2015–16 Minnesota Wild season

The 2015–16 Minnesota Wild season is the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] Head coach Mike Yeo was relieved of his duties on February 13th after the teams thirteenth loss in fourteen games. He finished with a record of 173–132–44 in his four and a half years as head coach of the Wild. Iowa Wild head coach John Torchetti was promoted to interim head coach.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015–16 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)^[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota		Kuemper	17,217	0–1–0
2	September 22	Minnesota	1–0	Winnipeg	OT	Backstrom	15,294	1–1–0
3	September 24	Minnesota	5–2	Columbus		Dubnyk	10,209	2–1–0
4	September 26 (In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)	Minnesota	0–3	Edmonton		Kuemper	7,541	2–2–0
5	September 27	Winnipeg	1–8	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,710	3–2–0
6	October 1	Buffalo	1–6	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,214	4–2–0

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log^[4]

October: 7–2–2 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 8	Minnesota	5–4	Colorado		Dubnyk	18,007	1–0–0	2
2	October 10	St. Louis	2–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,096	2–0–0	4
3	October 15	Minnesota	4–3	Arizona		Dubnyk	12,029	3–0–0	6
4	October 16	Minnesota	1–2	Los Angeles	OT	Kuemper	18,230	3–0–1	7
5	October 18	Minnesota	1–4	Anaheim		Dubnyk	16,784	3–1–1	7
6	October 22	Columbus	2–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,650	4–1–1	9
7	October 24	Anaheim	0–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,034	5–1–1	11
8	October 25	Minnesota	4–5	Winnipeg		Dubnyk	15,294	5–2–1	11
9	October 27	Edmonton	3–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,936	6–2–1	13
10	October 30	Chicago	4–5	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,140	7–2–1	15
11	October 31	Minnesota	2–3	St. Louis	OT	Dubnyk	17,728	7–2–2	16

November: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 5	Nashville	3–2	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,024	7–3–2	16
13	November 7	Tampa Bay	0–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,066	8–3–2	18
14	November 10	Winnipeg	3–5	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,153	9–3–2	20
15	November 12	Minnesota	3–2	Carolina	OT	Dubnyk	9,511	10–3–2	22
16	November 14	Minnesota	2–3	Dallas	OT	Dubnyk	18,532	10–3–3	23
17	November 17	Minnesota	3–4	Pittsburgh		Dubnyk	18,495	10–4–3	23
18	November 19	Minnesota	2–4	Boston		Dubnyk	17,565	10–5–3	23
19	November 21	Nashville	0–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,056	11–5–3	25
20	November 25	Vancouver	3–2	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,877	11–6–3	25
21	November 27	Winnipeg	3–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,055	11–7–3	25
22	November 28	Dallas	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Kuemper	19,024	11–7–4	26

December: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	Minnesota	2–1	Chicago		Dubnyk	21,580	12–7–4	28
24	December 3	Toronto	0–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,880	13–7–4	30
25	December 5	Colorado	0–3	Minnesota		Kuemper	19,173	14–7–4	32
26	December 7	Minnesota	1–2	Colorado	OT	Kuemper	16,589	14–7–5	33
27	December 11	Minnesota	1–2	Arizona	OT	Kuemper	14,404	14–7–6	34
28	December 12	Minnesota	2–0	San Jose		Kuemper	16,766	15–7–6	36
29	December 15	Vancouver	2–6	Minnesota		Kuemper	18,804	16–7–6	38
30	December 17	NY Rangers	2–5	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,090	17–7–6	40
31	December 19	Minnesota	2–3	Nashville		Dubnyk	17,117	17–8–6	40
32	December 21	Dallas	6–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,047	17–9–6	40
33	December 22	Montreal	1–2	Minnesota		Kuemper	19,105	18–9–6	42
34	December 26	Pittsburgh	3–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,234	18–10–6	42
35	December 28	Detroit	1–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,110	19–10–6	44
36	December 31	Minnesota	3–1	St. Louis		Dubnyk	19,194	20–10–6	46

