Minnesota Wild Playoff Game Notes

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1 Minnesota Wild Playoff Game Notes Fri, May 9, 04 Round Game 4 Minnesota Wild 5-5 Chicago Blackhawks 6 - Team Game: Home Game: Team Game: 0 Road Game: Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Ilya Bryzgalov John Curry Darcy Kuemper P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Keith Ballard C Charlie Coyle D Clayton Stoner D Marco Scandella D Jonathon Blum C Cody McCormick C Mikko Koivu (C) L Zach Parise (A) R Justin Fontaine L Dany Heatley L Stephane Veilleux D Ryan Suter (A) C Kyle Brodziak R Nino Niederreiter L Matt Cooke D Jonas Brodin L Matt Moulson L Mike Rupp R Jason Pominville D Nate Prosser D Jared Spurgeon C Erik Haula C Mikael Granlund Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Antti Raanta Corey Crawford P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Duncan Keith (A) D Niklas Hjalmarsson D David Rundblad D Brent Seabrook D Nick Leddy L Patrick Sharp (A) 9 4 R Jeremy Morin C Peter Regin C Marcus Kruger D Sheldon Brookbank C Jonathan Toews (C) L Brandon Saad L Kris Versteeg C Michal Handzus D Johnny Oduya R Ben Smith L Bryan Bickell D Michal Rozsival 9 4 C Joakim Nordstrom D Klas Dahlbeck L Brandon Bollig C Andrew Shaw R Marian Hossa R Patrick Kane Owner & Governor General Manager Asst. GM/Asst. to the GM Head Coach Assistant Coaches Craig Leipold Chuck Fletcher Brent Flahr/Jim Mill Mike Yeo Rick Wilson, Darryl Sydor, Darby Hendrickson, Bob Mason Chairman President/CEO VP/General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches W. Rockwell 'Rocky' Wirtz John F. McDonough Stan Bowman Joel Quenneville Mike Kitchen, Jamie Kompon, Steve Weeks Tonight's Officials Referees Dave Jackson 8, Dan O'Rourke 9 (Standy: Brad Watson ) Linesmen Derek Nansen 70, Derek Amell 75 Supervisor Rod Pasma Video Judge Ian Sandercock Ntl. Anthem James Bohn Today's Schedule PIT : 7:00 MIN : 8:0

2 Minnesota Wild: Roster Active (6 Players) Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Keith Ballard D 5' " 99 Nov 6, 98 Baudette, MN, USA Charlie Coyle C 6' " Mar, 99 E. Weymouth, MA, USA 4 Clayton Stoner D 6' 4" 6 Feb 9, 985 Port McNeill, BC, CAN 6 Marco Scandella D 6' " 07 Feb, 990 Montreal, QC, CAN 7 Jonathon Blum D 6' " 88 Jan 0, 989 Long Beach, CA, USA 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " 4 Apr 8, 98 London, ON, CAN 9 Mikko Koivu C 6' " Mar, 98 Turku, FIN Zach Parise L 5' " 97 Jul 8, 984 Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Justin Fontaine R 5' 0" 77 Nov 6, 987 Bonnyville, AB, CAN 5 Dany Heatley L 6' 4" 0 Jan, 98 Freiburg, DEU 9 Stephane Veilleux L 6' " 00 Nov 6, 98 Beauceville, QC, CAN 0 Ryan Suter D 6' " 00 Jan, 985 Madison, WI, USA Kyle Brodziak C 6' " 08 May 5, 984 St. Paul, AB, CAN Nino Niederreiter R 6' " 09 Sep 8, 99 Chur, CHE 4 Matt Cooke L 5' " 08 Sep 7, 978 Belleville, ON, CAN 5 Jonas Brodin D 6' " 94 Jul, 99 Karlstad, SWE 6 Matt Moulson L 6' " 00 Nov, 98 North York, ON, CAN 7 Mike Rupp L 6' 5" 5 Jan, 980 Cleveland, OH, USA 9 Jason Pominville R 6' 0" 85 Nov 0, 98 Repentigny, QC, CAN 0 Ilya Bryzgalov G 6' " Jun, 980 Togliatti, RUS John Curry G 5' " 85 Feb 7, 984 Shorewood, MN, USA 5 Darcy Kuemper G 6' 5" 05 May 5, 990 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 9 Nate Prosser D 6' " 0 May 7, 986 Elk River, MN, USA 46 Jared Spurgeon D 5' 9" 68 Nov 9, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 56 Erik Haula C 5' " 9 Mar, 99 Pori, FIN 64 Mikael Granlund C 5' 0" 86 Feb 6, 99 Oulu, FIN 6 Players Total Avg: 6' " 0 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 6 Jason Zucker L 5' " 88 Jan 6, 99 Newport Beach, CA, USA Niklas Backstrom G 6' " 97 Feb, 978 Helsinki, FIN 7 Josh Harding G 6' " 94 Jun 8, 984 Regina, SK, CAN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks ERIK HAULA (-- / Games) Chicago Blackhawks: Roster Active (6 Players) Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Duncan Keith D 6' " 00 Jul 6, 98 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 6' " 07 Jun 6, 987 Eksjo, SWE 5 David Rundblad D 6' " 95 Oct 8, 990 Lycksele, SWE 7 Brent Seabrook D 6' " Apr 0, 985 Richmond, BC, CAN 8 Nick Leddy D 6' 0" 9 Mar 0, 99 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 0 Patrick Sharp L 6' " 99 Dec 7, 98 Winnipeg, MB, CAN Jeremy Morin R 6' " 9 Apr 6, 99 Auburn, NY, USA Peter Regin C 6' " 90 Apr 6, 986 Herning, DNK 6 Marcus Kruger C 6' 0" 8 May 7, 990 Stockholm, SWE 7 Sheldon Brookbank D 6' " 0 Oct, 980 Lanigan, SK, CAN 9 Jonathan Toews C 6' " 08 Apr 9, 988 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 0 Brandon Saad L 6' " 0 Oct 7, 99 Pittsburgh, PA, USA Kris Versteeg L 5' " 8 May, 986 Lethbridge, AB, CAN 6 Michal Handzus C 6' 5" 5 Mar, 977 Banská Bystrica, SVK 7 Johnny Oduya D 6' 0" 90 Oct, 98 Stockholm, SWE 8 Ben Smith R 5' " 07 Jul, 988 Winston-Salem, NC, USA 9 Bryan Bickell L 6' 4" Mar 9, 986 Bowmanville, ON, CAN Antti Raanta G 6' 0" 87 May, 989 Rauma, FIN Michal Rozsival D 6' " Sep, 978 Vlasim, CZE 4 Joakim Nordstrom C 6' " 60 Feb 5, 99 Stockholm, SWE 44 Klas Dahlbeck D 6' " 94 Jul 6, 99 Katrineholm, SWE 50 Corey Crawford G 6' " 08 Dec, 984 Montreal, QC, CAN 5 Brandon Bollig L 6' " Jan, 987 St. Charles, MO, USA 65 Andrew Shaw C 5' 0" 80 Jul 0, 99 Belleville, ON, CAN 8 Marian Hossa R 6' " 0 Jan, 979 Stará Lubovna, SVK 88 Patrick Kane R 5' " 8 Nov 9, 988 Buffalo, NY, USA 6 Players Total Avg: 6' " 98 Age: 7.7 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 9 Nikolai Khabibulin G 6' " 08 Jan, 97 Sverdlovsk, RUS Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks

