IOWA WILD REPORT PROSPECT REPORT DECEMBER 7, 2016
The Iowa Wild went 1-2-0 in three games last week. The Wild stretched its IOWA WILD WEEK AHEAD point streak to five games with a 4-3 shootout win against the Griffins at Van DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Friday (12/2). F Colton Beck led Iowa with Fri., Dec. 9 San Antonio Wells Fargo Arena 7:00 p.m. two points (1-1=2) and scored the shootout winner. D Hunter Warner and F Sat., Dec. 10 San Antonio Wells Fargo Arena 7:00 p.m. Pat Cannone also netted a goal through overtime. G Alex Stalock recorded the win with 27 saves through overtime and stopped all three shootout at- tempts. Iowa had its point streak snapped with a 4-2 loss against Chicago on Saturday at Allstate Arena (12/3). Forwards Adam Gilmour and Grayson Downing each registered a goal. D Nick Seeler, D Mike Reilly and F Marc Hagel tallied an assist apiece while Stalock made 21 saves. The Wild fell in its third contest of the week with a 3-1 loss against the Admirals at Wells Fargo Arena on Tuesday (12/6). Gilmour scored the lone goal for Iowa with assists from F Sam Anas and F Jeff Hoggan. Stalock stopped 31-of-34 shots. F Jordan Schroeder leads the Wild with 16 points (4-12=16) in 19 games this season and ranks T-13th in the AHL in assists. F Teemu Pulkkinen ranks second on the team with 15 points (8-7=15) and ranks T-10th in the league in PPG (4) and T-16th in goals. F Alex Tuch (5-8=13) and Cannone (4-9=13) rank T-3rd on Iowa with 13 points each. Tuch ranks T-15th amongst AHL rookies in goals and T-16th in scoring. Stalock is 6-7-1 with a 3.02 GAA, a .902 SV% and one shutout in 15 games. G Steve Michalek is 4-5-1 with a 3.28 GAA and a .912 SV% in 12 games. Iowa will host the San Antonio Rampage on Friday and Saturday (12/9 & 12/10). For more information, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter.
IOWA WILD 2016-17 RECORD: 10-12-1-1, 22 POINTS # PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG PT/G PIM/G SOG 10 JORDAN SCHROEDER C 19 4 12 16 -2 12 1 0 0.84 0.63 44 21 TEEMU PULKKINEN RW 16 8 7 15 1 8 4 0 0.94 0.50 54 17 *ALEX TUCH RW 24 5 8 13 5 12 0 0 0.54 0.50 48 12 PAT CANNONE C 24 4 9 13 -2 6 3 0 0.54 0.25 38 13 GUSTAV OLOFSSON D 22 3 9 12 -1 8 2 0 0.55 0.36 37 36 COLTON BECK LW 23 3 7 10 -3 8 0 0 0.43 0.35 39 9 MIKE REILLY D 12 1 8 9 1 6 1 0 0.75 0.50 33 28 GRAYSON DOWNING C 22 4 4 8 -2 2 1 0 0.36 0.09 37 14 *ADAM GILMOUR F 22 4 4 8 -1 4 0 1 0.36 0.18 35 22 *MARIO LUCIA F 20 3 5 8 -3 16 0 0 0.40 0.80 32 11 JEFF HOGGAN LW 18 3 3 6 3 6 0 0 0.33 0.33 25 7 *SAM ANAS F 16 2 3 5 -11 4 1 0 0.31 0.25 22 6 *HUNTER WARNER D 19 2 3 5 -4 22 0 0 0.26 1.16 9 44 CHRISTOPH BERTSCHY RW 17 1 4 5 -4 18 0 0 0.29 1.06 48 8 ZACH PALMQUIST D 22 1 4 5 -12 8 0 0 0.23 0.36 16 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 18 MAXIME FORTUNUS D 18 1 3 4 -2 8 0 0 0.22 0.44 23 29 MARC HAGEL RW 13 1 2 3 -5 10 0 0 0.23 0.77 20 27 MIKE WEBER D 21 1 2 3 1 48 0 0 0.14 2.29 30 26 *NICK SARACINO LW 14 1 1 2 -6 2 0 0 0.14 0.14 14 15 SCOTT CZARNOWCZAN D 11 0 2 2 -1 6 0 0 0.18 0.55 4 25 *JOEL ERIKSSON EK C 1 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 2 23 ZACK MITCHELL RW 12 1 0 1 -6 4 1 0 0.08 0.33 16 3 *NICK SEELER D 18 0 1 1 -6 46 0 0 0.06 2.56 15 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
# GOALTENDER 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 15 794:25 40 1 3.02 6 7 1 409 369 0.902 *Rookie
--MORE-- FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – DECEMBER 7, 2016 CHL TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Gustav Bouramman Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 26 1 10 11 -2 18 Recorded a plus-3 rating and two penalty minutes in two games last week…Has totaled five assists in his last nine games…Ranks second amongst team defensemen in assists, scoring and shots (45)…Recorded his first multi-point game of the season at London (10/28)…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. D Braydyn Chizen Kelowna (WHL) 25 1 3 4 1 31 Tallied an assist and five penalty minutes in three games last week…Ranks fifth on Kelowna in PIM…Netted his first goal of the season, first career shorthanded goal at Vancouver (11/4)…Just one of eight 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) 25 19 6 25 -16 4 Named Sudbury’s November Molson Canadian 3-Star Award (12/2)…Totaled six points (5-1=6) and 22 shots in three games last week…Has recorded four consecutive multi-point games from Nov. 27-Dec. 3 (5-3=8)…Leads the Wolves in goals, power-play goals (7), game-winning goals (4), points and shots (107)…Ranks T-4th in the OHL in PPG and GWG, T-5th in goals and ninth in shots…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)…Min- nesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. COLLEGE/USHL TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Louis Belpedio Miami University (NCHC) 9 3 3 6 -3 20 Returned to