WILD Word find Find all 10 player last names in the word search below! Helpful Hint: The names can be foward, backward, up, down and diagonal. DVBBRDHK DZA M F DR GXAKORIRA B H O XWR SPURGEONM P L MZAM NIDORBE U F IRSQUT QERRBE D W G RKI NEX Z Z QYQBTNADJIZ SM R U OROROUIQHPMO H ACD ERIKSSONEKN V LCFZGPXPUTIHRZZ AAMLEWWEZT YEAHL I R BDUVLWXA MKAE I F E MSZQBNUL MSTLS A L NCVHJGOB IHZIL C L YQKNXIWO MAKVA O O CYJYADG T U KOOU SPURGEON FOLIGNO DUMBA KAPRIZOV BRODIN FIALA TALBOT SUTER ERIKSSON EK ZUCCARELLO WILD FACTS Use the clues below to fill in the blanks! Helpful Hint: Use an Internet web browser to research the answers. Good luck! 1. Nick Bjugstad’s hometown of Blaine, Minnesota, is home to the National Sports Center, the largest amateur sports facility in the world. The NSC has how many soccer fields? 52____________ 2. Nick Bonino hails from the state of Connecticut, which is home to which Ivy League university? ____________Yale 3. What was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the day Joel Eriksson Ek was born? _____________________________Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton 4. The native country of Kevin Fiala, Switzerland, is home to the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, known by what name? ____________CERN 5. The hometown of Marcus Foligno, Buffalo, New York, became the first city with electrically lit streets in which year? ____________1886 6. Jordan Greenway is one of many past and current NHL players who spent time at which Minnesota boarding school? _________________Shattuck-St. Mary’s 7. Ryan Hartman is the only NHL player to be born in South Carolina, which is known by what nickname?_________________The Palmetto State 8. Landskrona, the birthplace of Marcus Johansson, is in which region of Sweden? ____________Skane 9. Kirill Kaprizov’s hometown of Novokuznetsk, Russia, is located on the banks of what river? ____________Tom River 10. On July 28, 1984, the day Zach Parise was born, what was the #1 movie in America? ____________Purple Rain 11. 50% of Victor Rask’s home country of Sweden is covered by which geographic feature? ____________Forests 12. While playing in the North American Hockey League, Nico Sturm spent time playing for a team based in which Minnesota town? ____________Austin 13. Mats Zuccarello hails from Norway, which is home to the world’s longest road tunnel. How long is it? ________________15 miles / 24.5 km 14. Who is the most popular cartoon character in Jonas Brodin’s home country of Sweden? ____________Donald Duck 15. The University of Michigan is located in Ian Cole’s hometown of Ann Arbor. What is the nickname for the Michigan football stadium? ______________The Big House 16. Matt Dumba’s hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan started off as a camp for hunters of this animal back in the 1880’s? ____________Buffalo 17. Brad Hunt played college hockey in the town of Bemidji, Minnesota, which is considered the U.S. capital of this sport? ________________Curling 18. Carson Soucy comes from the Canadian province of Alberta which is home to these warm, damp winds which blow down off the Rocky Mountains? ____________Chinooks 19. Edmonton, Alberta is home to Jared Spurgeon, as well as this Back to the Future actor? ________________Michael J. Fox 20. Ryan Suter played prep hockey for Culver Military Academy located in which U.S. state? ____________Indiana 21. The country of Finland is home to Kaapo Kahkonen and a whole lot of lakes. How many lakes are in Finland? 187,888______ 22. What is the official bird of Cam Talbot’s home province of Ontario? The________________ Common Loon MINNESOTA WILD CRYPTOGRAMS To solve these cryptogram puzzles, you must crack the code and figure out the hidden messages. Each number in a cryptogram stands for a different letter; e.g., 6=M, 15=Z, etc. PUZZLE 1 ABCDEF G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 13 19 10 25 2 7 23 1 21 4 16 ____T H I S __I S ___T H E _____S T A T E __O F ______H O C K E Y 4 2 7 21 7 21 4 2 10 21 4 13 4 10 1 25 2 1 19 23 10 16 PUZZLE 2 ABCDEF G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 10 21 5 14 7 9 26 25 18 8 3 15 20 2 _________M I N N E S O T A ____W I L D ______M A S C O T _____N O R D Y 26 7 25 25 14 3 18 15 10 20 7 9 5 26 10 3 21 18 15 25 18 8 5 2 PUZZLE 3 ABCDEF G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 8 7 3 22 12 13 11 23 9 19 5 15 24 ________F O R W A R D S , __________D E F E N S E M E N 22 19 5 24 8 5 7 15 7 3 22 3 9 15 3 23 3 9 ___A N D _______G O A L I E S 8 9 7 12 19 8 11 13 3 15 WILD WORD SEARCH G C D W G D B R W S G X G S R A S K R U Q E G E U N K P J T O D N H E V N D J U C B R M Q Z I R K A A Q I O D I Y K P F V E B E N U G W W A L X W O O N L R Q D O A N W N C O H T L K I T T N N S A T Y W L M T H C O N A H G O F O A I C V O C L T D O E A Y N G T G A E U T J Y O R G G D R A W R O F G U T I L T O A Z Z R O N H M Y E E S Q J I Y R R C W R C M F Y I B S T A L O C K N L K I N H D E F U R C M A L H L K O I V U O E C E E S T P R I P N I D O R B D P H E F F K I N A U P E R I K S S O N E K R U E T D K R Y I S S P U R G E O N Z G R N N E X I U V U Z W J S O H P M F A Q S A S T S R Y N Z K X G J K L L P N R E A M M E N D A H I Y P R M B U V W M M W W T H Z R L I S E N F C H C Q P T A B H N R T O A C Y G L B J L H E A D N E U W Y A N I C B T F W U I K S W O K T R A B N H F Y C U O S Q D BARTKOWSKI FOLIGNO ICING RIGHT WING BRODIN FORWARD KOIVU SHOOTOUT CENTER GALCHENYUK KUNIN SOUCY DEFENSEMAN GOAL LEFT WING SPURGEON DONATO GOALIE NORDY STAAL DUBNYK GREENWAY OFFSIDES STALOCK DUMBA HARTMAN PARISE SUTER ERIKSSON EK HAT TRICK PATERYN ZUCCARELLO FIALA HUNT RASK WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE WILD “I SPY” PUZZLE 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 9 7 5 6 6 WILD HOCKEY MAZE LET’S DROP THE PUCK! THE FINISH LINE! PLAYER GEOGRAPHY Match the player to the letter on the map that represents his hometown. T • R S Q • • • P • O • N B C M• • • • D A • • E H J • G I • F • • • K • • L • Each letter on the map indicates the birthplace of a current Minnesota Wild player. Using the internet, look up the birthplaces of players and then use a detailed map to find their cities. Once you’ve located them on a detailed map match them to a letter on our map and write the player’s name, city and country on the corresponding line at the bottom of the page. (Hint: Player birthplaces can be found on the Team Roster page on Wild.com.) A.