3 Minnesota Wild: Playoff Statistics Pos Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L Zach Parise : R 9 Jason Pominville : C 64 Mikael Granlund : C Kyle Brodziak : C Charlie Coyle : L 5 Dany Heatley : C 9 Mikko Koivu : C 56 Erik Haula : R Nino Niederreiter : D 0 Ryan Suter : D 6 Marco Scandella : D 46 Jared Spurgeon : L 6 Matt Moulson : D 4 Clayton Stoner : D 5 Jonas Brodin : C 8 Cody McCormick :. 4 R 4 Justin Fontaine : 0.0 L 4 Matt Cooke :7. 8 D 9 Nate Prosser : D Keith Ballard : L 9 Stephane Veilleux :7 0.0 Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 5 Darcy Kuemper Ilya Bryzgalov Chicago Blackhawks: Playoff Statistics Pos Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Jonathan Toews : D 7 Brent Seabrook : R 88 Patrick Kane : L 9 Bryan Bickell : R 8 Marian Hossa : L 0 Brandon Saad : D Duncan Keith : C 65 Andrew Shaw : D 7 Johnny Oduya : L 0 Patrick Sharp : R 8 Ben Smith : D Michal Rozsival : D 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson : C 6 Marcus Kruger : D 7 Sheldon Brookbank : D 8 Nick Leddy : L Kris Versteeg :0 0.0 C 6 Michal Handzus : L 5 Brandon Bollig :0 0.0 C 4 Joakim Nordstrom : R Jeremy Morin : Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 50 Corey Crawford

4 Chicago Minnesota Wild Team Records Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild Last game: Tuesday AT MINNESOTA (4-0 L) Tuesday VS CHICAGO (4-0 W) Next game: Sunday VS MINNESOTA Sunday AT CHICAGO Overall record/streak: / Lost / Win / Undef Home record/streak: / Win 5 / Undef / Win 4 / Undef 4 Road record/streak: / Lost / Lost -Goal Games: Goal Games Goal Games - - Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - Playoffs: - - Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: Month by Month Record Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Chicago Minnesota Wild Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Chicago Blackhawks: (. avg.) Opponents: 5 (. avg.) Minnesota Wild: (.9 avg.) Opponents: (.9 avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Chicago Blackhawks: (7.7 avg.) Opponents: (.6 avg.) Minnesota Wild: (0. avg.) Opponents: (.7 avg.) Power Play Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild G Att % G Att % Overall: (8th NHL) (0th NHL) Home: (4th NHL) 4.4 (8th NHL) Road: 4 7. (T-th NHL) (5th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-4th NHL) Penalty Killing Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild G Att % G Att % Overall: (st NHL) (7th NHL) Home: (nd NHL) (rd NHL) Road: (st NHL) (0th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-9th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-4th NHL) Penalties Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 9 0. (8th NHL) (9th NHL) Goal Situations Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: on : on 4: on : on : on 4: on 5: on 5: 0 4 Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total: 9 9 9

6 Chicago Minnesota Wild Situations Individual Leaders Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild Points: J. TOEWS (9),B. SEABROOK (9),B. BICKELL (8) Z. PARISE (),J. POMINVILLE (8),M. GRANLUND (7) Goals: B. BICKELL (5),P. KANE (5),J. TOEWS (4) Z. PARISE (4),M. GRANLUND (4),K. BRODZIAK () Assists: B. SEABROOK (7),M. HOSSA (6),D. KEITH (5) Z. PARISE (9),J. POMINVILLE (7),D. HEATLEY (5) PP Goals: M. HOSSA (),B. SEABROOK (),B. BICKELL () Z. PARISE (),R. SUTER (),C. COYLE () SH Goals: M. SCANDELLA () GW Goals: J. TOEWS (),P. KANE (),B. SAAD () Z. PARISE (),E. HAULA (),C. COYLE () + Goals: PIM: B. SEABROOK (5),B. BOLLIG (),P. KANE (8) C. STONER (4),C. MCCORMICK (4),N. PROSSER () Shots: M. HOSSA (8),P. SHARP (),P. KANE (6) Z. PARISE (8),R. SUTER (7),M. KOIVU (4) +/-: D. KEITH (+6),P. KANE (+6),J. TOEWS (+5) D. HEATLEY (+7),C. STONER (+4),M. GRANLUND (+4) Power Play Chicago Blackhawks Player G A P Brent Seabrook Marian Hossa Jonathan Toews Nick Leddy 0 Bryan Bickell 0 Andrew Shaw 0 Kris Versteeg 0 Duncan Keith 0 Patrick Kane 0 Brandon Saad 0 Minnesota Wild Player G A P Zach Parise Ryan Suter Mikko Koivu 0 Jason Pominville 0 Charlie Coyle 0 Short Handed Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild Player G A P Player G A P Marco Scandella 0 Mikko Koivu 0 Zach Parise 0

7 Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild (-) Season Series Minnesota Wild Blackhawks Attend Goaltenders W. Goal May 6, ,46 Ilya Bryzgalov / Corey Crawford Erik Haula Chicago Wild Blackhawks Attend Goaltenders W. Goal May, 04 5,6 Corey Crawford / Ilya Bryzgalov Patrick Kane May 4, 04 4,08 Corey Crawford / Ilya Bryzgalov Brandon Saad Blackhawks Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Marian Hossa Bryan Bickell Brandon Saad Brent Seabrook Patrick Kane Jonathan Toews Niklas Hjalmarsson Patrick Sharp Ben Smith Nick Leddy Kris Versteeg Jeremy Morin Sheldon Brookbank Michal Handzus Michal Rozsival Marcus Kruger Brandon Bollig John Oduya Joakim Nordstrom Duncan Keith Andrew Shaw Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Corey Crawford Power play - 8 (5%) Penalty Killing 7-8 (87.5%) Wild Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Erik Haula Zach Parise Jason Pominville Mikael Granlund Clayton Stoner Cody McCormick Kyle Brodziak Justin Fontaine Matt Moulson Dany Heatley Charlie Coyle Ryan Suter Nino Niederreiter Keith Ballard Marco Scandella Jared Spurgeon Mikko Koivu Nate Prosser Stephane Veilleux Jonas Brodin Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Ilya Bryzgalov Power play - 8 (.5%) Penalty Killing 6-8 (75%)

