANBrian Rols<strong>to</strong>n vs. Miikka Kiprusoff; no goal; 12/29/05 @ CGYMarian Gaborik vs. Vesa Toskala; goal; 02/02/06 @ SJTodd White vs. Dan Cloutier; no goal; 10/25/06 vs. LABrian Rols<strong>to</strong>n vs. Rober<strong>to</strong> Luongo; goal; 11/02/06 vs. VANBrian Rols<strong>to</strong>n vs. Ray Emery; goal; 11/20/06 @ OTTP.M. Bouchard vs. Tomas Vokoun; goal; 02/17/07 @ NSHMarian Gaborik vs. Ryan Miller; no goal; 03/09/07 @ BUFPENALTY SHOTS AGAINST (6-for-9)Petr Sykora vs. Manny Fernandez; no goal, 1/21/01 vs. NJZiggy Palffy vs. Manny Fernandez; no goal, 10/7/01 @ LABrad Isbister vs. Dwayne Roloson; no goal, 3/2/02 vs. NYIPavel Datsyuk vs. Dwayne Roloson; no goal, 11/15/03 vs. DETLadislav Nagy vs. Dwayne Roloson; goal, 10/8/05 @ PHXNiklas Sundstrom vs. Dwayne Roloson; no goal, 12/17/05 vs. MTLPaul Kariya vs. Niklas Backstrom; no goal, 11/16/06 @ NSHJohn Pohl vs. Manny Fernandez; goal, 12/26/06 @ TORTomas Plihal vs. Niklas Backstrom; goal, 3/9/08 vs. SJATTENDANCEPACKED HOUSE – The <strong>Minnesota</strong> <strong>Wild</strong> has sold out all 318 home games played in club his<strong>to</strong>ry, including 287 regular season games,21 preseason contests and 10 playoff games during its first seven NHL seasons. The <strong>to</strong>tal attendance for the <strong>Wild</strong>’s first seven seasonsstands at 5,882,654 for an average of 18,498 fans per game. The official capacity of Xcel Energy Center for <strong>Minnesota</strong> <strong>Wild</strong> games is18,064. The largest crowd ever <strong>to</strong> see a <strong>Wild</strong> hockey game at Xcel Energy Center is 19,398 on Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 5, 2005, when the <strong>Wild</strong> hosted theCalgary Flames on Opening Night 2005. During the 2000-01 campaign, the <strong>Wild</strong> set an NHL expansion team attendance record whenit drew 751,472 fans in 41 regular season home dates.SEASON GAMES ATTENDANCE AVERAGE SELLOUTS2000-01 41 751,472 18.239 412001-02 41 756,596 18,453 412002-03 41 758,536 18,501 412003-04 41 759,776 18,531 412005-06 41 761,614 18,575 412006-07 41 760,280 18,543 412007-08 41 761,288 18,568 41TOTALS 287 5,309,562 18,500 287186 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 187Table 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