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Minnesota Wild

Location: St. Paul, Minn. | Arena: Xcel Energy Center (18,064) | GM: Chuck Fletcher | Coach: Todd Richards | Stanley Cups: 0
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Goalies
Niklas Backstrom
Josh Harding

Defensemen
Kim Johnsson Marek Zidlicky Shane Hnidy Brent Burns	Nick Schultz Greg Zanon John Scott

Left Wings
Andrew Brunette
James Sheppard
Robbie Earl
Derek Boogaard
Guillaume Latendresse

Centers
Mikko Koivu
Andrew Ebbett
Kyle Brodziak
Eric Belanger
Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Right Wings
Antti Miettinen
Owen Nolan
Chuck Kobasew
Cal Clutterbuck
Martin Havlat
Danny Irmen
Petr Sykora

Last Updated: Nov 25

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	Josh Harding, # 37
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	W-L-OT	SO	SV%	GAA
	5	1-3-0	0	.861	3.41

News
Wild G Josh Harding picked up his first win of the season in Saturday's 3-2 shootout victory over the Avalanche.

	Danny Irmen, # 40
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	2	0	0	0	-1	0

	Greg Zanon, # 6
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	1	3	4	-1	10

News
Wild D Greg Zanon tallied two assists and finished at plus-2 during Friday's game against the Avalanche. It was his first points in seven games.

	Nick Schultz, # 55
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	1	3	4	-8	8

	Marek Zidlicky, # 3
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	24	2	11	13	-1	23

Injuries
Lower body - Questionable for Dec. 2 vs. Nashville (Updated - 11/29/09)
News
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Wild D Marek Zidlicky (lower body) was absent from practice on Monday.

	Antti Miettinen, # 20
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	22	3	6	9	-2	14

Injuries
Illness - Questionable for Dec. 2 vs. Nashville (Updated - 11/29/09)
News
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Wild RW Antti Miettinen, who reportedly had the swine flu, was back at practice Monday.

	Robbie Earl, # 38
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	7	2	0	2	-1	2

	Derek Boogaard, # 24
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	17	0	1	1	-7	13

	Kim Johnsson, # 5
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	18	2	2	4	-4	8

	Guillaume Latendresse, # 48
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	3	1	4	-4	4

News
Guillaume Latendresse, acquired Monday for Benoit Pouliot, played his first game for Minnesota during Friday's tilt with the Avalanche. He had no points in 14:09 of ice time and finished at minus-1.

	Martin Havlat, # 14
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	19	2	6	8	-14	2

Injuries
Hamstring - IR. Might return for Dec. 2 vs. Nashville (Updated - 11/30/09)
News
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Wild RW Martin Havlat (hamstring) returned to practice on Monday. "I'd like to play Wednesday," said Havlat.

	Cal Clutterbuck, # 22
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	20	4	1	5	-1	10

	Owen Nolan, # 11
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	7	5	12	-1	8

News
Wild RW Owen Nolan scored a goal and finished at plus-1 during Friday's game against the Avalanche. Nolan scored on a rebound in the first period. It was his seventh goal and fourth in seven games.

	John Scott, # 36
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	19	1	0	1	-1	27

	James Sheppard, # 51
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	23	0	3	3	-4	8

News
The Sports Xchange reports twenty-three games now and Wild center James Sheppard has yet to score a goal during a season he was supposed to break out under a new offensive-minded coach. This is why left wing Colton Gillies, who played 45 games last season as a 19-year-old, is in the minors. The Wild doesn't want Gillies to follow in Sheppard's footsteps. "I told him after camp, 'Don't sit by the phone whenever there's an injury and wait for a call-up,'" Wild GM Chuck Fletcher said. "We don't want to just bring him up for a game here or two games there and send him down. We think mentally that would be even harder on him. The goal has been for him to go down there, get a lot of ice time, play special teams and play in a lot more situations than he could here at this stage of his career. When he comes back, we want him to have a real good chance to be here for the rest of his career."

	Andrew Brunette, # 15
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	9	10	19	-2	6

News
Wild LW Andrew Brunette scored a goal, tallied an assist and finished at minus-1 during Friday's game against the Avalanche. Brunette scored the winning goal on a power play midway through the third period Friday, leading the Wild past the Avalanche 5-3. Brunette finally broke through after taking a pass across the crease from Mikko Koivu and lifting the puck over a sprawled Craig Anderson. It was his team-leading ninth goal and sixth on the power play.

	Chuck Kobasew, # 12
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	21	4	3	7	-3	10

News
Chuck Kobasew had a hat trick and Andrew Brunette scored the winning goal on a power midway through the third period Friday, leading the Minnesota Wild past the Colorado Avalanche 5-3. In his second game back after missing the previous four with an upper-body injury, Kobasew set up his first goal early in the second. He knocked Kyle Quincey off the puck -- and his skates -- with a hit in the right circle. Enforcer Derek Boogaard corralled the loose puck, skated below the goal line and backhanded a pass to Kobasew alone in the slot where he beat Craig Anderson on the stick side. After Paul Stastny scored on a rebound to tie the game, Kobasew took a feed from Andrew Brunette and again beat Anderson from the slot for a 3-2 Wild lead at the six-minute mark. Kobasew added an empty-net goal with 17.9 seconds left to complete his second career hat trick.

	Mikko Koivu, # 9
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	6	18	24	-3	12

News
Wild C Mikko Koivu tallied a trio of assists and finished at plus-1 during Friday's game against the Avalanche. He has one goal and six assists in his last five games. He has 18 helpers on the season.

	Shane Hnidy, # 34
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	24	0	6	6	-1	39

	Brent Burns, # 8
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	21	2	8	10	-11	18

Injuries
Concussion - IR. Out until at least early December (Updated - 11/27/09)
News
The Minnesota Wild have placed right wing Martin Havlat and defenseman Brent Burns on injured reserve. Burns has been feeling the effects from a concussion and also had an illness this week. Havlat has been hampered by a hamstring injury.

	Petr Sykora, # 17
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	10	2	1	3	-2	6

Injuries
Concussion - IR. Out indefinitely (Updated - 11/18/09)

	Niklas Backstrom, # 32
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	W-L-OT	SO	SV%	GAA
	21	9-9-3	0	.910	2.59

News
Niklas Backstrom stopped 31 shots for Minnesota during a 5-3 win against the Avalanche on Friday. The game was tied at 3-all heading into the third before Backstrom made eight saves during a scoreless final period as Minnesota rallied for the win. Backstrom has won two of his last three outings.

	Pierre-Marc Bouchard, # 96
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	1	0	0	0	0	2

Injuries
Head - IR. Out indefinitely (Updated - 10/16/09)

	Kyle Brodziak, # 21
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	4	4	8	-1	6

	Andrew Ebbett, # 16
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	15	2	0	2	-2	2

News
The Sports Xchange reports Wild C Andrew Ebbett, playing for his third team in six weeks, knows he's running out of lives. He can't afford to be put on waivers again. "I'm definitely very thankful to have this opportunity, but now I've got to make the best of it," said Ebbett, who started the season in Anaheim and ended up in Chicago. "If it happens again, I don't know if too many teams take that chance. It's desperation-mode for me, and I've got to be the best of this so it doesn't happen again." He scored his first career shootout goal on his first-ever attempt Saturday.

	Eric Belanger, # 25
	YEAR-TO-DATE STATS
	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
	25	5	10	15	-1	10

News
Wild C Eric Belanger scored a goal and finished at plus-1 during Saturday's game against the Avalanche. Belanger scored 57 seconds into the second period as he beat Craig Anderson on a wrister. It was his fifth goal and first in 11 November games.