Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild are a National Hockey League team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Notable Players

Current Roster

As of September 27, 2005

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Goaltenders:

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• 35 {{flagicon|CAN}} Manny Fernandez
• 30 {{flagicon|CAN}} Dwayne Roloson

Defensemen:

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•   8 {{flagicon|CAN}} Brent Burns
• ?? {{flagicon|CAN}} Scott Ferguson
• 36 {{flagicon|CAN}} Alex Henry
• 17 {{flagicon|CZE}} Filip Kuba
•   2 {{flagicon|CAN}} Willie Mitchell
• 55 {{flagicon|CAN}} Nick Schultz
• ?? {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Tjarnqvist
• 20 {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Zyuzin

Forwards:

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• 96 {{flagicon|CAN}} Pierre-Marc Bouchard
• 32 {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Chouinard
•   9 {{flagicon|CAN}} Alexandre Daigle
• 11 {{flagicon|CAN}} Pascal Dupuis
• 10 {{flagicon|SVK}} Marián Gáborík
• ?? {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Nazarov
• ?? {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Rolston
• 19 {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephane Veilleux
• 37 {{flagicon|CAN}} Wes Walz
• ?? {{flagicon|CAN}} Todd White

Team captains

Note: The Minnesota Wild are unique in the NHL in that the team has never named a permanent captain. The Wild have instead rotated the captaincy amongst several of its players (on a monthly basis) each season, with some players serving multiple times.

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• 2000-01 Sean O'Donnell (Oct) & Scott Pellerin (Nov) & Wes Walz (Dec) & Brad Bombardir (Jan/Feb) & Darby Hendrickson (Mar/Apr)
• 2001-02 Jim Dowd (Oct) & Filip Kuba (Nov) & Brad Brown (Dec/Jan) & Andrew Brunette (Feb/Mar/Apr)
• 2002-03 Brad Bombardir (Oct/Nov) & Matt Johnson (Dec) & Sergei Zholtok (Jan) & Brad Bombardir (Feb/Mar/Apr/2003 Playoffs)
• 2003-04 Brad Brown (Oct) & Andrew Brunette (Nov) & Richard Park (Dec) & Brad Bombardir (Jan) & Jim Dowd (Feb) & Andrew Brunette (Mar/Apr)
• 2004-05 no captain (NHL lockout)
• 2005-06 Alex Henry (Oct)

Hall of Famers

none

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Not to be forgotten

• Sergei Zholtok
• Andrew Brunette

Retired Numbers

• 1 Wild Fans
• 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)