For Immediate Release Contacts: Aaron Sickman (651) 602-6009 Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 Megan Kogut (651) 312-3439

MINNESOTA WILD ANNOUNCES SEASON-OPENING ROSTER

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the (NHL) club has reduced its training camp roster to 22 players and placed forwards Luke Johnson and Kyle Rau, defensemen Matt Bartkowski, Louie Belpedio and Dakota Mermis and Andrew Hammond on its taxi squad. The team also designated forwards Marco Rossi and Mats Zuccarello and goaltender Alex Stalock as injured non-roster players.

Minnesota opens the 2020-21 NHL season with a four-game road trip starting at the on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. on FOX Sports North and KFAN 100.3 FM. The Wild hosts the in its home opener on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. on FOX Sports North and KFAN 100.3 FM.

MINNESOTA WILD SEASON-OPENING ROSTER FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 7 Nico Sturm 6-3 206 Left 5/3/95 Augsburg, Germany Iowa AHL 55 12 20 32 18 FA/19 Minnesota NHL 6 0 2 2 0 11 Zach Parise 5-11 193 Left 7/28/84 Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota NHL 69 25 21 46 8 FA/12 13 Nick Bonino 6-1 196 Left 4/20/88 Hartford, Connecticut Nashville NHL 67 18 17 35 16 TRD/20 14 Joel Eriksson Ek 6-1 208 Left 1/29/97 Karlstad, Sweden Minnesota NHL 62 8 21 29 22 EN/15 17 Marcus Foligno 6-3 228 Left 8/10/91 Buffalo, New York Minnesota NHL 59 11 14 25 30 TRD/17 18 Jordan Greenway 6-6 227 Left 2/16/97 Canton, New York Minnesota NHL 67 8 20 28 54 EN/15 22 Kevin Fiala 5-10 193 Left 7/22/96 St. Gallen, Switzerland Minnesota NHL 64 23 31 54 42 TRD/19 26 Gerald Mayhew 5-10 177 Right 12/31/92 Wyandotte, Michigan Iowa AHL 49 39 22 61 68 FA/19 Minnesota NHL 13 2 0 2 2 27 Nick Bjugstad 6-6 215 Right 7/17/92 Minneapolis, Minnesota NHL 13 1 1 2 8 TRD/20 38 Ryan Hartman 6-0 181 Right 9/20/94 Hilton Head Island, S.C. Minnesota NHL 69 9 11 20 69 FA/19 49 Victor Rask 6-2 200 Left 3/1/93 Leksand, Sweden Minnesota NHL 43 5 8 13 6 TRD/19 90 Marcus Johansson 6-1 205 Left 10/6/90 Landskrona, Sweden Buffalo NHL 60 9 21 30 20 TRD/20 97 Kirill Kaprizov 5-10 185 Left 4/26/97 Novokuznetsk, Russia CSKA Moscow KHL 57 33 29 62 10 EN/15 DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 20 Ryan Suter 6-1 208 Left 1/21/85 Madison, Wisconsin Minnesota NHL 69 8 40 48 12 FA/12 21 Carson Soucy 6-5 211 Left 7/27/94 Viking, Alberta Minnesota NHL 55 7 7 14 18 EN/13 24 Matt Dumba 6-0 182 Right 7/25/94 Regina, Saskatchewan Minnesota NHL 69 6 18 24 41 EN/12 25 Jonas Brodin 6-1 198 Left 7/12/93 Karlstad, Sweden Minnesota NHL 69 2 26 28 24 EN/11 29 Greg Pateryn 6-3 223 Right 6/20/90 Sterling Heights, Michigan Minnesota NHL 20 0 3 3 6 FA/18 46 Jared Spurgeon 5-9 167 Right 11/29/89 Edmonton, Alberta Minnesota NHL 62 12 20 32 18 FA/10 77 Brad Hunt 5-9 187 Left 8/24/88 Maple Ridge, British Columbia Minnesota NHL 59 8 11 19 6 TRD/19 HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% ACQ 33 Cam Talbot 6-4 196 Left 7/5/87 Caledonia, Ontario Calgary NHL 26 12-10-1 2 2.63 .919 FA/20 34 Kaapo Kahkonen 6-2 215 Left 8/16/96 Helsinki, Finland Iowa AHL 34 25-6-3 7 2.07 .927 EN/14 Minnesota NHL 5 3-1-1 0 2.96 .913 MINNESOTA WILD TAXI SQUAD FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 37 Kyle Rau 5-8 173 Left 10/24/92 Eden Prairie, Minnesota Iowa AHL 51 14 29 43 6 FA/17 41 Luke Johnson 5-11 177 Right 9/19/94 Grand Forks, North Dakota Iowa AHL 42 18 13 31 43 FA/19 Minnesota NHL 3 0 0 0 0 DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 44 Matt Bartkowski 6-1 196 Left 6/4/88 Pittsburgh, Iowa AHL 55 2 16 18 55 FA/18 47 Louie Belpedio 5-11 196 Right 5/14/96 Skokie, Illinois Iowa AHL 62 5 15 20 102 EN/14 57 Dakota Mermis 6-0 195 Left 1/5/94 Alton, Illinois Binghamton AHL 53 3 16 19 23 FA/20 New Jersey NHL 10 1 3 4 4 GOALTENDER HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% ACQ 35 Andrew Hammond 6-2 224 Left 2/11/88 Surrey, British Columbia Rochester AHL 33 16-12-3 4 2.53 .908 FA/20

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