January: 3–7–3 (Home: 0–3–2 ; Road: 3–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 2	Minnesota	2–3	Tampa Bay	SO	Dubnyk	19,092	20–10–7	47
38	January 3	Minnesota	1–2	Florida		Dubnyk	15,426	20–11–7	47
39	January 5	Minnesota	4–2	Columbus		Dubnyk	12,411	21–11–7	49
40	January 7	Philadelphia	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Dubnyk	19,125	21–11–8	50
41	January 9	Minnesota	2–1	Dallas		Dubnyk	18,532	22–11–8	52
42	January 10	New Jersey	2–1	Minnesota		Kuemper	19,028	22–12–8	52
43	January 12	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,034	22–13–8	52
44	January 15	Winnipeg	1–0	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,222	22–14–8	52
45	January 16	Minnesota	0–3	Nashville		Dubnyk	17,302	22–15–8	52
46	January 20	Minnesota	1–3	Anaheim		Dubnyk	15,962	22–16–8	52
47	January 21	Minnesota	3–0	Los Angeles		Kuemper	18,230	23–16–8	54
48	January 23	Minnesota	3–4	San Jose		Kuemper	16,956	23–17–8	54
49	January 25	Arizona	2–1	Minnesota	SO	Dubnyk	19,020	23–17–9	55

February: 0–5–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	Minnesota	3–5	NY Islanders		Dubnyk	13,331	23–18–9	55
51	February 4	Minnesota	2–4	NY Rangers		Dubnyk	18,006	23–19–9	55
52	February 6	Minnesota	1–4	St. Louis		Dubnyk	19,318	23–20–9	55
53	February 9	Dallas	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Kuemper	19,087	23–20–10	56
54	February 11	Washington	4–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,213	23–21–10	56
55	February 13	Boston	4–2	Minnesota		Kuemper	19,191	23–22–10	56
56	February 15	Minnesota		Vancouver
57	February 17	Minnesota		Calgary
58	February 18	Minnesota		Edmonton
59	February 21 (2016 NHL Stadium Series at TCF Bank Stadium)	Chicago		Minnesota
60	February 23	NY Islanders		Minnesota
61	February 25	Minnesota		Philadelphia
62	February 26	Minnesota		Washington
63	February 28	Florida		Minnesota

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 1	Colorado		Minnesota
65	March 3	Minnesota		Toronto
66	March 5	Minnesota		Buffalo
67	March 6	St. Louis		Minnesota
68	March 10	Edmonton		Minnesota
69	March 12	Minnesota		Montreal
70	March 15	Minnesota		Ottawa
71	March 17	Minnesota		New Jersey
72	March 19	Carolina		Minnesota
73	March 20	Minnesota		Chicago
74	March 22	Los Angeles		Minnesota
75	March 24	Calgary		Minnesota
76	March 26	Minnesota		Colorado
77	March 29	Chicago		Minnesota
78	March 31	Ottawa		Minnesota

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 1	Minnesota		Detroit
80	April 3	Minnesota		Winnipeg
81	April 5	San Jose		Minnesota
82	April 9	Calgary		Minnesota

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Updated as of games played through February 1, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu	49	10	25	35	1	14
Suter, RyanRyan Suter	49	6	25	31	8	16
Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek	49	14	15	29	−2	16
Parise, ZachZach Parise	40	17	11	28	−4	14
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	49	13	12	25	8	12
Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund	49	4	21	25	−2	18
Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter	49	8	14	22	4	18
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville	49	5	15	20	0	6
Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon	49	6	14	20	4	12
Zucker, JasonJason Zucker	49	11	8	19	3	12
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella	42	5	9	14	10	14
Haula, ErikErik Haula	43	4	7	11	7	12
Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba	49	5	6	11	−6	14
Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine	31	2	7	9	8	14
Carter, RyanRyan Carter	39	4	2	6	0	36
Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin	48	1	5	6	–1	16
Porter, ChrisChris Porter	46	3	2	5	−2	6
Stoll, JarretJarret Stoll^†	20	2	1	3	−1	8
Prosser, NateNate Prosser	37	0	2	2	5	26
Folin, ChristianChristian Folin	14	0	2	2	1	9
Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder	13	1	0	1	0	0
Strachan, TysonTyson Strachan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bulmer, BrettBrett Bulmer	3	0	0	0	−1	7
Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Reilly, MikeMike Reilly	4	0	0	0	–1	0
Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel	3	0	0	0	1	10
Bertschy, ChristophChristoph Bertschy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Olofsson, GustavGustav Olofsson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keranen, MichaelMichael Keranen	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	39	38	2288	18	15	5	85	2.23	1093	.922	4	0	0	6
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	12	11	658	5	2	4	23	2.10	312	.926	2	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Roster

