WILD RECALLS VEILLEUX, ASSIGNS BICKEL
Oct 30, 2014WILD RECALLS VEILLEUX, ASSIGNS BICKEL
Iowa Heads to Oklahoma City For A Pair
DES MOINES, Iowa – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher on Thursday announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled forward Stephane Veilleux from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). Minnesota also announced it has reassigned defenseman Stu Bickel to Iowa.
Veilleux, 32 (11/16/81), has tallied 12 penalty minutes (PIM) and 10 shots in seven games with Iowa this season. The 6-foot-1, 199-pound native of Beauceville, Que., tallied nine PIM, two shots, 10 hits and one blocked shot in four preseason games with Minnesota. He has compiled 104 points (49-55=104) and 338 PIM in 494 NHL games with Minnesota, Tampa Bay and New Jersey. Veilleux ranks fourthin Wild history in hits (437), eighth in games played (416), 10th in PIM (290) and 11th in shots (584). He was originally selected by Minnesota in the third-round (93rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and wears No. 19 for the Wild.
Bickel, 28, was recalled on Oct. 28. He has registered five PIM and three shots in four games with Iowa this season. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound native of Chanhassen, Minn., totaled an assist, 19 PIM, seven hits and five blocked shots in five preseason games with Minnesota, spending time as both a defenseman and forward. He signed as a free agent with Minnesota on July 1.
Iowa continues a three-game road trip with a stop in Oklahoma City before returning home for a three-game home stand. The Wild returns home on Thursday, Nov. 6 to host Rockford at 10:30 a.m. Thursday’s game with the IceHogs is also School Field Trip Day, where the first 5,000 youths (12 and under) receive an Iowa Wild drawstring backpack, compliments of NASH FM. Iowa rounds out its home stand against Chicago with a two-game series at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9. Saturday night is Ladies Night, where the first 2,500 fans receive an Iowa Wild ice scraper sponsored by Greater Iowa Credit Union. All ladies (21 and over) may purchase glasses of wine for $1.00. The Wild will also host Special Olympics Night on Saturday. Sunday is Pucks N’ Paws day, where the first 2,500 fans receive pet tags, compliments of Anderson Animal Hospital. It is also a Subway Family Four Pack game, where fans may purchase four tickets, four sodas and four hot dogs, starting at $48.
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