8 Minnesota Wild: Media Notes Xcel Energy Center Wireless Information: Wireless Network: AT&T Wi-Fi, no password required Wild 04 Playoff Media Guide PDF: wild.com/playoffguide Wild Media Resources: wild.com/pressbox Round Wild vs. Blackhawks (All times CT) Game CHI 5, MIN Game CHI 4, MIN Game MIN 4, CHI 0 Game 4 Fri., 5/9, at Minnesota, 8:0 p.m. NBCSN, TSN, KFAN 00. FM Game 5 Sun., 5/, at Chicago, TBA evening Game 6 (if necessary) Tue., 5/, at Minnesota, TBA Game 7 (if necessary) Thurs., 5/5, at Chicago, TBA Current Wild Playoff Injuries G Darcy Kuemper games (upper body) G Niklas Backstrom 0 games (core; surgery /5) LW Jason Zucker (IR) 0 games (left quad; surgery /5) G Josh Harding (IR) 0 games (illness) TOTAL PLAYOFF MAN GAMES LOST: 4 TOTAL REGULAR-SEASON MAN GAMES LOST: 67 ROUND STORYLINES Minnesota hosts Game 4 of the series at Xcel Energy Center, where it has won all four of its games this postseason and five of its last six playoff games. During its first-round series with Colorado, Minnesota s three home wins marked the first time the Wild has ever earned more than one victory on home ice in a single series. During the regular season, the Wild went in Saint Paul - its second-best home record in franchise history. In four games at Xcel Energy Center this postseason, the Wild has limited its opponents to 76 shots, an average of 9 per game. The Wild has held Chicago to or fewer shots in each game this series. Since 00, the Blackhawks have played in 84 playoff games, and have been held to or fewer shots in seven contests including three this series. The Wild has allowed.7 shots against/game this postseason the lowest average in the NHL. Minnesota has outscored its opponents, -, during four games on home ice this postseason, while being outscored 7-6 in six road games. The Wild leads the NHL with 88 takeaways and has the fewest giveaways amongst teams still playing (4). The Wild enters Game 4 with an all-time record of -5 in the fourth contest of a series. Minnesota earned a - victory in Saint Paul for Game 4 of its first-round series with Colorado. Zach Parise netted a power-play goal and assist in Game to earn his 4th career multi-point playoff game and third this postseason. He leads the Wild and ranks second in the NHL with points (4-9=) this postseason after totaling 0 points (-7=0) in the series vs. Colorado - a career high for most points in a single series. He is also third in the NHL in shots this postseason. He ranks second on the Wild with 57 points in 76 career playoff contests (6-=57), two goals behind his dad J.P. s 7 markers in 86 career playoff games. The Wild alternate captain set a playoff career high and a Wild playoff single-game record with four points (-=4) in Game 6 vs. Colorado the most by an NHL player in a playoff elimination game since Duncan Keith in 0 (Elias Sports Bureau). Parise set a franchise record for fastest goal to start a playoff game, scoring 49 seconds into the contest, before earning his fourth playoff game winner with 6:9 left in regulation. Before being held pointless in Game 7, he had a career-best six-game playoff point streak, behind only Marian Gaborik for longest playoff point streak in Wild history (8 games,4/-5/7/0, 7-8=5). Erik Haula scored his first career playoff winner Tuesday to stretch his first playoff point streak to three games (-=). He has four points (-=4) in the last five games and has totaled five points (-=5) during his first NHL postseason ranking T-5th in scoring amongst NHL rookies. He finished the regular season with his first multi-point game (-=), a three-game point streak (-=4) and seven points (-4=7) in his last seven games. The former Golden Gopher totaled 5 points (6-9=5) in 46 games during his rookie season, ranking third on the Wild with a plus-4 rating obliterating the franchise rookie record (previously plus-5, Clayton Stoner). Matt Cooke is set to return to the lineup for the first time since Game vs. Colorado. He led the Wild with six hits in each of the first three games. He leads the Wild in playoff experience, having played in 00 games during postseasons. He is fourth on the Wild with 4 points (-=4).

9 Mikael Granlund registered his first NHL two-goal game (regular or postseason) in Game. He is tied for the team lead with four goals and ranks third with seven points in his first postseason. The -year-old earned his first career playoff point by scoring the OT winner in a -0 Game win vs. Colorado the Wild s first win this postseason. The goal began a five-game point streak (-=5). With the Game winner, he became only the fifth NHL player in the last 75 years to score his first career playoff goal in a 0 overtime game (Elias Sports Bureau). Dany Heatley leads Minnesota and ranks T-rd in the NHL with a plus-7 rating this postseason. He also ranks T-4th on the Wild with six points (-5=6) this postseason. He leads the Wild with 6 career playoff points (6-47=6) in 74 playoff games. He totaled a careerbest plus- rating and tied his career high with three points in Game 7 (-=), including an assist on the winning goal. Jason Pominville tallied two assists in Game and has three helpers this series, ranking second on the Wild with eight points this postseason (-7=8). He ranks third on the Wild with 6 career points (-=6) in 57 playoff games between Buffalo and Minnesota. Ryan Suter has logged more ice time than every Wild and opponent skater during all but one game this postseason when Duncan Keith skated 8:40 to Suter s 6: in Game. He ranks third in the NHL in TOI/game this postseason, averaging 8:45 TOI/game. He skated at least 0:00 in 7 regular-season contests and hit the 5:00-mark 76 times during the regular season (9.7%). He leads all NHL blueliners with 7 shots this postseason, and all Wild defensemen with five points (-4=5), having totaled 8 points (5-=8) in his playoff career. He finished the regular season T-st amongst all NHL defensemen with a plus- rating since March 8 (4 games). Despite skating just :9 in the second-to-last game of the season after Minnesota clinched a playoff berth, he finished the year as the NHL TOI/game leader. His 9:4 average this season was the highest by a player since Chris Pronger averaged 9:8 with St. Louis in Suter s total of,4:54 TOI this season was the most in a single season since Brian Leetch skated,449:9 with the Rangers in Mikko Koivu is set to play his 7th playoff game Friday, second-most in Wild history (Gaborik, 9). He ranks T-4th on the Wild with six points this postseason (-5=6) and has points (6-6=) in his playoff career. Minnesota s captain leads the NHL with 4 faceoff wins and ranks sixth with a 59.9% faceoff win percentage this postseason (7). He set a Wild single-game playoff record in Game vs. Colorado after winning 8 faceoffs (8-of-5, 7%). He finished the regular season leading the NHL with 4 assists and T-nd with 7 points since March 8 the night he used three assists on Long Island to become the Wild s all-time point leader. He passed the 40- assist mark for the fourth time in his career, leading the Wild with 4 helpers. Nino Niederreiter registered an assist in Game. He scored two goals (including the winner 5:0 into overtime) and added an assist in Game 7 in Denver the fourth-youngest player to ever net a total three points in a Game 7 (Elias Sports Bureau). According to Elias, at years old, he is the second-youngest player in Stanley Cup Playoffs history to score in OT of Game 7 (Claude Lemieux, 0). After totaling three points (-=) in 64 NHL games over parts of two seasons with the New York Islanders (00-), he totaled a careerhigh 6 points (4-=6) in his first season with Minnesota. Charlie Coyle tallied an assist in Game and ranks T-4th on the Wild with six points (-=6) this postseason, ranking third in hits. On Thursday, he announced his involvement with the Little Wild Learn to Play program, a new initiative designed to introduce ice hockey by overcoming affordability barriers that typically limit involvement at the beginner level. Visit wild.com/littlewild for more information. He has totaled eight points (-5=8) in 5 career playoff games. The -year-old finished the regular season with a point in nine of his last games, totaling 0 points (5-5=0) in that span. He registered a career-high 0 points (-8=0) this season and ranked third on the Wild in hits, despite missing games at the beginning of the year with a knee strain. Minnesota and Chicago faced each other in the first round of last spring s playoffs. The Blackhawks earned victories in the series first two games in Chicago, including an overtime win in Game. The Wild earned an overtime win in St. Paul in Game before Chicago earned two more wins to claim the series, 4-, en route to the Stanley Cup. With a 5-4 overtime victory in Game 7 vs. Colorado, the Wild became the first team in NHL history to record four tying goals in a Game 7 (Elias Sports Bureau). Minnesota also became the first team to win a Game 7 without ever leading the contest since 00, when the Wild topped the Avalanche in the Western Conference Quarterfinals.

