Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled defenseman Carson Lambos from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Lambos, 23 (1/14/03), owns two points (1-1=2), seven penalty minutes (PIM) and 19 shots on goal in eight games with Iowa this season. He collected 19 points (8-11=19), 48 PIM and 111 shots on goal in 70 games with Iowa last season, ranking first among team defensemen in goals and third in points. The 6-foot-1, 191-pound native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, made his NHL debut at Columbus on Dec. 18, 2025, recording a plus-1 rating, one shot on goal and one blocked shot in 10:16 of time on ice (TOI). For his career, Lambos has skated in 215 career games over four AHL seasons with Iowa (2023-26), posting 54 points (18-36=54), 162 PIM and 305 shots on goal.
Lambos also played in 176 career games in parts of five seasons (2018-23) with the Kootenay/Winnipeg Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL), recording 128 points (31-97=128). He served as Winnipeg’s captain during the 2022-23 season, ranking second among team defensemen with 48 points (12-36=48) in 61 games. He represented Canada White at the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and was named a tournament all-star after registering five assists in six contests. Lambos also appeared in one game for Canada at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Lambos was selected by Minnesota in the first round (No. 26 overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft and wears sweater No. 55 with Minnesota.
Minnesota has also claimed defenseman Cameron Crotty off waivers from the Ottawa Senators. The team has also placed defenseman Jared Spurgeon on Injured Reserve (lower-body).
Crotty, 27 (5/5/99), has a plus-1 rating in three games with Ottawa this season. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound native of Ottawa, Ont., posted 10 points (3-7=10) and 29 penalty minutes (PIM) in 49 games with the Belleville Senators (AHL) last season. He also recorded one assist in six games with Ottawa in 2025-26 and appeared in one Stanley Cup Playoff game. He made his NHL debut with the Arizona Coyotes on March 24, 2024, vs. Dallas, recording two blocked shots and 10:03 of time on ice. He has one point (0-1=1) in 11 career NHL games over a span of four seasons with Arizona (2023-24), Minnesota (2024-25) and Ottawa (2025-27).
Crotty has registered 59 points (12-47=59), 179 PIM and 424 shots in 332 career contests in parts of six AHL seasons with Tucson (2020-24), Iowa (2024-25) and Belleville (2025-26). He registered 27 points (10-17=27), 33 PIM and 137 shots in 102 games in three seasons (2017-20) at Boston University and served as an alternate captain his final season with the team. Crotty was selected by Arizona in the third round (No. 82 overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft. He wears sweater No. 34 with Minnesota.
Minnesota will host the New York Islanders tonight at 7 p.m.
(info courtesy of Wild)
