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2011-12 Minnesota Wild Roster

47 players used · 35-36-11 record

The Minnesota Wild used 47 players in the 2011-12 season, with a 35-36-11 record. Dany Heatley led the team with 53 points (24 goals, 29 assists) in 82 games. Niklas Backstrom played the most games in goal (46).

Points leader
53 PTS
Dany Heatley
24 G · 29 A in 82 games
Goals leader
24 G
Dany Heatley
8 on the power play
Assists leader
32 A
Mikko Koivu
44 points overall
Goalie wins leader
19 W
Niklas Backstrom
2.28 GAA · 0.919 SV%
44
Skaters
29 forwards · 15 defence
3
Goalies
Niklas Backstrom started most
166
Goals scored
in 82 games
26.3
Average age
19 to 35 years
5
Birth countries
30 born in Canada
27:00
Most ice time
Tom Gilbert
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Position
All skaters44 Forwards29 Defence15
🏒 Skaters 44 players · sorted by points
# Player ⇅ GP ⇅ Streak G ⇅ A ⇅ PTS ▼ P/GP ⇅ PPG ⇅ SOG ⇅ HIT ⇅ BLK ⇅ PIM ⇅ TOI ⇅
1 DH Dany Heatley 🇩🇪 LW 31 82 🔥 4 24 29 53 0.65 8 238 70 45 28 20:56
2 KB Kyle Brodziak 🇨🇦 C 27 82 🧊 3 22 22 44 0.54 5 160 81 62 66 19:03
3 MK Mikko Koivu 🇫🇮 C 29 55 🔥 1 12 32 44 0.80 2 129 62 21 28 21:21
4 DS Devin Setoguchi 🇨🇦 RW 25 69 🧊 3 19 17 36 0.52 7 174 73 23 28 17:35
5 MC Matt Cullen 🇺🇸 C 35 73 🧊 1 14 21 35 0.48 4 164 46 39 24 18:56
6 CC Cal Clutterbuck 🇨🇦 RW 24 74 🧊 1 15 12 27 0.36 3 161 288 31 103 16:21
7 NJ Nick Johnson 🇨🇦 RW 26 77 🧊 4 8 18 26 0.34 0 146 59 21 45 14:26
8 JS Jared Spurgeon 🇨🇦 D 22 70 🧊 4 3 20 23 0.33 2 92 36 95 6 21:35
9 PB Pierre-Marc Bouchard 🇨🇦 C 27 37 🧊 1 9 13 22 0.59 2 84 3 9 18 16:19
10 MZ Marek Zidlicky 🇨🇿 D 35 41 🧊 4 0 14 14 0.34 0 50 34 38 24 20:39
11 DP Darroll Powe 🇨🇦 C 26 82 🧊 4 6 7 13 0.16 0 109 151 91 57 13:59
12 MS Marco Scandella 🇨🇦 D 22 63 🧊 1 3 9 12 0.19 1 77 46 106 19 21:46
13 NP Nate Prosser 🇺🇸 D 25 51 🧊 1 1 11 12 0.24 0 32 34 124 57 19:14
14 GL Guillaume Latendresse 🇨🇦 LW 24 16 🧊 1 5 4 9 0.56 1 36 37 3 20 15:11
15 JF Justin Falk 🇨🇦 D 23 47 🧊 4 1 8 9 0.19 1 46 78 78 54 19:29
16 EC Erik Christensen 🇨🇦 C 28 29 🧊 4 6 1 7 0.24 2 34 14 3 6 11:58
17 CW Casey Wellman 🇺🇸 C 24 14 🧊 2 2 5 7 0.50 0 25 6 7 0 12:44
18 GZ Greg Zanon 🇨🇦 D 31 39 🧊 1 2 4 6 0.15 0 27 77 104 14 18:37
19 CS Clayton Stoner 🇨🇦 D 27 52 🧊 1 1 4 5 0.10 0 47 72 80 62 17:15
20 WP Warren Peters 🇨🇦 C 29 58 🧊 32 1 4 5 0.09 0 54 70 34 54 10:35
21 TG Tom Gilbert 🇺🇸 D 29 20 🧊 3 0 5 5 0.25 0 22 11 39 8 27:00
22 SK Steven Kampfer 🇺🇸 D 23 13 🧊 4 2 1 3 0.23 0 12 12 23 2 18:17
23 NS Nick Schultz 🇨🇦 D 29 62 🧊 13 1 2 3 0.05 1 38 60 121 30 19:35
24 CM Carson McMillan 🇨🇦 RW 23 11 🧊 3 1 2 3 0.27 0 8 19 9 11 11:03
25 BB Brett Bulmer 🇨🇦 RW 19 9 🧊 1 0 3 3 0.33 0 7 17 2 6 11:01
26 MK Matt Kassian 🇨🇦 LW 25 24 🧊 7 2 0 2 0.08 0 13 32 5 55 5:32
27 CR Chad Rau 🇺🇸 C 25 9 🧊 4 2 0 2 0.22 0 7 2 5 0 10:53
28 DM David McIntyre 🇨🇦 C 25 7 🧊 2 1 1 2 0.29 0 6 8 3 2 10:54
29 JO Jed Ortmeyer 🇺🇸 RW 33 35 🧊 20 1 1 2 0.06 0 41 53 14 14 9:43
30 JZ Jason Zucker 🇺🇸 LW 20 6 🧊 4 0 2 2 0.33 0 10 5 2 2 11:01
31 CG Colton Gillies 🇨🇦 C 23 37 🧊 1 0 2 2 0.05 0 24 71 21 10 9:09
32 ML Mike Lundin 🇺🇸 D 27 17 🧊 3 0 2 2 0.12 0 9 3 35 4 20:12
33 JT Jeff Taffe 🇺🇸 LW 31 5 🧊 3 0 2 2 0.40 0 7 7 2 0 12:54
34 SV Stephane Veilleux 🇨🇦 LW 30 21 🧊 3 0 2 2 0.10 0 16 26 5 15 10:03
35 CA Cody Almond 🇨🇦 C 22 10 🧊 6 1 0 1 0.10 0 7 15 8 15 10:12
36 JP Jarod Palmer 🇺🇸 C 26 6 🔥 1 1 0 1 0.17 0 14 3 1 4 13:20
37 CG Chay Genoway 🇨🇦 D 25 1 🔥 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 1 0 1 0 18:16
38 TC Tyler Cuma 🇨🇦 D 22 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 1 2 11:09
39 BS Brad Staubitz 🇨🇦 RW 27 43 🔥 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 17 64 17 73 6:30
40 JD Jon Disalvatore 🇺🇸 RW 31 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 1 0 2 14:27
41 KF Kris Fredheim 🇨🇦 D 25 3 🧊 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 5 2 11:58
42 NP Nick Palmieri 🇺🇸 RW 22 9 🧊 16 0 0 0 0.00 0 13 12 2 2 10:23
43 KF Kurtis Foster 🇨🇦 D 30 14 🧊 17 0 0 0 0.00 0 15 10 12 4 13:51
44 KF Kristopher Foucault 🇨🇦 LW 21 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 8:50
Team totals · 44 skaters 82 166 281 447 5.45 39 2174 1771 1347 976
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 3 goalies · sorted by goals against average
# Goalie ⇅ GP ⇅ W ⇅ GAA ▲ SV% ⇅ SV ⇅ GA ⇅ TOI
1 MH Matt Hackett 🇨🇦 G 22 12 3 1.83 0.922 260 22 —
2 NB Niklas Backstrom 🇫🇮 G 34 46 19 2.28 0.919 1194 105 —
3 JH Josh Harding 🇨🇦 G 27 34 16 2.38 0.917 900 81 —
🌍 Where the roster was born 5 countries · against the whole NHL in 2011-12