10 WILD PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 6 - Marco Scandella (skan-dehl-a) 9 - Mikko Koivu (MEE-koh KOY-voo) - Zach Parise (pah-ree-see) 6 - Jason Zucker (zook-er) 9 - Stephane Veilleux (steph-awn vay-ooh) 0 - Ryan Suter (SOO-tuhr) - Kyle Brodziak (BRAWD-zee-ak) - Nino Niederreiter (NEE-noh NEE-duhr-righ-tuhr) 5 - Jonas Brodin (JOE-nuhs broh-deen) 6 - Matt Moulson (MOHL-suhn) 0 - Ilya Bryzgalov (IHL-yah breez-gah-lahf) 5 - Darcy Kuemper (KEHM-puhr) 9 - Nate Prosser (PRAW-suhr) 46 - Jared Spurgeon (SPUHR-juhn) 56 - Erik Haula (HOW-la) 64 - Mikael Granlund (mih-kigh-ehl GRAHN-lund)

11 Minnesota Wild: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. Colorado Avalanche L* ,0p,56, / Colorado Avalanche L ,6s / //04 Colorado Avalanche W* / /4/04 Colorado Avalanche W ,p / Colorado Avalanche L* ,, / /8/04 Colorado Avalanche W p,64,,9, / Colorado Avalanche W* ,5,,46, / Chicago Blackhawks L , / Chicago Blackhawks L / /06/04 Chicago Blackhawks W ,64,p, / /09/04 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks 05//04 Chicago Blackhawks 4 Chicago Blackhawks

