Issue 6 Volume 5 June 2012

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The Wild will begin their annual caravan throughout Minnesota this summer making stops in 18 cities in the State of Hockey on the 2012 Wells

Fargo Minnesota Wild Road Tour

Three separate legs of the tour begin Monday June 25 and will make stops at two locations each day The tour will culminate with the seventh

annual Wells Fargo Minnesota Wild Summer Bash on Thursday June 28 at the John Rose OVAL in Roseville from 6-9 pm

bullLeg 1 Winona Rochester Austin Owatonna Mankato New Ulm ndash Charlie Coyle Matt Kassian Antti Laaksonen Mike Greenlay

bullLeg 2 Duluth Eveleth Grand Rapids Brainerd St Cloud Willmar ndash Nate Prosser Jason Zucker Bob Kurtz Tom Reid

bullLeg 3 International Falls Warroad Thief River Falls Bemidji FargoMoorhead Detroit Lakes ndash Justin Falk Chad Rau West Walz

Anthony LaPanta will be joining the tour starting in Bemidji Matt Cullen will also make an appearance in FargoMoorhead

Youth hockey associations from various cities will have fundraising opportunities and Wild celebrities will be on hand to sign autographs as well

Wrapping up the week with the Summer Bash on Thursday June 28 From 6-9 pm at the John Rose OVAL in Roseville fans will have a chance to

play hockey-themed games can take part in autograph sessions and photo opportunities with Wild celebrities

Other activities include open skating live music Zamboni rides food and beverage

a live KFAN broadcast and more For more information on the 2012 Wells Fargo

Minnesota Wild Road Tour click here

bull July 11th Neil Diamond bull bull August 10th-11th Coldplay bull bull August 24th-26th Apassionata bull bull September 13th-16th Batman Live bull

bull October 19th-20th Women of Faithbull bull October 21st Phineas and Ferbbull bull November 3rd and 4th Madonna Concertbull

bull December 6th-9th Disney on icebull

See the full schedule of events here

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2012 Corporate Partner SummitThe Minnesota Wild is hosting our 2012 Corporate Partner Summit -

Thursday July 12 at Xcel Energy Center lsquoThe State of the NHLrsquo will be

this yearrsquos focus and the summit features guest speaker Brian Jennings

Brian Jennings is the Executive Vice President of Marketing for the NHL

Brianrsquos strong leadership of the NHL brand and solid League-wide

relationships provide deeper integration of the brand and product lines

among all of the NHLrsquos business partners including TV rights holders

licensees and sponsors as well as the clubs

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22-23 2012 at the Consol

Energy Center in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania This year marks the 50th

NHL Entry Draft It is the first time Pittsburgh will host the draft since the

1997 NHL Entry Draft

Players born between January 1st 1992 and September 14 1994 are eligible for

selection in this years draft Additionally un-drafted non-North American players over the age of 20 are eligible for the draft and those

players who were drafted in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after

June 24 1992 were also eligible to re-enter the draft

For continuous coverage on pre-draft information facts and exciting draft

news click here

20Years of the

7th Overall picksThe Wild owns the seventh pick in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft For a look at the players selected seventh Overall in the NHL Entry Draft in the last 20 years the teams they were selected by the teams they skated for before being drafted and their career NHL totals click here