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MINNESOTA WILD TO PARTICIPATE IN 2016 NHL PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 16-20

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club will participate in the 2016 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 16-20. Wild prospects will compete in the tournament’s Ted Lindsay Division with the Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars and New York Rangers. The Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues will play in the Gordie Howe Division. Minnesota’s roster features 13 Wild draft picks: C Christoph Bertschy (2012, 6th round), D Gustav Bouramman (2015, 7th round), D Braydyn Chizen (2016, 7th round), C Joel Eriksson Ek (2015, 1st round), C Adam Gilmour (2012, 4th round), RW Pavel Jenys (2014, 7th round), C Chase Lang (2014, 6th round), LW Mario Lucia (2011, 2nd round), G Stephen Michalek (2011, 6th round), D Gustav Olofsson (2013, 2nd round), D Nick Seeler (2011, 5th round), RW Dmitry Sokolov (2016, 7th round) and RW Alex Tuch (2014, 1st round) along with 2016 free-agent signings LW Sam Anas and G Adam Vay. Iowa Wild Head Coach Derek Lalonde, Associate Coach David Cunniff and Assistant Coach Pascal Rheaume will lead the Wild prospects. Fans can visit www.wild.com for tournament updates including reports from Assistant General Manager Brent Flahr.Minnesota is set to open its 2016 Training Camp on Friday, Sept. 23. A complete training camp schedule and roster will be announced prior to the start of training camp.

2016 MINNESOTA WILD TRAVERSE CITY PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT ROSTER FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2015-16 TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 43 Mario Lucia 6-3 200 Left 8/25/93 Fairbanks, Alaska Notre Dame HE 37 12 12 24 12 EN/11 47 Christoph Bertschy 5-10 189 Right 4/5/94 Fribourg, Switzerland Houston AHL 72 11 24 35 46 EN/12 48 Sam Anas 5-8 163 Right 6/1/93 Potomac, Maryland Quinnipiac ECAC 43 24 26 50 18 FA/16 49 Alex Petan 5-9 176 Right 5/2/92 Delta, British Columbia Michigan Tech WCHA 36 18 15 33 22 INVITEE 53 Alex Tuch 6-4 222 Right 5/10/96 Syracuse, New York Boston College HE 40 18 16 34 33 EN/14 54 Joel Eriksson Ek 6-2 198 Left 1/29/97 Karlstad, Sweden Farjestads BK Sweden 41 9 6 15 18 EN/15 57 Adam Gilmour 6-4 192 Right 1/29/94 Albany, New York Boston College HE 41 12 14 26 16 EN/12 65 Nick Saracino 5-11 193 Left 2/20/92 St. Louis, Missouri Providence College HE 38 11 21 32 16 INVITEE 67 Tanner Jeannot 6-2 208 Left 5/29/97 Oxbow, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw WHL 72 17 16 33 65 INVITEE 71 Keegan Iverson 6-1 227 Right 4/5/96 St. Louis Park, Minnesota Portland WHL 55 11 18 29 58 INVITEE 73 Cody Bradley 5-11 184 Left 5/26/94 Tampa, Florida Colorado College NCHC 36 7 8 15 30 INVITEE 74 Dmitry Sokolov 5-11 221 Left 4/14/98 Omsk, Russia Sudbury OHL 68 30 22 52 13 EN/16 76 Chase Lang 6-1 191 Right 9/13/96 Nanaimo, British Columbia Calgary/Vancouver WHL 69 27 36 63 76 EN/14 81 Pavel Jenys 6-3 202 Left 4/2/96 Brno, Czech Republic Sudbury/Niagara OHL 66 15 22 37 36 EN/14 83 Parker Bowles 6-0 182 Left 1/25/95 Kelowna, British Columbia Tri-City WHL 72 39 57 96 63 INVITEE DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2015-16 TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 23 Gustav Olofsson 6-3 197 Left 12/1/94 Boras, Sweden Iowa AHL 52 2 15 17 12 EN/13 38 Gustav Bouramman 6-0 189 Right 1/24/97 Stockholm, Sweden Sault Ste. Marie OHL 68 6 40 46 43 EN/15 72 Nick Seeler 6-2 192 Left 6/3/93 Eden Prairie, Minnesota U. Minnesota Big Ten 36 0 10 10 43 EN/11 75 Braydyn Chizen 6-9 195 Right 5/9/98 St. Albert, Alberta Kelowna WHL 45 1 1 2 40 EN/16 78 Nolan Zajac 5-11 180 Left 8/1/92 Winnipeg, Manitoba U. Denver NCHC 41 3 17 20 16 INVITEE 79 Hunter Warner 6-4 221 Right 9/21/95 Eden Prairie, Minnesota Prince Albert WHL 72 3 18 21 78 FA/14 82 Blake Heinrich 5-11 199 Left 2/17/95 Cambridge, Minnesota Portland WHL 70 10 21 31 118 INVITEE GOALTENDERS HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2015-16 TEAM LEAGUE GPI W-L-OT SO GAA SV% ACQ 50 Stephen Michalek 6-2 205 Left 8/6/93 Hartford, Connecticut Quad City ECHL 24 12-8-4 2 2.42 .924 EN/11 Iowa AHL 14 7-5-2 0 2.63 .910 70 Adam Vay 6-5 228 Left 3/22/94 Budapest, Hungary Debreceni HK MOL 39 - - - 2 2.77 .927 FA/16

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2016 TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE*

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 2:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Minnesota 3:00 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Carolina 6:00 p.m. Chicago vs. St. Louis 6:30 p.m. Columbus vs. Detroit

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

2:30 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Dallas 3:00 p.m. Detroit vs. Chicago 6:00 p.m. Carolina vs. Minnesota

6:30 p.m. St. Louis vs. Columbus

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2:00 p.m. Minnesota vs. New York Rangers 2:30 p.m. Chicago vs. Columbus

5:30 p.m. Carolina vs. Dallas 6:00 p.m. St. Louis vs. Detroit

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 2:00 p.m. Seventh Place Game (4th Howe vs. 4th Lindsay)

2:30 p.m. Fifth Place Game (3rd Howe vs. 3rd Lindsay) 5:30 p.m. Third Place Game (2nd Howe vs. 2nd Lindsay) 6:00 p.m. Championship Game (1st Howe vs. 1st Lindsay)

* All times listed are Central

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