12 Minnesota Wild: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. LANDRY GRAOVAC PHILLIPS BUSSIERES BALLARD Apr COL MIN MIN MIN MIN INJ -0 /- 8: /0 :07 Apr COL MIN MIN MIN MIN INJ -0 /- 6: /0 0:9 Apr Vs COL MIN MIN MIN MIN INJ 0-0 /0 0: / :0 Apr 4 Vs COL DND DND DND DND INJ -0 (W) 4/0 8: /0 9:4 Apr COL DND DND DND DND INJ 0- /0 8: /0 :5 Apr 8 Vs COL DND DND DND DND INJ 0-0 / 8: / :07 Apr COL DND DND DND DND INJ 0- /0 4: /0 4:7 CHI MIN MIN MIN MIN INJ 0-0 0/- 4:0-0 / 4:09 May CHI MIN MIN MIN MIN INJ 0-0 0/- 7:5 0-0/0 :49 May 6 Vs CHI MIN MIN MIN MIN 0-0 0/0 :6 0- / 8: / :05 COYLE STONER 4 Date Opp. SCANDELLA 6 BLUM MCCORMICK 8 KOIVU 9 PARISE FONTAINE 4 HEATLEY 5 Apr COL 0- /- :5 DND 0-0 / 7: 0- /0 :05 0- /- :09 DND DND Apr COL -0 /0 8:00 DND 0-0 0/0 6:07 0-5/- 0:4 0-5/- :7 DND DND Apr Vs COL 0-0 /0 :5 DND 0-0 0/0 7: /0 :4 0-7/ : /0 0:8 0-0 /0 0:4 Apr 4 Vs COL 0-0 / :44 DND 0-0 /0 5: /0 0:4 0-4/ 9: /- : /0 8: Apr COL 0-0 /- 9:8 DND 0-0 0/0 9:0 0-0 /- 9:45-0 /- 9: 0-0 /- :9 0- / :0 Apr 8 Vs COL -0 / :45 DND 0-0 0/0 6:5 0-0/ :7 - (W) / 9: 0-0 0/0 5: /0 :06 Apr COL 0-0 /0 :6 DND 0-0 0/0 7:05-0 6/0 : /- :5 DND - / 6:58 CHI 0-0 /- 0:0 DND 0-0 0/0 :0 0-0 /- 8: 0-6/0 7:49 DND 0-0/ 5:4 May CHI 0-0 /0 :56 DND -0 / 0: /- 7:4 0-0 /- 9: /- :4 0-0 / :05 May 6 Vs CHI 0-0 0/ :55 DND 0-0 0/0 : /0 8:50 - / 0:05 0- / 9: 0-0 0/0 0:57 Date Opp. ZUCKER DOWELL VEILLEUX 9 SUTER 0 BRODZIAK NIEDERREITER Apr COL INJ MIN 0-0 / 6:48-0 /- : -0 /- 9:59 0-0/0 :57 0-0/- 9: Apr COL INJ MIN 0-0 0/0 6:07 0-6/0 7: /0 0:5 0-0 /- 6:4 0-0 /0 5:8 Apr Vs COL INJ MIN DND 0-0 5/0 :56 DND 0-0 /0 9: /0 4:5 Apr 4 Vs COL INJ DND DND 0-0 /- 0:8 0-0 /0 8:4 0-0 /- :07 SUS Apr COL INJ DND DND 0-0 /- : -0 / :0 0-0 /- : SUS Apr 8 Vs COL INJ DND DND 0- / 6:4 0-0 /0 0:7 0-0 /0 :07 SUS Apr COL INJ DND 0-0 0/0 7:9 0-0 / 9:7 0- / 6:4 - (W) 5/ 6:00 SUS CHI INJ DND 0-0 /0 8: /- 5: -0 /- 5:5 0-0 /0 :7 SUS May CHI INJ DND DND 0-0 /- 7:5 0-0 /- 6:7 0-0 /0 4:58 SUS May 6 Vs CHI INJ DND DND 0-0/ 6: 0-0 /0 :4 0- / 7:7 SUS COOKE 4 Date Opp. BRODIN 5 MOULSON 6 RUPP POMINVILLE 9 PROSSER 9 MCMILLAN SPURGEON 46 Apr COL 0- /- :5 0-0 /0 6:04 DND 0-0 6/- :4 0-0 / 4: MIN 0-0 /- 9:7 Apr COL 0-0 /0 7: 0-0 /0 5:7 DND 0-0 /0 0: /0 :7 MIN 0-0 /- :0 Apr Vs COL 0-0 /0 6:4 0-0 /0 5:09 DND 0- / 8:5 0-0 / 0:9 MIN 0-0 /0 : Apr 4 Vs COL 0-0 0/- 0: /0 6:04 DND 0- / 5:5 0-0 /0 0: DND -0 5/ 4:0 Apr COL 0-0 / :55-0 5/0 7:7 DND 0- /- 8: /0 :59 DND 0- / :40 Apr 8 Vs COL 0-0 / 4: /0 5:5 DND - / 6: 0-0 0/0 :5 DND 0-0 / :0 Apr COL 0- / :46 0- / 6:48 DND 0-0 /- 9: /0 5:0 DND -0 / 5:4 CHI 0-0 /0 6: /- 4:4 DND 0- /0 7:8 0-0 / 7:45 DND 0-0 0/- :54 May CHI 0-0 0/0 0:9 0-0 /- :4 DND 0-0 0/- 5: /0 0:4 DND 0-0 0/- 4:48 May 6 Vs CHI 0-0 0/ : 0- / 9:6 DND 0- / 7:0 DND DND 0-0 0/ 4: Date Opp. HAULA 56 GRANLUND 64 KAMPFER BRYZGALOV 0 GUSTAFSSON BACKSTROM Apr COL -0 / 9: /0 6:9 MIN 5/L 67 MIN INJ DNP Apr COL 0-0 /0 :0 0-0 /0 7:50 MIN /4L MIN INJ DND Apr Vs COL 0-0 /0 7:58-0 (W) 7/ 9:4 MIN DNP MIN INJ DND Apr 4 Vs COL 0-0 /- 6: 0- / 7:48 DND DNP DND INJ DND Apr COL 0-0 /- 5:5 0- /0 8:4 DND DNP DND INJ DND Apr 8 Vs COL 0- / 5:4-0 / 8:0 DND DNP DND INJ DND Apr COL 0-0 /- :4 0- /0 0:5 DND 0/W DND DND DND CHI 0- /- 5: 0-0 / 5:04 DND 4/L 60 MIN DND DNP May CHI 0- / :7 0-0 /- 7:04 DND /L 59 MIN DND DNP May 6 Vs CHI -0 (W) / : -0 4/ 9: DND 0/9W 60 MIN DND DNP CURRY Date Opp. KUEMPER 5 HARDING Apr COL DND INJ Apr COL 0/4 6 INJ Apr Vs COL 0/W 65 INJ Apr 4 Vs COL /W 60 INJ Apr COL 4/5L 6 INJ Apr 8 Vs COL /W 60 INJ Apr COL 4/ 5 INJ CHI INJ INJ May CHI INJ DND May 6 Vs CHI INJ DND

13 Minnesota Wild: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Mike Yeo Mike Yeo was named the Minnesota Wild s third Head Coach on June 7, 0. He has led the Wild to the Stanley Cup Playoffs the last two seasons after a five-year absence. Minnesota has posted a record of (.55) during his three seasons as Head Coach. Yeo, the youngest Head Coach in the NHL, helped lead the Wild s previous primary affiliate, the Houston Aeros, to a record and the Calder Cup Final in his first season as a Head Coach in 00-. The Aeros led the Western Conference and ranked third in the AHL with 46 regular season wins after it did not qualify for the playoffs in 00. Yeo served as an Assistant Coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins (005-0). During his tenure in Pittsburgh, the Penguins claimed the Atlantic Division title, advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and won the 009 Stanley Cup championship. He joined the Penguins coaching staff when Michel Therrien was named Head Coach on Dec. 5, : Ilya Bryzgalov (G) 6' ", lbs. / Jun, 980 ( years and 0 months) IHL-yah breez-gah-lahf Drafted: selected by Anaheim in the second round (44th overall) of 000 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from Edmonton in exchange for a fourth round pick in 04 NHL Entry Draft th NHL / st MIN Season Last Win: APR 8, 04 vs BOSTON () Last SO: APR 7, WINNIPEG () GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp Playoff Highs: Shots Saves 6 4/7 vs. COL 4/7 vs. COL *Stopped all 9 shots faced in Game vs. CHI (5/6). 4th career playoff shutout and nd in Wild franchise history *Made one save in :5 of relief in Game 7 vs. COL (4/0). nd goaltender in Stanley Cup history to win a Game 7 in relief (Fuhr, 4//84) *Member of Anaheim s 007 Stanley Cup Championship team *Recorded 49:5 shutout streak (5/-5/9/06), second-longest streak in NHL playoff history 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *7-- with a.00 GAA,.96 SV%, SO in starts with Wild with a.99 GAA,.9 SV% and SO in last 5 starts (/7-4/) *Recorded back-to-back shutouts (4/5, 4/7) - shutout streak snapped at 45:5 vs. BOS (4/8) *Stopped all shots faced in first start of season at NSH (/8) *Since ranks rd in games played (97), T-rd in shutouts () and 5th in wins (96) amongst active goalies : Niklas Backstrom (G) (*Injured) 6' ", 97 lbs. / Feb, 978 (6 years and months) Drafted: not drafted Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as a free agent (6//06) 8th NHL / 8th MIN Season Last Win: JAN 9, PHOENIX () Last SO: APR 7, COLUMBUS () Playoff Highs: Shots Saves HIGHLIGHTS *Stopped 8-of-9 shots in relief at COL (/0)...first action since starting vs. COL (/) *Made season-high 9 saves in 4- win at PHX (/9) *Returned to action and made season-high 7 saves and -of-4 in shootout win at WPG (/) *Made saves for first win of season at CHI (0/6) *Missed 9 games due to injury. Out for remainder of season after core muscle surgery (/5) GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp

