TEAM GUIDE

№5
CHRISTIAN
FOLIN
(FOE-lin)
DEFENSEMAN
Shoots: Right • Ht: 6-3 • Wt: 204
Born: 2/9/91
Gothenburg, SWE
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
• Notched four hits and three blocked shots in 15:40 of TOI at PHI (2/25).
• Skated season-high 20:02 and tallied career-best four shots at CGY (2/17).
• Notched season-high plus-2 rating at COL (10/8) and at VAN (2/15).
• Tied career best with four blocked shots at CAR (11/12).
• Tallied assist vs. WPG (11/10) for first point of season.
• Registered career-high five hits at LA (10/16).
• Recorded 13 points (4-9=13) including three PPG and 66 shots on goal in 28 games
with Iowa (AHL).
CAREER
• Ranked T-7th in scoring amongst NHL rookie defensemen in 2014-15.
• Ranked fourth amongst team defensemen in hits in 2014-15.
• Skated career-high 21:50 vs. OTT (3/3/15).
• Notched two assists and plus-2 rating vs. DAL (2/22/15) for first career multi-point
game.
• Tallied assist in consecutive games (1/15-1/17/15) for first career point streak.
• Tied career high with plus-3 rating and four blocked shots at WPG (12/29/14).
• Recorded first career NHL goal at SJ (12/11/14, Stalock).
• Recorded first career penalty at LA (10/19/14, fighting major - Richards).
• Registered an assist, was a plus-3 and skated 19:26 in his NHL debut vs. STL
(4/10/14).
• Helped the River Hawks to a Frozen Four appearance in 2013, two Hockey East
Tournament Championships (2013 and 2014) and a Hockey East Regular Season
Championship (2013) during his two seasons at UMass Lowell.
• Ranked T-4th on UMass Lowell in scoring with 20 points (4-16=20), including three
GWG and two PPG in 41 games during 2013-14 season. Was a plus-10 and recorded
31 PIM.
• Recorded 21 points (6-15=21) in 38 games with UMass Lowell in 2012-13. Led
team and ranked T-4th in the conference with a plus-17 rating.
• Ranked T-5th in scoring amongst Hockey East defensemen and T-6th in scoring
amongst Hockey East freshmen in 2012-13.
• Recorded 31 points (11-20=31) and 50 PIM in 54 games during second season with
the Austin Bruins in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) in 2011-12.
• Ranked T-2nd amongst NAHL defensemen in goals and T-3rd in the NAHL in plus/
minus rating with a plus-45 rating.
• Split 2010-11 season between Fargo (USHL) and Austin (NAHL).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
• Signed by Minnesota as a free agent on March 31, 2014.
• Signed through 2016-17. Becomes a restricted free agent 2017-18.
PERSONAL
• Likes to watch and play soccer, and considers himself a strong supporter of Arsenal.
• Began his time with the NAHL’s Austin Bruins standing at a North Dakota gas station,
personal belongings in tow.
• He played in a golf tournament with his grandmother this summer, they finished
in sixth place.
• The Wild’s inaugural season (2000-01) was 16 years ago: He first drove a Volvo V70.
Goals, Game: 1 – two times
Assists, Game: 2 – vs. DAL, 2/22/15
Points, Game: 2 – vs. DAL, 2/22/15
PIM, Game: 5 – two times
FOLIN’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
+/-, Game: 3 – two times
TOI, Game: 21:50 – vs. OTT, 3/3/15
Shots, Game: 4 – at CGY, 2/17/16
Goal Streak: None
Assist Streak: 2g – two times
Point Streak: 2g –- two times
Career Hat Tricks: None
Career Shootout: 0-0
FOLIN VS. NHL
TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM
ANA 2 0 0 0 0 2 DET 1 0 0 0 -1 0 OTT 2 0 0 0 -3 2
ARI 2 0 1 1 1 0 EDM 4 0 1 1 0 0 PHI 2 0 0 0 -1 0
BOS 2 0 0 0 -2 0 FLA – – – – – – PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF 2 0 1 1 2 0 LA 2 0 0 0 -1 5 SJ 3 1 0 1 0 0
CAR 2 0 0 0 0 2 MIN – – – – – – STL 4 0 1 1 0 2
CGY 2 0 1 1 2 0 MTL 2 0 1 1 1 0 TB 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHI 4 0 1 1 -1 0 NJ – – – – – – TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ 3 0 0 0 -1 0 NSH 5 0 2 2 1 7 VAN 2 0 1 1 1 0
COL 4 0 0 0 2 2 NYI 1 0 0 0 0 0 WAS 3 1 0 1 0 2
DAL 5 0 2 2 0 0 NYR – – – – – – WPG 4 0 1 1 5 0
FOLIN’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER
SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI
2013-14 MINNESOTA NHL 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 19:26
U. Mass-Lowell H-East 41 6 14 20 10 31 2 1 3 102 5.8 – – –
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL 40 2 8 10 3 13 0 0 0 39 5.1 42 46 15:12
Iowa AHL 13 2 2 4 -6 4 0 0 0 30 6.6 – – –
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL 26 0 4 4 -1 11 0 0 0 14 0.0 30 38 14:35
Iowa AHL 28 4 9 13 -14 8 3 0 1 66 6.1 – – –
WILD/NHL TOTALS 67 2 13 15 5 24 0 0 0 53 3.8 72 85 15:01
FOLIN’S PROFESSIONAL PLAYOFF CAREER
SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL DID NOT PLAY
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL DID NOT PLAY
WILD/NHL TOTALS
NO NHL POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
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