For Immediate Release Contacts: Aaron Sickman (651) 602-6009 Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Megan Kogut (651) 312-3439 Emily Yang (651) 602-6034 MINNESOTA WILD RE-SIGNS DEFENSEMAN MATT BARTKOWSKI TO A ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Paul Fenton today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed defenseman Matt Bartkowski to a one-year, two-way contract ($700,000/$350,000). Bartkowski, 31 (6/4/88), registered 19 points (4-15=19) and 48 penalty minutes (PIM) in 70 games with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2018-19. The 6-foot-1, 198-pound native of Pittsburgh, Pa., ranked second on the team in plus/minus rating (plus-11) and T-2nd amongst team defensemen in games played. In addition, he tallied two points (1-1=2) and 10 PIM in 11 games during the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. The left-shot defenseman made his Minnesota debut on Dec. 29, 2018 at Winnipeg, becoming the 25th player (fourth defenseman) in Wild franchise history to score a goal in his team debut. Bartkowski owns 48 points (8-40=48), 157 PIM and 482 hits in 255 games during parts of nine NHL seasons with Boston (2010-15), Vancouver (2015-16), Calgary (2016-18) and Minnesota (2018-19). The blueliner has tallied three points (1-2=3) and 14 PIM in 19 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests with Boston (2012-14) and Calgary (2016-17). He has 98 points (17-81=98) and 211 PIM in 279 games during five seasons in the AHL with the Providence Bruins (2010-13, 2016-17) and Iowa (2018-19). The Wild signed Bartkowski as a free agent on July 1, 2018. He was originally selected by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round (190th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Full and partial season tickets for the Minnesota Wild’s 2019-20 season are currently available for purchase. Please visit tickets.wild.com or contact a Wild Ticket Sales Representative by calling or texting 651-222-WILD for more information. Visit www.wild.com/pressbox for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, postgame notes, multimedia content and daily statistics. -- WILD -- For more, visit wild.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. .