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MINNESOTA WILD TO PARTICIPATE IN 2018 NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 7-11

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – General Manager Paul Fenton today announced the (NHL) club will participate in the 2018 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 7-11. Wild prospects will compete in the tournament’s Ted Lindsay Division with the , Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers. The Carolina Hurricanes, , Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues will play in the Gordie Howe Division.

Minnesota’s roster features 12 Wild draft picks: D Louie Belpedio (2014, 3rd round), F Shawn Boudrias (2018, 6th round), D Gustav Bouramman (2015, 7th round), F Connor Dewar (2018, 3rd round), F Damien Giroux (2018, 5th round), D Jacob Golden (2017, 5th round), F Jordan Greenway (2015, 2nd round), G Kaapo Kahkonen (2014, 4th round), F Alexander Khovanov (2018, 3rd round), RW Ivan Lodnia (2017, 3rd round), C Mason Shaw (2017, 4th round) and RW Dmitry Sokolov (2016, 7th round), along with 2017 free-agent signees G Dereck Baribeau and D Brennan Menell. Head Coach Tim Army, Associate Coach David Cunniff and Assistant Coach Brett McLean will lead the Wild prospects.

STREAMING: All Minnesota Wild games at the 2018 NHL Prospect Tournament will stream live on FOX Sports GO and wild.com. All streams will also be available on NHL.com without geographic restrictions. 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 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, Assistant General Manager, Tom Kurvers and Director of Player Development, Brad Bombardir. Fans can also catch up on the daily action with game summaries from Digital Content Coordinator, Dan Myers.

2018 MINNESOTA WILD TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT ROSTER FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2017-18 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 18 Jordan Greenway 6-6 226 Left 2/16/97 Canton, New York Minnesota NHL 6 0 1 1 0 EN/15 Boston Univ. HE 36 13 22 35 52 49 Connor Dewar 5-10 177 Left 6/26/99 Gilbert Plains, Manitoba Everett WHL 68 38 30 68 47 EN/18 53 Anderson MacDonald 6-2 205 Left 5/16/00 Saint John, New Brunswick Moncton QMJHL 58 27 18 45 54 INVITEE 54 Ivan Lodnia 5-11 183 Right 8/31/99 Los Angeles, California Erie OHL 62 22 37 59 31 EN/17 58 Mason Shaw 5-9 179 Left 11/3/98 Lloydminster, Alberta Iowa AHL 1 0 0 0 0 EN/17 62 Alexander Khovanov 5-10 198 Left 4/12/00 Saratov, Russia Moncton QMJHL 29 9 19 28 36 EN/18 67 Zeb Knutson 5-11 180 Right 1/1/94 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Minnesota State Mankato WCHA 40 15 28 43 35 INVITEE 68 Damien Giroux 5-9 177 Left 3/3/00 Sudbury, Ontario Saginaw OHL 68 19 24 43 18 EN/18 70 Drake Pilon 5-9 174 Right 10/2/98 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sudbury OHL 63 16 13 29 96 INVITEE 74 Dmitry Sokolov 6-0 210 Left 4/14/98 Omsk, Russia Sudbury/Barrie OHL 64 50 46 96 18 EN/16 78 Shawn Boudrias 6-4 197 Right 9/14/99 Terrebonne, Quebec Gatineau QMJHL 60 28 32 60 51 EN/18 83 Darian Pilon 5-9 174 Left 10/2/98 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sudbury OHL 62 13 20 33 113 INVITEE 84 Gerry Fitzgerald 5-8 174 Right 8/26/93 Port Alberni, B.C. Bemidji St. Univ. WCHA 27 7 18 25 8 INVITEE 85 Mitch McLain 6-0 200 Left 9/12/93 Brainerd, Minnesota Bowling Green St. Univ. WCHA 41 18 14 32 52 INVITEE 86 Sam Bitten 6-1 192 Left 3/21/00 Gloucester, Ontario Ottawa OHL 68 7 14 21 25 INVITEE DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2017-18 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 38 Gustav Bouramman 6-0 187 Right 1/24/97 Stockholm, Sweden Rapid City ECHL 54 5 23 28 30 EN/15 42 Tate Olson 6-2 190 Left 3/21/97 Saskatoon, Sasketchewan Lethbridge WHL 54 2 22 24 63 INVITEE 47 Louie Belpedio 5-11 193 Right 5/14/96 Skokie, Illinois Miami NCHC 37 9 21 30 42 EN/14 50 Marc-Olivier Duquette 6-4 200 Left 3/26/98 Chateauguay, Quebec Drummondville QMJHL 68 3 18 21 66 INVITEE 52 Steven Johnson 6-1 195 Left 6/27/94 Excelsior, Minnesota Univ. Minnesota Big Ten 38 3 12 15 10 INVITEE 61 Brennan Menell 5-11 172 Right 5/24/97 Woodbury, Minnesota Iowa AHL 72 8 17 25 14 FA/17 72 Jacob Golden 5-11 169 Left 3/20/99 Toronto, Ontario London OHL 63 2 12 14 4 EN/17 GOALTENDERS HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2017-18 TEAM LGE GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% ACQ 30 Dereck Baribeau 6-6 207 Right 1/22/99 Quebec City, Quebec Quebec QMJHL 42 22-11-2 4 2.90 .896 FA/17 31 Kaapo Kahkonen 6-2 222 Left 8/16/96 Helsinki, Finland Lukko Rauma Finland 56 20-23-12 6 2.20 .920 EN/14 -- MORE --

2018 TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE*

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 2:30 p.m. St. Louis vs. Carolina 3:00 p.m. Chicago vs. Columbus 6:00 p.m. Dallas vs. New York Rangers 6:30 p.m. Detroit vs. Minnesota

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 2:00 p.m. Carolina vs. Chicago 2:30 p.m. St. Louis vs. Columbus 5:30 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Minnesota 6:00 p.m. Dallas vs. Detroit

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 2:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. Dallas 3:00 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Detroit 6:00 p.m. Columbus vs. Carolina 6:30 p.m. Chicago vs. St. Louis

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 2:00 p.m. Seventh Place Game (4th Lindsay vs. 4th Howe) 2:30 p.m. Fifth Place Game (3rd Howe vs. 3rd Lindsay) 5:30 p.m. Third Place Game (2nd Lindsay vs. 2nd Howe) 6:00 p.m. Championship Game (1st Howe vs. 1st Lindsay)

• All times listed are Central

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