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REPORT PROSPECT REPORT NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The Iowa Wild went 2-0-1 in three games last week. Iowa won its first contest IOWA WILD WEEK AHEAD of the week against with a 3-1 win at MTS on Wednesday DATE OPPONENT LOCATION* TIME (11/23). D Hunter Warner led the team with two assists. F Teemu Pulkki- Fri., Dec. 2 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 6:00 p.m. , F and F each scored for Iowa. G nen Nick Saracino Grayson Downing Alex Sat., Dec. 3 Chicago Allstate Arena 7:00 p.m. Stalock posted his second consecutive win, making 27-of-28 saves. The Wild continued its streak to three games with a 3-2 overtime loss against Tues., Dec. 6 Milwaukee Wells Fargo Arena 7:00 p.m. the Checkers in Charlotte on Saturday (11/26). Pulkkinen (1-1=2) and F Pat Cannone (0-2=2) led Iowa with two points apiece. Warner also netted a while Stalock stopped 44-of-47 shots through overtime. Iowa extended its point streak to four games with a 5-1 win against Charlotte at Bojangles’ Coliseum on Sunday (11/27). Pulkkinen led with three points (2-1=3). F Jordan Schroeder (0-2=2), Cannone (1-1=2), D (1-1=2) and F (1-1=2) notched two points each. Stalock earned his fifth win of the , stopping 21 shots. Pulkkinen was named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week on Monday (11/28), becoming the second Wild player this season to earn the award and only the third all-time in four seasons. Pulkkinen ranks T-1st on the Wild with 15 points (8-7=15) in 13 games this season and ranks T-6th in the AHL in PPG (4) and T-9th in goals. Schroeder also ranks T-1st on Iowa with 15 points (4-11=15) while ranking T-10th in the league in assists. Tuch ranks T-3rd on the Wild with 12 points (5-7=12) in 21 games and ranks T-8th amongst AHL rookies in goals, T-12th in scoring and T-16th in assists. Cannone also ranks T-3rd on the team with 12 points (3-9=12). Stalock is 5-5-1 with a 2.93 GAA, a .906 SV% and one shutout in 12 games. G Steve Michalek is 4-5-1 with a 3.28 GAA and a .912 SV% in 12 games. Iowa finishes its seven-game road trip visiting Grand Rapids on Friday (12/2) and Chicago on Saturday (12/3) before returing home to host Milwaukee on Tuesday (12/6). For more information, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter.

IOWA WILD 2016-17 RECORD: 9-10-1-1, 20 POINTS # PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG PT/G PIM/G SOG 21 TEEMU PULKKINEN RW 13 8 7 15 2 6 4 0 1.15 0.46 47 10 JORDAN SCHROEDER C 18 4 11 15 -1 12 1 0 0.83 0.67 43 17 *ALEX TUCH RW 21 5 7 12 6 12 0 0 0.57 0.57 47 12 PAT CANNONE C 21 3 9 12 -1 6 2 0 0.57 0.29 33 13 GUSTAV OLOFSSON D 21 3 9 12 0 8 2 0 0.57 0.38 36 36 COLTON BECK LW 20 2 6 8 -3 6 0 0 0.40 0.30 36 9 MIKE REILLY D 9 1 7 8 0 4 1 0 0.89 0.44 28 22 *MARIO LUCIA F 17 3 4 7 -3 12 0 0 0.41 0.71 30 28 GRAYSON DOWNING C 19 3 4 7 -2 2 1 0 0.37 0.11 32 14 *ADAM GILMOUR F 19 2 4 6 -2 4 0 1 0.32 0.21 30 11 JEFF HOGGAN LW 15 3 2 5 3 6 0 0 0.33 0.40 23 44 CHRISTOPH BERTSCHY RW 14 1 4 5 -1 12 0 0 0.36 0.86 39 8 ZACH PALMQUIST D 19 1 4 5 -7 8 0 0 0.26 0.42 11 4 TYLER GRAOVAC C 6 3 1 4 -9 11 2 0 0.67 1.83 16 39 KURTIS GABRIEL F 20 3 1 4 -3 35 0 1 0.20 1.75 24 7 *SAM ANAS F 14 2 2 4 -9 2 1 0 0.29 0.14 18 18 MAXIME FORTUNUS D 15 1 3 4 -2 6 0 0 0.27 0.40 22 6 *HUNTER WARNER D 17 1 3 4 -3 18 0 0 0.24 1.06 6 27 MIKE WEBER D 18 1 2 3 -1 40 0 0 0.17 2.22 27 29 MARC HAGEL RW 11 1 1 2 -5 8 0 0 0.18 0.73 16 26 *NICK SARACINO LW 11 1 1 2 -6 2 0 0 0.18 0.18 12 25 * C 1 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 2 23 RW 11 1 0 1 -6 4 1 0 0.09 0.36 16 15 SCOTT CZARNOWCZAN D 10 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0.10 0.20 4 2 GUILLAUME GELINAS D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 20 *CHASE LANG RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 3 *NICK SEELER D 16 0 0 0 -7 46 0 0 0.00 2.88 13