action last weekend, tallying seven shots and eight penalty minutes in two games as Miami fell in its weekend series at Cornell…Missed six games due to a lower-body injury (11/4-11/19)…Ranks T-3rd on the team in PIM, fourth in shots (27) and T-5th in goals and 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 Michigan (Big-10) 13 1 1 2 -4 2 Scored his first collegiate goal against Gordon Defiel 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) 13 2 2 4 2 8 Registered three shots and two penalty minutes in two games as Michigan dropped its weekend series at Penn State (0-2-0)…Ranks T-2nd amongst team defensemen in scoring and second in shots (17)…Scored his first collegiate goal against Joey Daccord 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) 14 2 2 4 -4 16 Tallied six shots and two penalty minutes in two games as Providence with 0-1-1 in its home-and-home series against Boston University…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 Jordan Greenway Boston University (H-East) 13 6 7 13 5 30 Named to the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team Preliminary Roster (12/5)…Recorded three shots and two penalty minutes in Boston’s 2-2 overtime tie vs. Providence (12/3)…Ranks first on the team in game-winning goals (3), T-1st in goals, T-2nd in scoring and third in shots (39)…Ranks T-1st in Hockey East in GWG…Has set a career high in goals…Named Warrior Hockey Player of the Week (10/24)…Playing in his sophomore season with the Terriers…Minnesota’s second-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. C Luke Kunin University of Wisconsin (Big-10) 14 9 5 14 -5 14 Named to the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team Preliminary Roster (12/5)…Recorded two goals and two penalty minutes in Wisconsin’s 7-4 loss vs. Omaha (12/3)…Tallied a sea- son-best nine shots vs. Omaha (12/2)…Owns 12 points (8-4=12) in the last 10 games…Leads the Badgers in goals and shots (55), T-1st in power-play goals (3) and ranks second in scoring…Ranks T-4th in the Big-10 in PPG, T-5th in goals and shots and T-14th in scoring…Named Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week (11/1)…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) 16 1 4 5 -10 4 Rensselaer went 0-1-1 in two games last weekend, falling 4-1 at Quinnipiac (12/2) and earning a point with a 6-5 overtime loss at Princeton (12/3)…Ranks T-5th 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 North Dakota (10/15)…Skating in his junior season at Rensselaer…Minnesota’s seventh-round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. C Avery Peterson University of Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) ------Transferred to the University of Minnesota Duluth last season and is eligible to play January 2017…He skated in 53 games with Nebraska 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) 11 1 2 3 4 4 Tallied two shots in Minnesota’s 5-3 win vs. Ohio State (12/2)…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 will return to action Dec. 9 at Denver…Ranks T-15th in the conference in assists…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) 6 2 0 2 1 6 Named to Sweden’s World Junior Team Preliminary Roster (12/5)…Totaled two penalty minutes, one hit and six shots in two games last week…Ranks T-3rd on the team in PPG (2) and fourth in TOI/game (19:21)…Netted a PPG in his season debut with Farjestads (11/22)…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 New Jersey (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 American Hockey League (AHL) vs. Grand Rapids (10/18)…Wild’s first-round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. LW Kirill Kaprizov Salavat Yulaev (KHL) 36 14 14 28 7 62 Named to Russia’s World Junior Team Preliminary Roster (12/1)…Recorded two goals and nine shots in three games last week…Ranks second on the team in goals, T-2nd in pow- er-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, points and PIM and has tied his career best in PPG…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 Did not play in Lulea’s two games last week…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-Liiga) 15 873 2.33 3-6-6 34 .924 Earned the win in his sole game last week, stopping 36-of-37 shots vs. Vaasan (12/3)…Has posted a 3-1-2 record in the last six games, making 166-of-180 saves for a .922 SV%… Ranks fifth amongst league goalies in SV% this season…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) 12 721 2.00 8-3-1 24 .927 Named USHL Goaltender of the Week for the third time this season (12/5)…Went 2-0-0 in two starts last week, making 55-of-57 total saves…Ranks T-3rd amongst league goalies in shutouts (3) and in fewest goals allowed, sixth in wins, seventh in SV% and eighth in GAA…Has set a career high in wins and shutouts…Named USHL Goaltender of the Week, Sept. 29 and Oct. 17…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.