(St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Wild have signed right wing Matt
Read to a one-year, two-way contract.
Former BSU Beaver Matt Read signed with the Wild on Monday
The deal, which was done on Monday, will pay Read $650,000 in the
NHL and $200,000 in the AHL. Read has played his first seven NHL
seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, totaling 87 goals, 100
assists and 508 hits in 437 career games. In 30 playoff games, he
has five goals and five assists.
The 32-year-old Read split last season between the Flyers and their
AHL affiliate. He had a standout four-year college career for
Bemidji State in Minnesota, helping lead the Beavers to their only
NCAA Frozen Four appearance in 2009.