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MINNESOTA WILD TO PARTICIPATE IN 2017 NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 8-12

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the (NHL) club will participate in the 2017 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 8-12. Wild prospects will compete in the tournament’s Ted Lindsay Division with the Columbus Blue Jackets, and St. Louis Blues. The Carolina Hurricanes, , Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers will play in the Gordie Howe Division.

Minnesota’s roster features 11 Wild draft picks: D Gustav Bouramman (2015, 7th round), D Braydyn Chizen (2016, 7th round), C Joel Eriksson Ek (2015, 1st round), C Adam Gilmour (2012, 4th round), D Jacob Golden (2017, 5th round), RW Pavel Jenys (2014, 7th round), C Luke Kunin (2016, 1st round), RW Ivan Lodnia (2017, 3rd round), C Mason Shaw (2017, 4th round), RW Dmitry Sokolov (2016, 7th round) and D Carson Soucy (2013, 5th round), along with 2017 free-agent signee C Justin Kloos. Head Coach Derek Lalonde, Associate Coach David Cunniff and Assistant Coach Brett McLean will lead the Wild prospects.

STREAMING: All Minnesota Wild games at the 2017 NHL Prospect Tournament will stream live on FOX Sports GO and wild.com. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store. To stream games, users will need to verify credentials by signing in with their pay-TV provider’s user ID and password; there is no additional charge to use FOX Sports GO. All Wild games will also be carried live on wild.com with no geographic restrictions and feature the play-by-play commentary of Iowa Wild broadcaster Joe O’Donnell.

Fans can also visit wild.com for daily tournament updates from Traverse City from Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations, Brent Flahr and Digital Content Coordinator, Dan Myers.

2017 MINNESOTA WILD TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT ROSTER FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2016-17 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 14 Joel Eriksson Ek 6-2 217 Left 1/29/97 Karlstad, Sweden Minnesota NHL 15 3 4 7 4 EN/15 45 Dante Salituro 5-9 175 Right 11/15/96 Willowdale, Ontario London OHL 30 11 11 22 18 TRD/17 48 Domenic Commisso 5-11 192 Right 2/19/98 Oakville, Ontario Oshawa OHL 68 19 44 63 36 INVITEE 49 Giorgio Estephan 6-0 191 Right 2/3/97 Edmonton, Alberta Lethbridge WHL 68 35 54 89 39 INVITEE 52 Mason Shaw 5-9 180 Left 11/3/98 Lloydminster, Alberta Medicine Hat WHL 71 27 67 94 57 EN/17 54 Ivan Lodnia 5-10 182 Right 8/31/99 Los Angeles, California Erie OHL 66 24 32 56 24 EN/17 57 Adam Gilmour 6-4 182 Right 1/29/94 Albany, New York Iowa AHL 52 4 6 10 12 EN/12 62 Joel Teasdale 5-11 190 Left 3/11/99 Sainte-Julie, Quebec Blainville-Boisbriand QMJHL 60 18 29 47 25 INVITEE 65 Gerald Mayhew 5-10 175 Right 12/31/92 Wyandotte, Michigan Ferris State Univ. WCHA 33 17 18 35 61 INVITEE 67 Luke Kunin 6-0 191 Right 12/4/97 Chesterfield, Missouri Univ. Wisconsin Big Ten 35 22 16 38 30 EN/16 73 Matt Bradley 6-0 195 Right 1/22/97 Surrey, British Columbia Medicine Hat WHL 70 34 43 77 85 INVITEE 74 Dmitry Sokolov 5-11 221 Left 4/14/98 Omsk, Russia Sudbury OHL 64 48 24 72 8 EN/16 78 Jack Walker 5-11 180 Left 6/30/96 Edina, Minnesota Victoria WHL 70 31 41 72 65 INVITEE 81 Pavel Jenys 6-3 213 Left 4/2/96 Brno, Czech Republic Quad City AHL 46 12 4 16 8 EN/14 82 Justin Kloos 5-9 180 Right 11/30/93 Lakeville, Minnesota Univ. Minnesota Big Ten 38 18 25 43 28 FA/17 DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2016-17 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 38 Gustav Bouramman 6-0 189 Right 1/24/97 Stockholm, Sweden Sault Ste. Marie OHL 66 2 34 36 44 EN/15 61 Jacob Golden 5-11 163 Left 3/20/99 Toronto, Ontario London OHL 38 0 2 2 0 EN/17 68 Kevin Davis 6-0 180 Right 3/14/97 Kamloops, British Columbia Everett WHL 72 9 50 59 14 INVITEE 71 Carson Soucy 6-4 212 Left 7/27/94 Viking, Alberta Univ. Minnesota Duluth NCHC 34 3 12 15 55 EN/13 72 Brennan Menell 5-11 172 Right 5/24/97 Woodbury, Minnesota Lethbridge WHL 70 12 59 71 29 INVITEE 75 Braydyn Chizen 6-9 195 Right 5/9/98 St. Albert, Alberta Kelowna WHL 65 3 7 10 82 EN/16 79 Hunter Warner 6-4 218 Right 9/21/95 Cambridge, Minnesota Iowa AHL 52 2 5 7 57 FA/14 80 Artem Minulin 6-2 202 Right 10/1/98 Tyumen, Russia Swift Current WHL 70 8 42 50 21 INVITEE GOALTENDERS HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2016-17 TEAM LGE GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% ACQ 50 Dereck Baribeau 6-5 193 Right 1/22/99 Quebec City, Quebec Val d’Or/Quebec QMJHL 35 12-15-2 1 3.93 .881 INVITEE 70 Adam Vay 6-5 228 Left 3/22/94 Budapest, Hungary Quad City ECHL 39 20-17-2 3 3.03 .900 FA/16

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2017 TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE*

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 2:30 p.m. Columbus vs. Dallas 3:00 p.m. Minnesota vs. St. Louis 6:00 p.m. Chicago vs. New York Rangers 6:30 p.m. Detroit vs. Carolina

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 2:30 p.m. Carolina vs. New York Rangers 3:00 p.m. Chicago vs. Detroit 6:00 p.m. Dallas vs. St. Louis 6:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. Columbus

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 2:00 p.m. St. Louis vs. Columbus 2:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. Dallas 5:30 p.m. Carolina vs. Chicago 6:00 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Detroit

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 2:00 p.m. Seventh Place Game (4th Howe vs. 4th Lindsay) 2:30 p.m. Fifth Place Game (3rd Howe vs. 3rd Lindsay) 5:30 p.m. Third Place Game (2nd Howe vs. 2nd Lindsay) 6:00 p.m. Championship Game (1st Howe vs. 1st Lindsay)

* All times listed are Central

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