2012–13 Minnesota Wild season

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2012–13 Minnesota Wild
2012–13 record 26–19–3 (55 pts)
Home record 14–8–2
Road record 12–11–1
Team information
General Manager Chuck Fletcher
Coach Mike Yeo
Captain Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains Zach Parise
Ryan Suter
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 18,794 (104.7%)[1]
(24 games)
Team leaders
Goals Zach Parise (18)
Assists Ryan Suter (28)
Points Zach Parise (38)
Penalties in minutes Zenon Konopka (117)
Plus/minus (+): Matt Cullen (9)
(−): Kyle Brodziak (−18)
Wins Nicklas Backstrom (24)
Goals against average Darcy Kuemper (2.08)
<2011–12

The 2012–13 Minnesota Wild season is the 13th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

The Wild made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2007–08 NHL season, where the fell to the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round.

Contents

Off-season [edit]

The Wild made a splash in the free-agent pool by signing top free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter on July 4, 2012. Both were signed to 13-year long contracts.

Regular season [edit]

Standings [edit]

Northwest Division[3]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y – Vancouver Canucks 48 26 15 7 21 127 121 59
2 Minnesota Wild 48 26 19 3 22 122 127 55
3 Edmonton Oilers 48 19 22 7 17 125 134 45
4 Calgary Flames 48 19 25 4 19 128 160 42
5 Colorado Avalanche 48 16 25 7 14 116 152 39
Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 p – Chicago Blackhawks CE 48 36 7 5 30 155 102 77
2 y – Anaheim Ducks PA 48 30 12 6 24 140 118 66
3 y – Vancouver Canucks NW 48 26 15 7 21 127 121 59
4 St. Louis Blues CE 48 29 17 2 24 129 115 60
5 Los Angeles Kings PA 48 27 16 5 25 133 118 59
6 San Jose Sharks PA 48 25 16 7 17 124 116 57
7 Detroit Red Wings CE 48 24 16 8 22 124 115 56
8 Minnesota Wild NW 48 26 19 3 22 122 127 55
9 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 48 24 17 7 19 120 119 55
10 Phoenix Coyotes PA 48 21 18 9 17 125 131 51
11 Dallas Stars PA 48 22 22 4 20 130 142 48
12 Edmonton Oilers NW 48 19 22 7 17 125 134 45
13 Calgary Flames NW 48 19 25 4 19 128 160 42
14 Nashville Predators CE 48 16 23 9 14 111 139 41
15 Colorado Avalanche NW 48 16 25 7 14 116 152 39

Divisions: CE – Central, NW – Northwest, PA – Pacific

* – Division leader
bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)


Schedule and results [edit]

2012–13 Game Log

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

Playoffs [edit]

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player stats [edit]

Finals stats[5]

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Parise, ZachZach Parise 48 18 20 38 2 16
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 48 11 26 37 2 26
Suter, RyanRyan Suter 48 4 28 32 2 24
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 42 7 20 27 9 10
Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi 48 13 14 27 5 20
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley 36 11 10 21 −12 8
Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard 43 8 12 20 3 8
Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 39 5 10 15 1 4
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 37 8 6 14 3 28
Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert 43 3 10 13 −11 18
Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 48 8 4 12 −18 20
Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 45 2 9 11 3 10
Stoner, ClaytonClayton Stoner 48 0 10 10 0 42
Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck 42 4 6 10 −5 27
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville† 10 4 5 9 0 0
Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell 45 4 4 8 −8 21
Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 27 2 6 8 −4 6
Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 20 4 1 5 4 8
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp† 32 1 3 4 1 67
Falk, JustinJustin Falk 36 0 3 3 −9 40
Clark, BrettBrett Clark 8 0 1 1 −9 0
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 6 1 0 1 −1 4
Konopka, ZenonZenon Konopka 37 0 0 0 −4 117
Dowell, JakeJake Dowell 2 0 0 0 0 0
Prosser, NateNate Prosser 17 0 0 0 4 4
Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Powe, DarrollDarroll Powe‡ 8 0 0 0 1 9
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 5 0 3 3 1 2
Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard 5 1 1 2 2 0
Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 5 0 2 2 0 4
Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck 5 1 1 2 0 4
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 5 1 1 2 −1 0
Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 5 1 1 2 1 0
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 5 0 2 2 −4 2
Parise, ZachZach Parise 5 1 0 1 −7 2
Stoner, ClaytonClayton Stoner 1 0 1 1 1 0
Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell 5 1 0 1 −4 0
Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi 5 1 0 1 −2 0
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp 4 0 0 0 −3 12
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 5 0 0 0 −6 8
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux 2 0 0 0 0 0
Konopka, ZenonZenon Konopka 2 0 0 0 −2 0
Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert 5 0 0 0 −2 2
Suter, RyanRyan Suter 5 0 0 0 −5 4
Falk, JustinJustin Falk 4 0 0 0 −3 2
Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 5 0 0 0 −3 2
Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 5 0 0 0 −3 0
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom 42 41 2368 24 15 3 98 2.48 1072 .909 2 0 0 2
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper 6 3 288 1 2 0 10 2.08 119 .916 0 0 0 0
Harding, JoshJosh Harding 5 3 185 1 1 0 10 3.24 73 .863 1 0 0 0
Hackett, MattMatt Hackett‡ 1 1 59 0 1 0 5 5.08 33 .848 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Harding, JoshJosh Harding 5 5 245 1 4 12 2.94 135 .911 0 0 0 0
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper 2 0 73 0 0 4 3.29 33 .879 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Team. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Roster [edit]