# GP MIN GA SO GAA W L SOL SA SVS SV% 34 STEVE MICHALEK 12 639:58 35 0 3.28 4 5 1 397 362 0.912 32 ALEX STALOCK 12 614:03 30 1 2.93 5 5 1 320 290 0.906 *Rookie

--MORE-- FUTURE WILD STATISTICS – NOVEMBER 30, 2016 CHL TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Gustav Bouramman Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 24 1 10 11 -5 16 Tallied two assists, four minutes and six shots in three games last week…Has totaled five assists in his last seven games…Ranks second amongst team defensemen in assists, scoring and shots (44)…Recorded his first multi-point game of the season at London (10/28)…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry . D Braydyn Chizen Kelowna (WHL) 22 1 2 3 1 26 Recorded two penalty minutes in Kelowna’s 3-2 OT win vs. Regina (11/26)…Netted his first goal of the season, first career shorthanded goal at (11/4)…Just one of seven defensemen in the WHL to score a SHG…In his third season with Kelowna…Tallest player ever drafted by Minnesota (6-foot-9)…Wild’s seventh-round selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. RW Dmitry Sokolov Sudbury (OHL) 22 14 5 19 -13 2 Registered two assists and 13 shots in three games last week…Owns 13 points (9-4=13) in the last 16 games…Leads the Wolves in goals, power-play goals (5) and shots (85), T-1st in game-winning goals (2) and ranks third in points…Ranks T-10th in the OHL in PPG and T-15th in goals…Recorded two hat tricks this season (10/14 vs. Hamilton and 10/19 at Sault Ste. Marie)…Tallied career-high 10 shots vs. Niagara (10/9)…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.

