IOWA WILD SIGNS FORWARD GUNNARWOLFE FONTAINE TO ATO
Apr 2, 2025DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager Matt Hendricks today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forward Gunnarwolfe Fontaine to an amateur try-out contract (ATO).
Fontaine, 24 (9/16/00), recorded 40 points (17-23=40), six penalty minutes (PIM), and a plus-6 rating in 40 games with Ohio State (NCAA) in 2024-25. The 5-foot-10, 181-pound forward played for Northeastern University for four seasons (2020-24), where he accumulated 97 points (32-65=97), 63 PIM, and a minus-2 rating across 131 games. Fontaine served as the team’s alternate captain during the 2023-24 season.
Prior to his college career, the East Greenwich, R.I. native skated with the Chicago Steel in the USHL, where he recorded 100 points (46-54=100), 22 PIM, and a plus-36 rating in 105 games during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. Fontaine was originally selected by the Nashville Predators in the seventh round (202nd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft.
Fontaine will wear sweater No. 11 with the Iowa Wild.
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