Wild Assigns O’Sullivan to Houston Aeros
Sunday, 10.02.2005 / 12:00 AM
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Minnesota Wild
PrintMINNESOTA WILD ASSIGNS C PATRICK O’SULLIVAN TO HOUSTON AEROS
SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President and General Manager Doug Risebrough announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has assigned C Patrick O’Sullivan to the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL), the team’s primary development affiliate.
O’Sullivan skated in two preseason games for the Wild before suffering a shoulder injury. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound native of Winston Salem, N.C. was Minnesota’s second selection (56th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He skated for Mississauga of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2004-05 and tallied 90 points (31-59-90) in 57 games.
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The Minnesota Wild’s Current Roster
| # | Left Wings (4) | HT | WT | Born | Birthplace | 04-05 Team | Lge | Acq |
| 46 | Derek Boogaard | 6’7 | 270 | 6/23/82 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Houston | AHL | EN/02 |
| 11 | Pascal Dupuis | 6’0 | 196 | 4/7/79 | Laval, Quebec | HC Ajoie | Swiss | FA/00 |
| 44 | Andrei Nazarov | 6’5 | 243 | 5/22/74 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | Avangard | Russia | FA/05 |
| 19 | Stephane Veilleux | 6’1 | 181 | 11/16/81 | Beauceville, Quebec | Houston | AHL | EN/01 |
| Centers (5) | HT | WT | Born | Birthplace | 04-05 Team | Lge | Acq | |
| 32 | Marc Chouinard | 6’5 | 218 | 5/6/77 | Charlesbourg, Quebec | Frisk | Norway | FA/03 |
| 21 | Mikko Koivu | 6’3 | 200 | 3/12/83 | Turku, Finland | Houston | AHL | EN/01 |
| 12 | Brian Rolston | 6’2 | 210 | 2/21/73 | Flint, MI | DNP | FA/04 | |
| 37 | Wes Walz | 5’10 | 180 | 5/15/70 | Calgary, Alberta | DNP | FA/00 | |
| 28 | Todd White | 5’10 | 194 | 5/21/75 | Kanata, Ontario | Sodertalje SK | Sweden | Trd/05 |
| Right Wings (5) | HT | WT | Born | Birthplace | 04-05 Team | Lge | Acq | |
| 96 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 5’10 | 162 | 4/27/84 | Sherbrooke, Quebec | Houston | AHL | EN/02 |
| 9 | Alexandre Daigle | 6’0 | 202 | 2/7/75 | Montreal, Quebec | EHC Morges | Swiss | FA/03 |
| 83 | Matt Foy | 6’2 | 219 | 5/18/83 | Oakville, Ontario | Houston | AHL | EN/02 |
| 10 | Marian Gaborik | 6’1 | 190 | 2/14/82 | Trencin, Slovakia | Trencin | Slovakia | EN/00 |
| 27 | Kyle Wanvig | 6’2 | 219 | 1/29/81 | Calgary, Alberta | Houston | AHL | EN/01 |
| Defensemen (8) | HT | WT | Born | Birthplace | 04-05 Team | Lge | Acq | |
| 8 | Brent Burns | 6’4 | 210 | 3/9/85 | Ajax, Ontario | Houston | AHL | EN/03 |
| 23 | Scott Ferguson | 6’1 | 195 | 1/6/73 | Camrose, Alberta | DNP | FA/05 | |
| 36 | Alex Henry | 6’5 | 220 | 10/18/79 | Elliot Lake, Ontario | ESV Kaufbeuren | Germany | Wav/03 |
| 17 | Filip Kuba | 6’3 | 205 | 12/29/76 | Ostrava, Czech Rep. | DNP | EX/00 | |
| 2 | Willie Mitchell | 6’3 | 205 | 4/23/77 | Port McNeill, B.C. | DNP | Trd/01 | |
| 55 | Nick Schultz | 6’1 | 207 | 8/25/82 | Strasbourg, Saskatchewan | Kassel | Germany | EN/00 |
| 34 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | 6’2 | 200 | 10/14/76 | Umea, Sweden | Djurgardens | Sweden | FA/05 |
| 20 | Andrei Zyuzin | 6’1 | 210 | 1/21/78 | Ufa, Russia | Severstal | Russia | Wav/02 |
| Goaltenders (2) | HT | WT | Born | Birthplace | 04-05 Team | Lge | Acq | |
| 35 | Manny Fernandez | 6’0 | 180 | 8/27/74 | Etobicoke, Ontario | Lulea | Sweden | Trd/00 |
| 30 | Dwayne Roloson | 6’1 | 178 | 10/12/69 | Simcoe, Ontario | Lukko Rauma | Finland | FA/01 |