Updated January 24, 2016.^[7]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Finland !	Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom	1.0 !G	L	38	2006	Helsinki, Finland
25	Sweden !	Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin	2.0 !D	L	22	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
18	United States !	Carter, RyanRyan Carter	4.0 !C	L	32	2014	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
3	United States !	Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	4.0 !C	R	23	2011	Weymouth, Massachusetts
40	Canada !	Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	1.0 !G	L	29	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan
24	Canada !	Dumba, MattMatt Dumba	2.0 !D	R	21	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan
14	Canada !	Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine	7.0 !RW	R	28	2011	Bonnyville, Alberta
64	Finland !	Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund	4.0 !C	L	23	2010	Oulu, Finland
56	Finland !	Haula, ErikErik Haula	4.0 !C	L	24	2009	Pori, Finland
9	Finland !	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C)	4.0 !C	L	32	2001	Turku, Finland
35	Canada !	Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	1.0 !G	L	25	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22	Switzerland !	Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter	7.0 !RW	L	23	2013	Chur, Switzerland
11	United States !	Parise, ZachZach Parise (A)	6.0 !LW	L	31	2012	Minneapolis, Minnesota
29	United States !	Pominville, JasonJason Pominville	7.0 !RW	R	33	2013	Repentigny, Quebec
7	Canada !	Porter, ChrisChris Porter	6.0 !LW	L	31	2015	Toronto, Ontario
39	United States !	Prosser, NateNate Prosser	2.0 !D	R	29	2010	Elk River, Minnesota
6	Canada !	Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella	2.0 !D	L	25	2008	Montreal, Quebec
10	United States !	Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder	4.0 !C	R	25	2014	Prior Lake, Minnesota
46	Canada !	Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon	2.0 !D	R	26	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
19	Canada !	Stoll, JarretJarret Stoll	4.0 !C	R	33	2015	Melville, Saskatchewan
28	Canada !	Strachan, TysonTyson Strachan	2.0 !D	R	31	2015	Melfort, Saskatchewan
20	United States !	Suter, RyanRyan Suter (A)	2.0 !D	L	31	2012	Madison, Wisconsin
26	Austria !	Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek	6.0 !LW	R	32	2014	Baden bei Wien, Austria
16	United States !	Zucker, JasonJason Zucker	6.0 !LW	L	24	2010	Newport Beach, California

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Koivu, M.M. Koivu	NHL Third Star of the Week^[8]	December 21, 2015
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk	NHL All-Star game selection^[9]	January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Suter, R.R. Suter	300th Career NHL Assist	October 8, 2015
Parise, Z.Z. Parise	3rd Career NHL Hat Trick	October 8, 2015
Zucker, J.J. Zucker	100th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
Vanek, T.T. Vanek	300th Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2015
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk	100th Career NHL Win	October 15, 2015
Brodin, J.J. Brodin	200th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2015
Spurgeon, J.J. Spurgeon	300th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2015
Parise, Z.Z. Parise	700th Career NHL Game	October 27, 2015
Coyle, C.C. Coyle	200th Career NHL Game	October 31, 2015
Bertschy, C.C. Bertschy	1st Career NHL Game	November 7, 2015
Keranen, M.M. Keranen	1st Career NHL Game	November 17, 2015
Olofsson, G.G. Olofsson	1st Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
Prosser, N.N. Prosser	200th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
Koivu, M.M. Koivu	700th Career NHL Game	November 21, 2015
Granlund, M.M. Granlund	100th Career NHL Point	November 25, 2015
Porter, C.C. Porter	200th Career NHL Game	December 11, 2015
Dumba, M.M. Dumba	100th Career NHL Game	December 15, 2015
Parise, Z.Z. Parise	300th Career NHL Assist	December 15, 2015
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk	100th Career NHL Loss	December 21, 2015
Coyle, C.C. Coyle	100th Career NHL Point	January 2, 2016
Parise, Z.Z. Parise	4th Career NHL Hat Trick	January 5, 2016
Reilly, M.M. Reilly	1st Career NHL Game	January 9, 2016
Granlund, M.M. Granlund	200th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2016

