For Immediate Release Contacts: Aaron Sickman (651) 602-6009 Monday, April 9, 2018 Carly Peters (651) 602-6034 Megan Kogut (651) 312-3439

MINNESOTA WILD RECALLS DEFENSEMAN CARSON SOUCY FROM IOWA

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the (NHL) club has recalled defenseman Carson Soucy (pronounced SOO-see) from the of the (AHL).

Soucy, 23 (7/27/94), made his NHL debut against Edmonton on April 2, registering three shots and two hits in 15:26 of TOI. He became the fifth player to make his NHL debut with the Wild this season. Soucy skated in three games with Minnesota and averaged 14:50 in TOI/game before being reassigned to Iowa on April 6. The 6-foot-5, 208-pound native of Viking, Alta., has tallied 15 points (1-14=15), 55 penalty minutes (PIM) and a team-leading plus-12 rating in 67 games during his rookie season with Iowa. He ranks T-7th amongst AHL rookie defensemen in plus/minus rating. Soucy was selected by the Wild in the fifth round (137th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and wears sweater No. 60 with Minnesota.

Minnesota plays at the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. CT in Game 1 of its First Round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

Ticket availability for all 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff games at Xcel Energy Center is extremely limited due to demand and priority access given to Members of the Minnesota Wild Season Ticket Community. Fans are encouraged to join the GameDay Tickets text notification list at wild.com/gamedaytix, designed to help fans get last-minute tickets to Wild home games that have limited availability. GameDay Tickets subscribers will immediately receive a SMS text message on Wild home playoff game days when pairs of tickets (or more), or single seats become available.

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