14 : John Curry (G) 5' ", 85 lbs. / Feb 7, 984 (0 years and months) Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as a free agent on Feb. 7, 04 nd NHL / st MIN Season Last Win: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS () Last SO: Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - - *First trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp HIGHLIGHTS *Made career-high and Wild season-high 4 saves in team debut vs. STL (4/0). First NHL win since //08 vs. NYI. Previous NHL start was at VAN (/6/0) *Was 5th Wild goalie to start a game against St. Louis this season *Served as backup at CHI (4/) to become seventh goalie to dress in a game for Minnesota this season *7-9- with a.6 GAA and a.90 SV% in 9 games with Iowa (AHL) *0--0 with a.66 GAA and a.97 SV% in games with Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) 5: Darcy Kuemper (G) 6' 5", 05 lbs. / May 5, 990 (4 years) KEHM-puhr Drafted: by Minnesota in sixth round (6st overall) of 009 NHL Draft nd NHL / nd MIN Season Last Win: MAR, 04 vs NY RANGERS (5) Last SO: FEB 7, EDMONTON (0) Playoff Highs: Shots Saves 5 4/6 vs. COL 4/6 vs. COL GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Suffered upper-body injury in Game 7 at COL (4/0) *One of five goalies since 967 to give up one goal in his first two playoff starts (Wild Goalie Coach Bob Mason is also one) *Allowed nd period goal in Game 4 to snap playoff shutout streak at 8:07 dating back to last season *Stopped all shots faced in first playoff start in Game vs. COL (4/) - first shutout in franchise history *First NHL goaltender to record a shutout in his first postseason start since Jonas Hiller (4/6/09). First rookie since Andrew Raycroft (4/7/04) *Stopped all 4 shots faced in 6:0 of relief in Game at COL (4/9) *Made relief appearances in Game 4 and Game 5 of 0 series vs. Chicago 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Set team records for rookie goalie with 6 consecutive starts (/-/8), wins and SO *-8-4 with a.8 GAA,.9 SV% and SO in 4 starts since recall (/) *Missed 7 games with upper-body injury

15 7: Josh Harding (G) (*Injured) 6' ", 94 lbs. / Jun 8, 984 (9 years and 0 months) Drafted: by Minnesota in second round (8th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft 8th NHL / 8th MIN Season Last Win: DEC 7, 0 vs VANCOUVER () Last SO: DEC, 0 vs PHILADELPHIA (7) Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked st in NHL with 65 GAA and.9 SV%. Set career-highs in wins, shutouts, shutout streak, GAA and SV% *Nominated by Twin Cities chapter of PHWA for Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (4/8) - 0 winner *Went 4--0 with a.57 GAA,.94 SV% and three shutouts in 7 games at Xcel Energy Center *Named NHL's Third Star for November after going 8-- with a.88 GAA,.96 SV% and one shutout in games ( starts). First Wild player to be named a Star of the Month. Named NHL s Third Star (/8) *Went 9-0- with a.9 GAA and a.945 SV% in -game span (0/9-/7/) *Missed three game with lower-body injury (0/6, /, /5) and final 44 games with illness (/9-/7, /-4/) *Started all five games for Minnesota in 0 playoff series against Chicago. Named starter after warm-ups of Game *Made NHL playoff debut in relief effort in Game 4 of Western Conference Quarterfinal at COL (4/5/08) and stopped all shots faced in third period : Keith Ballard (D) 5' ", 99 lbs. / Nov 6, 98 ( years and 5 months) Drafted: Selected th overall by Buffalo in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (7/5/) 9th NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: FEB, CALGARY (9) Last Assist: JAN 0, COLORADO (0) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /6 vs. CHI 5/6 vs. CHI *Third trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Made 04 playoff debut in Game vs. CHI (5/6) and skated :6 and recorded two hits *Appeared in 0 playoff games with Vancouver in 0 including Game 4 of Stanley Cup Final at BOS (4/8/) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Season-high + at EDM (/7) *Notched game-tying goal with 4:05 left in regulation, skated season-high 0:55 and tied season-high with shots at CGY (/) *Had season-high PIM, including two fighting major for first time in his career at PIT (/9) *Registered season-high five hits at COL (/4) *Missed 6 games with upper-body injury (0/5-0/8, /7-/5) and final 4 games of regular season with lower-body injury

16 : Charlie Coyle (C) 6' ", lbs. / Mar, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: by San Jose in first round (8th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from San Jose with Devin Setoguchi and a 0 first round pick (Zack Phillips) in exchange for Brent Burns and a 0 second round pick on June 4, 0 nd NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: APR 7, WINNIPEG () Last Assist: APR 5, 04 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x 6x x 4/ vs. COL 4/4 vs. COL x 4/8 vs. COL *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *rd on team in hits, T-4th in scoring *Recorded GWG on power-play in Game 4 vs. COL (4/4) *Tallied a goal in first two games vs. COL including first career playoff goal in Game at COL (4/7) *Had two assists and shots in NHL playoff debut last season vs. Chicago 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked rd on team in hits (08) *0 points (5-5=0) in last games *Had a career-high -game goal streak (-=4, /-/6) *Tallied two goals in 40 seconds in nd period vs. COL (/). First multi-goal game of career and fastest two goals scored by Wild player at home *Missed games with knee sprain (0/8-0/8, /) 4: Clayton Stoner (D) 6' 4", 6 lbs. / Feb 9, 985 (9 years and months) Drafted: by Minnesota in third round (79th overall) of 004 NHL Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th MIN Season Last Goal: MAR 8, NY ISLANDERS () Last Assist: JAN 4, 04 vs WASHINGTON (5) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. CHI 5/4 vs. CHI x 4/8 vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL x 5/ vs. CHI 4x *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Leads team in hits and PIM, T-nd in plus/minus rating *Tallied a point in Game and against Chicago for first career playoff point streak (-=) *Notched first career playoff goal and team-high 6 hits in Game at CHI (5/) *Recorded an assist in Game at CHI (4/0/) and missed remainder of series with lower-body injury 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Led team in PIM (84) and fourth in hits (99) *Notched first goal of season at NYI (/8) *Skated in 00th NHL game at NYR (/) *Skated season-high 0:57, registered hits, blocked shots and an assist vs. NSH (0/) *Missed 5 games with lower-body injury (/9, /-/, /-4/0)

