MINNESOTA WILD AND IOWA WILD ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES

Jan 20, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled forward Jake Lucchini and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt under emergency conditions from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL), reassigned defenseman Daemon Hunt to Iowa and placed center Connor Dewar on Injured Reserve (lower body). The Iowa Wild also signed goaltender Peyton Jones to a professional try-out contract (PTO). 

Lucchini, 28 (5/9/95), has skated in four games for Minnesota this season. The 6-foot, 180-pound native of Trail, British Columbia, has also appeared in 28 games with Iowa during the 2023-24 campaign, posting 22 points (11-11=22) and eight penalty minutes (PIM). He ranks first on Iowa in goals, second in shots (79) and power-play goals (four), T-2nd in points and fourth in assists. 

Lucchini has appeared in 15 career NHL games over parts of two seasons with the Ottawa Senators (2022-23) and Minnesota, recording one point (1-0=1) and 16 shots. He has skated in 265 career AHL games over six seasons with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (2018-20, Laval (2019-21), Belleville (2021-23) and Iowa (2023-24), posting 159 points (70-89=159), 17 PPGs, nine game-winning goals (GWG) and 583 shots. The Wild signed Lucchini to a one-year, two-way contract on July 1, 2023.  

Wallstedt, 21 (11/14/02), made his NHL debut at Dallas on Jan. 10. The 6-foot-3, 214-pound native of Vasteras, Sweden, is 11-10-0 with a 2.61 goals-against average (GAA), .916 save percentage (SV%) and two shutouts in 21 games with Iowa this season. Wallstedt ranks T-8th in the AHL in shutouts, T-10th in SV% and has twice been named Howie’s Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week during the 2023-24 campaign. He earned the honor for the week ending Nov. 5 after going 2-0-0 with a .950 SV% in two starts and again for the week ending Dec. 3 after going 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .965 SV% in two starts.  

For his career, Wallstedt is 29-25-5 with a 2.66 GAA, .911 SV% and three shutouts in 59 games played over two seasons with Iowa (2022-24). Originally selected by the Wild in the first round (20th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, Wallstedt wears sweater No. 30 with Minnesota. 

Hunt, 21 (5/15/02), made his NHL debut at Washington (10/27) and has collected one assist and 17 blocked shots in 12 games for Minnesota this season. He has also played in 16 games for Iowa this season and owns nine points (1-8=9) and nine penalty minutes (PIM). 

Jones, 27 (2/14/96), has appeared in 21 games with the Iowa Heartlanders in the ECHL this season, where he has posted a record of 8-10-1, with a 3.11 goals against average (GAA), a .901 save percentage (SV%), and one shutout. He skated in 30 games with the Belfast Giants and Nottingham Panthers in the EIHL last season, where he posted a combined record of 15-12-0, with a 2.84 GAA, a .912 SV%, and two shutouts. Jones previously appeared in five AHL games with the Colorado Eagles in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Prior to his professional career, Jones appeared in 133 games across four seasons with Penn State University, where he went 76-44-11 with a 2.88 GAA, a 0.907 SV%, and four shutouts.   

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