Updated April 26, 2013.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
32 Finland Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom G L 35 2006 Helsinki, Finland
96 Canada Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard C L 29 2002 Sherbrooke, Quebec
25 Sweden Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin D L 19 2011 Karlstad, Sweden
21 Canada Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak C R 29 2009 St. Paul, Alberta
5 Canada Clark, BrettBrett Clark D L 36 2013 Wapella, Saskatchewan
22 Canada Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck RW R 25 2006 Welland, Ontario
63 United States Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle C R 21 2011 Weymouth, Massachusetts
7 United States Cullen, MattMatt Cullen C L 36 2010 Virginia, Minnesota
44 Canada Falk, JustinJustin Falk D L 24 2007 Snowflake, Manitoba
77 United States Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert D R 30 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota
37 Canada Harding, JoshJosh Harding G R 28 2002 Regina, Saskatchewan
15 Canada Heatley, DanyDany Heatley Injured Reserve LW L 32 2011 Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
9 Finland Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C) C L 30 2001 Turku, Finland
28 Canada Konopka, ZenonZenon Konopka C L 32 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario
17 Canada Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell C/RW R 28 2012 Greenfield Park, Quebec
11 United States Parise, ZachZach Parise (A) LW L 28 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota
29 United States Pominville, JasonJason Pominville Injured Reserve C R 30 2013 Repentigny, Quebec
39 United States Prosser, NateNate Prosser D R 28 2010 Elk River, Minnesota
27 United States Rupp, MichaelMichael Rupp LW/C L 33 2013 Cleveland, Ohio
6 Canada Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella D L 23 2008 Montreal, Quebec
10 Canada Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi RW R 26 2011 Taber, Alberta
46 Canada Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon D R 23 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
4 Canada Stoner, ClaytonClayton Stoner D L 28 2004 Port McNeill, British Columbia
20 United States Suter, RyanRyan Suter (A) D L 28 2012 Madison, Wisconsin
19 Canada Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux LW L 31 2012 Saint-Georges, Quebec
16 United States Zucker, JasonJason Zucker LW L 21 2010 Newport Beach, California


Transactions [edit]

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades [edit]

Date
Details
February 4, 2013[7] To New York Rangers
Darroll Powe
Nick Palmieri		 To Minnesota Wild
Mike Rupp
March 12, 2013[8] To Ottawa Senators
Matt Kassian		 To Minnesota Wild
6th round-pick in 2014
March 14, 2013[9] To Washington Capitals
Chay Genoway		 To Minnesota Wild
Conditional 7th round-pick in 2014
April 3, 2013[10] To Buffalo Sabres
Matt Hackett
Johan Larsson
1st round-pick in 2013
2nd round-pick in 2014		 To Minnesota Wild
Jason Pominville
4th round-pick in 2014
April 3, 2013[11] To Anaheim Ducks
Future Considerations		 To Minnesota Wild
Jeff Deslauriers

Free agents signed [edit]