17 6: Marco Scandella (D) 6' ", 07 lbs. / Feb, 990 (4 years and months) skan-dehl-a Drafted: by Minnesota in second round (55th overall) of 008 NHL Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th MIN Season Last Goal: JAN, NASHVILLE () Last Assist: MAR 0, NEW JERSEY () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : x 4/7 vs. COL x 5/6 vs. CHI x 4/9 vs. COL x *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *T-rd on team in blocked shots * shots, hits and blocked shots in Game at CHI (5/) *Tallied empty net goal in Game 6 vs. COL (4/8), shorthanded goal in Game at COL (4/9), assist in Game at COL (4/7) *Led team defensemen in scoring with two points (-=) and ranked T-rd in blocked shots in 0 series vs. Chicago 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *4th on team in blocked shots (0), T-5th in plus-minus (+0) *Skated season-high 5:00 at LA (/7) *Appeared in 00th career NHL game vs. MTL (/) *Suffered sprained knee vs. TB (/4) and missed three games 7: Jonathon Blum (D) 6' ", 88 lbs. / Jan 0, 989 (5 years and months) Drafted: Nashville's first choice (rd overall) in the 007 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (July, 0) 4th NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: FEB 8, COLORADO (4) Last Assist: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Ranked fourth amongst Nashville defensemen in TOI/game (8:5) in 0 playoffs *Recorded an assist in first NHL playoff game Game vs. ANA (4//) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Tallied assist for first point with Wild and skated season-high 6: vs. STL (4/0) *Played in 00th career NHL game at LA (/) *Made Wild debut at PHX (/9), skated :56 and attempted five shots *Tallied 9 points (7-=9), including six PPG in 54 games with Iowa (AHL) *Named Iowa Wild AHL Man of the Year award for outstanding contributions to the Des Moines community

18 8: Cody McCormick (C) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Apr 8, 98 ( years) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (44th overall) of 00 Entry Draft. Acquired: from Buffalo with Matt Moulson in exchange for Torrey Mitchell and nd Round picks in 04, 06 NHL Entry Draft (/5/4) 0th NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: APR 5, 04 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: APR 5, 04 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs. CHI 5/4 vs. CHI 4/9 vs. COL 5/6 vs. CHI x 5/4 vs. CHI x *Fourth trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *nd on team in PIM, 4th in hits *Game-high 4 hits in Game vs. CHI (5/6) *Recorded second career playoff goal in Game at CHI (5/4) and game-high 6 hits *Scored first career playoff goal in Game of 0 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal at PHI (4/6/) *Made NHL playoff debut in Game of Western Conference Semifinal at DET (4/4/08). Recorded first career playoff point (assist) and fighting major in Game at DET (4/6/08) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Tallied two points (-=), + and 7 PIM in 4 games with Minnesota *Skated season-high 5:5 vs. STL (4/0) *Missed two games with leg injury (0/9-0/), 8 games with upper-body injury (/4-/0, /7-/6) 9: Mikko Koivu (C) 6' ", lbs. / Mar, 98 ( years and month) MEE-koh KOY-voo Drafted: by Minnesota in first round (6th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft 9th NHL / 9th MIN Season Last Goal: APR 5, 04 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: APR, 04 vs NASHVILLE Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. COL x x 4x 4/ vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL x 4/8 vs. COL *Fourth trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *st in NHL in faceoffs won, 6th in faceoff % *Registered two assists in Game 6 vs. COL (4/8) *Won franchise record 9 faceoffs in Game vs. COL (4/) *Had two assists and five shots in Game at COL (4/9) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Led NHL with 4 assists, T-nd with 7 pts from March 8 to April *Led team in assists, rd in scoring *T-7th in TOI/game amongst NHL forwards, th in faceoff win % *Recorded three assists and season-best + at NYI (/8) to become Wild's all-time leading scorer *Missed 7 games with ankle fracture suffered vs. WSH (/4)

19 : Zach Parise (L) 5' ", 97 lbs. / Jul 8, 984 (9 years and 9 months) pah-ree-see Drafted: New Jersey's st choice, 7th overall, in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as free agent by Minnesota (7/4/) 9th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: APR, 04 vs NASHVILLE Last Assist: APR 8, 04 vs BOSTON () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /8 vs. COL x 4/8 vs. COL x 4/7 vs. COL 4/ vs. COL 4/9 vs. COL 4/8 vs. COL *Eighth trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *nd in NHL in scoring and assists, T-rd in shots *Career best 6-game point streak (-7=0) in Games -6 vs. COL. 0 pts new career-high in playoff series *Tallied franchise record and career-high 4 pts (-=4) including GWG in Game 6 vs. COL (4/8). Scored 49 seconds into contest to set franchise record for fastest goal to start game *Established career best 4-game assist streak in Games -4 (0-5=5) *Captained New Jersey to 0 Stanley Cup Finals, posting 5 points (8-7=5). Ranked T-st in goals and T-6th in playoff scoring 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *4th in NHL with 4 PPG, 9th in TOI/game amongst forwards, T-nd in shots and goals *Recorded 500th career point with first of two assists vs. PIT (4/5)...56th active player to reach milestone *Tallied goal and averaged 8:9 in TOI/game as Team USA captain at Olympics *Missed 5 games with foot contusion (/7, /-/ 4: Justin Fontaine (R) 5' 0", 77 lbs. / Nov 6, 987 (6 years and 6 months) Drafted: not drafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (4/9/) st NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: MAR 8, NY ISLANDERS (0) Last Assist: APR, CHICAGO (4) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp :56 + 5/6 vs. CHI 5/6 vs. CHI 5/4 vs. CHI 4/4 vs. COL x x 5/6 vs. CHI *Tallied primary assist on GWG in Game vs. CHI (5/6) for first career playoff point *Skated 0:8 in NHL playoff debut in Game vs. COL (4/) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Had four points (-=4) in 5 games vs. Chicago *T-th in goals amongst NHL rookies...4th on team in goals *Recorded hat trick at PHX (/9), including first PPG of career to become first rookie in Wild history to score three goals in game *Collected first career NHL goal seconds into game to set franchise record for fastest Wild goal to start a game vs. DAL (Ellis, 0/)...goal matched the NHL s record for fastest first career goal (Rick Boh, North Stars,988)

