Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin on Sunday announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed forwards Mitchell Chaffee ($750,000/$125,000) and Nick Swaney ($750,000/$120,000) to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2022-23 season. Chaffee, 24 (1/26/98), recorded 39 points (23-16=39) including nine power-play goals (PPG), a plus-eight rating and 14 penalty minutes (PIM) in 49 […]
Wild Trade Talbot; Begin Development Camp
(St. Paul, MN) — On day one of Wild development camp it was an established vet that made a splash for the Wild on Tuesday rather than one of the up and coming prospects. Wild general manager Bill Guerin shipped goaltender Cam Talbot to the Senators in exchange for goaltender Filip Gustavsson in a straight […]
Wild finalize 2022 NHL Entry Draft
The Minnesota Wild selected eight players during the 2022 NHL Draft Thursday and Friday from Bell Centre in Montreal, including six players during rounds two through seven today. Minnesota selected six forwards and two defensemen, including three Canadians, two Americans, one Russian, one from Slovakia and one from Sweden. Minnesota began Thursday night selecting left […]
Wild draft two in opening round
The Minnesota Wild selected left wing Liam Ohgren with the 19th overall selection and right wing Danila Yurov with the 24th overall selection in the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft last night. Ohgren, 18 (1/28/04), collected 58 points (33-25=58) in 30 games with Djurgaden Jr. of the Swedish Junior League during the 2021-22 […]
Wild trade Fiala, get Gopher Faber
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin yesterday announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired defenseman Brock Faber and a first-round draft pick in the 2022 NHL Draft from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Kevin Fiala. Fiala registered 186 points (79-107=186), 147 PIM, 21 power-play goals (PPG), 17 GWG and 642 […]
Wild announce new hockey program helping those with hearing loss
Minnesota Hockey, in partnership with the Minnesota Wild, announced today it will be launching a new diversified hockey program for players in Minnesota with hearing loss. The Minnesota Wild Deaf/Hard of Hearing (“HOH”) Hockey program will kick off its inaugural season with a special event on Saturday, September 24 at the St. Louis Park Rec […]
Wild sign 2018 draft pick
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Simon Johansson to a two-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season. Johansson, 22 (6/14/99), recorded 32 points (8-24=32) including two power-play goals, a plus-6 rating, 177 shots on goal and 20 penalty minutes (PIM) in 58 games […]
Wild Stun Stars in Overtime
(Dallas, TX) — Freddy Gaudreau scored his first career O-T winner 1:40 into overtime to lift the Wild over the Stars 3-2. Gaudreau took a perfect pass from goaltender Marc Andre Fleury before finishing his 12th goal of the season and lifting the Wild back into a tie with the Blues for second place in […]
Wild Clip Caps in D.C.
(Washington, DC) — The Minnesota Wild scored the first four goals of the game in their 5-1 win over the Capitals in D.C. Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring in the first period, and he had another goal in the second to lead the Wild. Tyson Jost, Marcus Foligno, and Nicolas Deslauriers also scored for […]
Wild sign 2019 draft pick Firstov
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Vladislav Firstov to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season. He will report to the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) on an amateur tryout (ATO) for the remainder of this season. Firstov, 20 […]