MINNESOTA WILD REASSIGNS FORWARD JAKE LUCCHINI AND GOALTENDER JESPER WALLSTEDT TO IOWA
Jan 28, 2024ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has reassigned forward Jake Lucchini and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Lucchini, 28 (5/9/95), has skated in eight 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).
Lucchini has appeared in 19 career NHL games over parts of two seasons with the Ottawa Senators (2022-23) and Minnesota, recording one point (1-0=1). 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 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). Wallstedt was originally selected by the Wild in the first round (20th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft.
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