COLLEGE/USHL TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Louis Belpedio Miami University (NCHC) 7 3 3 6 -1 12 Miami University did not play last week…Has missed the last six games due to a lower-body injury (11/4-current)…Ranks T-3rd on the team in goals, T-4th in penalty minutes, fourth in shots (20) and T-5th in scoring…Named NCHC Defenseman of the Week (10/24)…Recorded his first career multi-goal game vs. Maine (10/22)…Named RedHawks Captain on Sept. 1 and is playing in his third season with Miami…Minnesota’s third-round selection in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. D Nicholas Boka University of (Big-10) 12 1 1 2 -1 2 Scored his first collegiate goal against Gordon Defiel in the Wolverines’ 4-1 win vs. Lake Superior State (11/26)…Recorded his first point of the season with an assist vs. Union (10/8)…Skating in his sophomore season…Wild’s sixth-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. D Nolan De Jong University of Michigan (Big-10) 11 2 2 4 2 6 Registered a goal, four penalty minutes and two shots in two games as Michigan split its home weekend series vs. Lake Superior State…Ranks second amongst team defensemen in scoring and T-2nd in shots (14)…Scored his first collegiate goal against at Arizona State (11/4)…In his senior season with the Wolverines…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. RW Brandon Duhaime Providence (H-East) 12 2 2 4 -3 14 Providence split its weekend matchups with a 5-2 loss at Merrimack (11/25) and with a 3-2 win vs. Colgate (11/26)…Scored his first collegiate goal on Jake Kielly vs. Clarkson (10/21)…Recorded an assist vs. St. Lawrence (10/22) to earn his first career point streak…Skating in his rookie season at Providence…Wild’s fourth-round selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. LW Boston University (H-East) 12 6 7 13 5 28 Boston University did not play last weekend…Ranks first on the team in game-winning goals (3), T-1st in goals and second in scoring and shots (36)…Ranks T-1st in in GWG…Has set a career high in goals…Named Warrior Hockey Player of the Week (10/24)…Scored his first goal of the season at Denver (10/14)…Playing in his sophomore season with the Terriers…Minnesota’s second-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. C University of (Big-10) 12 7 5 12 -7 12 Recorded two points (1-1=2), two penalty minutes and 10 shots in two games last weekend, including a season-best seven shots at Denver (11/26)…Owns 10 points (6-4=10) in the last eight games…Leads the Badgers in goals and shots (43), T-1st in power-play goals (3) and ranks third in scoring…Ranks T-3rd in the Big-10 in PPG, sixth in goals, ninth in shots and T-13th in scoring…Named Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week (11/1)…Netted his first goal of the season vs. Northern Michigan (10/8)…Named the Badgers’ Captain on Sept. 14, the first time in 41 years a sophomore has been captain of the Badgers…Wild’s first-round selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. LW Louis Nanne Rensselaer Polytechnic (ECAC) 14 1 4 5 -10 4 Tallied his fourth assist of the season in Rensselaer’s 5-3 loss at Arizona State (11/25)…Ranks T-4th on the Engineers in assists…Recorded his first goal of the season vs. Niagara (10/21) and tallied his first point of the season with an assist at (10/15)…Skating in his junior season at Rensselaer…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. C Avery Peterson Duluth (NCHC) ------Transferred to the University of Minnesota Duluth last season and is eligible to play January 2017…He skated in 53 games with Omaha, totaling 22 points (11-11=22) over two seasons (2014-16)…Wild’s sixth-round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. D Jack Sadek University of Minnesota (Big-10) 10 1 2 3 6 4 Skated in Minnesota’s 6-4 loss at Northeastern (11/25)…Ranks T-1st on the team in plus/minus rating and ranks T-3rd amongst team defensemen in scoring…Scored his first collegiate goal on Kyle Hayton at St. Lawrence (10/29)…Playing in his sophomore season with the Golden Gophers…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. D Carson Soucy University of Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) 14 3 9 12 7 24 Minnesota Duluth did not play last week…Leads Minnesota Duluth in penalty minutes and third in assists while ranking first amongst team defensemen in scoring, T-1st in shots (31) and second in goals…Has tied his career high in assists and is two points shy of tying his career-best 14 points set in 40 games (2014-15)…Named NCHC Defenseman of the Week (11/7)…In his senior season and serving as an assistant captain…Wild’s fifth-round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM C Joel Eriksson Ek Farjestads BK (Sweden) 4 2 0 2 1 4 Scored his second power-play goal of the season (11/24) and totaled five shots and five hits in three games last week…Netted a PPG in his season debut with Farjestads (11/22)… Ranks third on the team in PPG and seventh in TOI/game (17:57)…Recorded five points (2-3=5), a plus-2 rating and averaged 10:07 in TOI/game in nine games with Minnesota this season…Became the seventh player in Wild history to score a goal in his NHL debut at (10/22) and tied a rookie franchise record with three assists and a plus-3 rating at Boston (10/25)…Tallied a PPG in his only game with Iowa in the (AHL) vs. Grand Rapids (10/18)…Wild’s first-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. LW Salavat Yulaev (KHL) 33 12 14 26 5 62 Ranks second on the team in goals, T-2nd in power-play goals (3) and third in scoring and penalty minutes…Totaled 12 points in a career-high nine game point streak (4-8=12) from Oct. 26-Nov. 19…Has set career highs in goals and PIM and has tied his career best in PPG while one point shy of tying his career-high 27 points…Named Best Forward of the Week (10/17)…Recorded his first career hat trick on Sept. 25…Minnesota’s fifth-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. D Pontus Sjalin Lulea HF (Sweden) 18 1 0 1 5 0 Has registered 12 shots on goal and eight blocked shots in 18 games this season…Scored his first career goal at Rogle (11/17)…In his second season with Lulea…Wild’s sixth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

GOALTENDERS TEAM GP MIN GAA RECORD GA SV% Kaapo Kahkonen Lukko Rauma (SM-) 14 813 2.43 2-6-6 33 .920 Recorded two overtime losses in two games last week, stopping 70-of-75 shots…Has posted a 2-1-2 record in the last five games, making 130-of-143 saves for a .917 SV%…Did not appear in five consecutive Lukko games (10/26-11/17)…In his second season in SM-Liiga, first with Lukko…Minnesota’s fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Ales Stezka Chicago (USHL) 10 602 2.19 6-3-1 22 .920 Went 1-1-0 in two starts last week, making 46-of-53 total saves…Ranks T-3rd amongst league goalies in shutouts (3), T-5th in fewest goals allowed, T-9th in GAA and T-10th in SV%…Has tied his career high in wins…Named USHL Goaltender of the Week twice (10/17 & 9/29)…Registered his third shutout of the season with 26 saves at Green Bay (10/19), recorded second shutout, stopping all 35 shots vs. Madison (10/15) and earned his first shutout with 24 saves vs. Green Bay (9/24)…Wild’s fourth-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.