Player Former team Contract terms
Torrey Mitchell[12] San Jose Sharks 3 years, $5.7 million
Zenon Konopka[12] Ottawa Senators 2 years, $1.85 million
Jake Dowell[13] Dallas Stars 2 years, $1.4 million
Zach Parise[14] New Jersey Devils 13 years, $98 million
Ryan Suter[14] Nashville Predators 13 years, $98 million
Brian Connelly[15] Abbotsford Heat 2 years, $1.225 million
Brett Clark[16] Oklahoma City Barons 1 year, $900,000

Free agents lost [edit]

Player New team Contract terms
Erik Christensen[17] HC Lev undisclosed
Warren Peters[18] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $600,000
Guillaume Latendresse[19] Ottawa Senators 1 year, $2 million
Mike Lundin[20] Ottawa Senators 1 year, $1.15 million
Nick Johnson[21] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $725,000
Kurtis Foster[22] Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $950,000

Claimed via waivers [edit]

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers [edit]

Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Player signings [edit]

Player Date Contract terms
Josh Harding[23] June 19, 2012 3 years, $5.7 million
Chad Rau[24] June 25, 2012 2 years, $1.125 million
Stephane Veilleux[24] June 25, 2012 1 year, $600,000
Matt Kassian[25] June 28, 2012 2 years, $1.15 million
Chay Genoway[26] June 29, 2012 2 years, $1.15 million
Justin Falk[27] July 5, 2012 1 year, $825,000
Mathew Dumba[28] July 19, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nick Palmieri[29] January 15, 2013 1 year, $577,500
Tyler Graovac[30] April 2, 2013 3 years, $2.2425 million entry-level contract
Erik Haula[31] April 7, 2013 2 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Raphael Bussieres[32] May 9, 2013 3 years, $2.2775 million entry-level contract

Draft picks [edit]

Minnesota's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 7 Mathew Dumba D  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2 46[a] Raphael Bussieres LW  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
3 68 John Draeger D  United States Shattuck-St. Mary's (Midget AAA)
4 98 Adam Gilmour C  United States Nobles (USHS–MA)
5 128 Daniel Gunnarsson D  Sweden Luleå (Elitserien)
6 158 Christopher Bertschy C  Switzerland Bern (NLA)
7 188 Louis Nanne LW  United States Edina (USHS–MN)
Draft notes

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "2012–2013 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2013. 
  2. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
  3. ^ "2012–2013 Standings by Division". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 19, 2013. 
  4. ^ "2012–2013 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved April 25, 2013. 
  5. ^ "2012–2013 Regular Season Stats – Points – Minnesota Wild – Statistics". Minnesota Wild. Retrieved May 10, 2013. 
  6. ^ "Wild Roster". Minnesota Wild. Retrieved April 26, 2013. 
  7. ^ Wild Acquires Rupp
  8. ^ Wild Acquires Pick For Kassian
  9. ^ Wild Acquires Conditional Pick
  10. ^ Wild Acquires Pominville From Buffalo
  11. ^ Ducks Trade Goalie Deslauriers to Minnesota for Future Considerations
  12. ^ a b Wild Signs Mitchell, Konopka
  13. ^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Jake Dowell
  14. ^ a b Welcome To Minnesota Parise, Suter
  15. ^ Wild Inks D Brian Connelly To Deal
  16. ^ Wild Signs Defenseman Clark
  17. ^ Minnesota’s Christensen signs in KHL
  18. ^ Penguins Sign Forward Warren Peters
  19. ^ Bulletin: Senators sign forward Guillaume Latendresse to a one-year contract
  20. ^ Bulletin: Senators sign defenceman Mike Lundin to a one-year contract
  21. ^ Coyotes Sign Johnson to One-Year, Two-Way Contract
  22. ^ Flyers sign (D) Kurtis Foster
  23. ^ Wild Re-Signs Harding
  24. ^ a b Wild Re-Signs Two; Extends Offers To Eight
  25. ^ Wild Re-Signs Kassian
  26. ^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Genoway
  27. ^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Falk
  28. ^ Wild Inks Dumba To Entry-Level Deal
  29. ^ Wild Inks Palmieri To One-Year Deal
  30. ^ Wild Signs Graovac
  31. ^ Wild Inks Haula To Entry-Level Deal
  32. ^ Wild Signs Bussieres To Entry-Level Deal
Franchise
History
Personnel
Owners
Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman)
General manager
Chuck Fletcher
Head coach
Mike Yeo
Team captain
Mikko Koivu
Current roster
Arena
Affiliates
General managers
Head coaches
Retired numbers
  • 1 (Wild Fans)
  • 99
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