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015	^[10]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mike Reilly	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, entry-level contract	^[11]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zac Dalpe	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000	^[12]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ruslan Fedotenko	Iowa Wild	1 year, $600,000	^[12]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Marc Hagel	Iowa Wild	2 years, $1.21 million	^[12]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Tyson Strachan	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $650,000	^[13]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Jared Knight	Iowa Wild	1 year, $761,250	^[13]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Kyle Brodziak	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $900,000	^[14]
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	Chris Stewart	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.7 million	^[15]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Chris Porter	Philadelphia Flyers	October 1, 2015	^[16]
Jarret Stoll	New York Rangers	December 15, 2015	^[17]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mikael Granlund	2 years, $6 million	^[18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Nate Prosser	2 years, $1.25 million	^[19]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ryan Carter	1 year, $625,000	^[20]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Steve Michalek	2 years, entry-level contract	^[21]
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)	Devan Dubnyk	6 years, $26 million	^[22]
July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)	Christian Folin	2 years, $1.45 million	^[23]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Joel Eriksson Ek	3 years, entry-level contract	^[24]
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	Erik Haula	2 years, $2 million	^[25]
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	Brett Bulmer	1 year, $600,000	^[26]
December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)	Jared Spurgeon	4 years, $20.75 million (extension)	^[27]

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	20	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	Sweden	Farjestad BK
2	50	Jordan Greenway	LW	United States	USA U-18
4	111	Ales Stezka	G	Czech Republic	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
5	135	Kirill Kaprizov	LW	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
6	171	Nicholas Boka	D	United States	USA U-18
7	201	Gustav Bouramman	D	Sweden	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7	204^[a]	Jack Sadek	D	United States	Lakeville North High School

Draft notes^[28]

The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick will go to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on January 14, 2015 that sent Devan Dubnyk to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.^[29]

The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick will go to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Jordan Leopold to Minnesota in exchange for Justin Falk and this pick.^[30]

^a The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick will go to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[31]Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a second-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and this pick.^[32]

References

↑ "2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
↑ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
↑ "Minnesota Wild 2015-2016 Preseason Schedule - Minnesota Wild - Schedule". Wild.nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Minnesota Wild - Schedule". Wild.nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "2015–2016 – Regular Season – Minnesota Wild – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "2015–2016 – Regular Season – Minnesota Wild – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "Wild Roster". Minnesota Wild. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
↑ "Varlamov, Oshie and Koivu named stars of week". NHL. December 21, 2015.
↑ "Star-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal". NHL. January 6, 2016.
↑ "Wild Selects Seven Players in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Wild Signs With Mike Reilly". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
1 2 3 "Wild Signs Three To Two-Way Contracts". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
1 2 "Wild Agrees To Terms Tyson Strachan and Signed Jared Knight". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Brodziak Signs One-Year Deal with Blues". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Ducks Sign Stewart to One-Year Contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ Wild Claims Chris Porter Off Waivers
↑ Wild Claims Jarret Stoll Off Waivers
↑ "Wild Re-Signs Granlund". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Nate Prosser Re-Signs With Wild". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Wild Re-Signs Ryan Carter". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Wild Signs Goaltender Steve Michalek". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Dubnyk Re-Signs". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Christian Folin Re-Signs With Wild". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Wild Signs Joel Eriksson Ek". nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Erik Haula Agrees To Terms On A Two-Year Contract". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
↑ "Wild Re-Signs Brett Bulmer". nhl.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
↑ "Wild Re-Signs Jared Spurgeon To A Four-Year Contract Extension". nhl.com. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
↑ "2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
↑ "Wild acquire goaltender Dubnyk from Coyotes". January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
↑ "Blue Jackets trade Leopold to Wild". March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "Notes from the 2014 NHL Draft". June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
↑ "Lightning acquire defenseman Garrison from Canucks". National Hockey League. June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

Minnesota Wild

Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Chuck Fletcher Head coach John Torchetti (interim) Team captain Mikko Koivu Current roster

Arena	Xcel Energy Center

Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Quad City Mallards

General managers	Risebrough Fletcher

Head coaches	Lemaire Richards Yeo John Torchetti (interim)

Retired numbers	1 (Wild Fans) 99

Minnesota Wild seasons

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.