20 5: Dany Heatley (L) 6' 4", 0 lbs. / Jan, 98 ( years and months) Drafted: by Atlanta in first round (nd overall) of 000 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from San Jose in exchange for Martin Havlat (7//) th NHL / rd MIN Season Last Goal: FEB 7, EDMONTON (6) Last Assist: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. COL x 4/0 vs. COL x 4/0 vs. COL 4/6 vs. COL 4/8 vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL *Seventh trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Leads team and ranks T-rd in NHL in plus/minus rating *Set career high with + rating in Game 7 at COL (4/0) and tied career best with pts (-=) *Led team with four hits in Game 6 vs. COL (4/8) *Collected two assists and team-best + rating in Game 5 at COL (4/6) *Missed 0 playoffs with upper-body injury *Ranked tied for first in playoff scoring with points (7-5=) in 0 games helping lead Ottawa to the 007 Stanley Cup Final 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Skated season-high :9 at COL (/0) *Skated in 800th career NHL game vs. CHI (0/8) *Since entering NHL in 00, ranks second in PPG, T-4th in GWG, fifth in goals, th in points and th in shots 6: Jason Zucker (L) (*Injured) 5' ", 88 lbs. / Jan 6, 99 ( years and months) zook-er Drafted: by Minnesota in second round (59th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft rd NHL / rd MIN Season Last Goal: JAN 6, 04 vs EDMONTON (6) Last Assist: FEB 4, 04 vs TAMPA BAY () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season 4--5 Career Career vs. Opp HIGHLIGHTS *Recorded first assist of season vs. TB (/4) *Had four goals and +6 rating in January games *Tallied goal eight seconds into third period vs. EDM (/6) to set franchise record for fastest goal to start a period *Notched season-best + rating (tied career-high) vs. COL (/), at NSH (/) and vs. EDM (/6) *Recorded goal vs. WSH (/4)...first career GWG and PPG *Matched career-high with six shots and logged second-highest TOI of his career (6:48) at WPG (/) * points (8-5=) and 55 PIM in games with Iowa *Ranked first on team in shots (80), T-st with four PPGs and T-nd in goals at time of last recall (/) *Will miss rest of season after surgery to repair a tendon in left quadriceps (/5)

21 9: Stephane Veilleux (L) 6' ", 00 lbs. / Nov 6, 98 ( years and 5 months) steph-awn vay-ooh Drafted: Minnesota's 4th choice (rd round), 9rd overall, in 00 Entry Draft. Acquired: from New Jersey along with D Kurtis Foster, RW Nick Palmieri, 0 second round pick and conditional third round pick in 0 in exchange for Marek Zidicky (/4/) 9th NHL / 8th MIN Season Last Goal: APR 5, 04 vs PITTSBURGH () Last Assist: APR, CHICAGO (7) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp :56 + x 5/ vs. CHI x x 4/7 vs. COL *Fourth trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Set franchise playoff record with 5 PIM in Game 4 of 008 Western Conference Quarterfinal at COL (4/5/08) *Skated in two playoff games with Minnesota in 0-, six contests in and five matches in HIGHLIGHTS *Skated season-high :04 vs. DAL (/) *Tallied goal at WPG (/7)...previous NHL goal was at ATL (//0) *Recorded 4 points (5-9=4) and PIM in 4 games with Iowa (AHL 0: Ryan Suter (D) 6' ", 00 lbs. / Jan, 985 (9 years and months) SOO-tuhr Drafted: Nashville's first round pick (7th overall) in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as free agent (7/4/) 9th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: APR 8, 04 vs BOSTON () Last Assist: APR, CHICAGO (5) Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /7 vs. COL 4/8 vs. COL 4/8 vs. COL x 4/ vs. COL 4/9 vs. COL 5/4 vs. CHI 4/0 vs. COL *Seventh trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Leads NHL defensemen in shots, rd in TOI/game *T-st on team in blocked shots, 5th in hits *Recorded two assists in Game 6 vs. COL (4/8) *nd on team in blocked shots. Led team with 5 blocked shots in Game 5 at COL (4/6) and 4 in Game 7 *Assist and game-high 6 shots in Game at COL (4/9) *Skated a franchise record 4:08 TOI in Game of Western Conference Quarterfinal at CHI (4/0/). Led NHL in TOI/game during 0 playoffs (:7) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Led NHL in TOI/game (9:4). Total TOI was most since Brian Leetch in Skated at least 0 minutes 7 times *Recorded first career hat trick vs. WSH (/4) including PPGs in 4 seconds...first Wild defensemen to record hat trick and score twice in less than a minute *Totaled 08:9 in game span (/7-) - most by NHL player since TOI started being tracked in (Elias)...top TOI in his career *Skated career-high, franchise record 6:5 at WSH (/7)

22 : Kyle Brodziak (C) 6' ", 08 lbs. / May 5, 984 (9 years and months) BRAWD-zee-ak Drafted: by Edmonton in the seventh round (4th overall) of 00 Entry Draft Acquired: from Edmonton along with a 6th round pick in 009 Entry Draft in exchange for a 4th and 5th round pick in 009 Entry Draft 9th NHL / 5th MIN Season Last Goal: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS Last Assist: MAR 8, NY ISLANDERS () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp :59 + x 4/0 vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL 4/9 vs. COL 4/7 vs. COL 4/6 vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL 4/0 vs. COL *Second trip to Stanley Cup Playoffs *Recorded assists including primary assist on GWG and + in Game 7 at COL (4/0) to set career highs for pts and +/- in playoff game *Recorded first career playoff goal in Game at COL (4/7) *Tallied two assists in five games in NHL playoff debut against Chicago in 0 Western Conference Quarterfinal 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked st on team in shorthanded TOI/game, nd in PIM *Tallied assist for 00th career point vs. CHI (/) *Appeared in 500th career game at ANA (/) *Missed final game of season with injury to snap games played streak at : Nino Niederreiter (R) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Sep 8, 99 ( years and 8 months) NEE-noh nee-duhr-righ-tuhr Drafted: by the New York Islanders in first round (5th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from the New York Islanders in exchange for Cal Clutterbuck and a 0 third-round draft pick (Eamon McAam) on June 0, 0 rd NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS () Last Assist: APR 0, 04 vs ST. LOUIS () Playoffs Career Playoffs Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. COL x 4/0 vs. COL x 5/6 vs. CHI 4/0 vs. COL x 4/0 vs. COL *nd on team in hits *Skated playof high 7:7 in Game vs. CHI (5/6) and recorded an assist *Recorded pts (-=) including GWG in OT in Game 7 at COL (4/0) *rd player in NHL history to register first two postseason goals in Game 7 (Jiri Hrdina, Adam Henrique - Elias Sports Bureau) *nd youngest player in Stanley Cup Playoffs history to record an overtime goal in Game 7 (Claude Lemieux, 0) *4th youngest player in NHL history to record pts in Game 7 *Tallied assist and 5 hits in first career playoff game in Game at COL (4/7) 0-4 HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked nd on team in hits, rd in goals, 5th in shots *Was + and averaged 7:05 in TOI/game in 4 games for Switzerland at Olympics *Recorded career-highs with 8: in TOI at COL (/0), 5 shots at WPG (/), 7 hits at OTT (/0) and at COL (/0)