64% of this roster was born in Canada, against 53% across the league. The team leans on United States: 28% of its players, against 24% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 59% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 30
64%
+11 263 (59%) Brodziak, Setoguchi, Clutterbuck, Johnson +26
United States 13
28%
+4 73 (16%) Cullen, Prosser, Wellman, Gilbert +9
Finland 2
4%
+1 44 (10%) Koivu, Backstrom
Czechia 1
2%
-2 14 (3%) Zidlicky
Germany 1
2%
+1 53 (12%) Heatley
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

2011-12 Minnesota Wild roster questions

Who led the Minnesota Wild in scoring in 2011-12?

Dany Heatley led the Minnesota Wild in scoring in 2011-12 with 53 points — 24 goals and 29 assists in 82 games. Next came Kyle Brodziak (44) and Mikko Koivu (44).

Who scored the most goals for the Minnesota Wild in 2011-12?

Dany Heatley scored 24 goals for the Minnesota Wild in 2011-12, 8 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Minnesota Wild use in 2011-12?

The Minnesota Wild dressed 47 players in 2011-12: 44 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 166 goals.

Who was the Minnesota Wild starting goalie in 2011-12?

Niklas Backstrom played the most games in goal for the Minnesota Wild in 2011-12: 46 games, 19 wins, a 0.919 save percentage and a 2.28 goals against average. Josh Harding was the backup, in 34 games.

Who played the most minutes for the Minnesota Wild in 2011-12?

Tom Gilbert averaged 27:00 of ice time per game for the Minnesota Wild in 2011-12, the most on the roster.

How old was the 2011-12 Minnesota Wild roster?

The average age was 26.3 years. Brett Bulmer was the youngest at 19, and Matt Cullen the oldest at 35.

Where were the 2011-12 Minnesota Wild players born?

The Minnesota Wild used 47 players in 2011-12 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 30 in Canada, 13 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 2 came from Czechia and Germany. League-wide that season, 53% of players were born in Canada, against 64% on this roster.

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