Minnesota Wild Recalls Forward Michael Milne From Iowa

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SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled forward Michael Milne from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Milne, 22 (9/21/02), owns eight points (4-4=8), 27 shots, a plus-two rating, two game-winning goals (GWG) and one power-play goal (PPG) in ten games with Iowa this season. The 5-foot-10, 187-pound native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, ranks T-5th in the AHL in GWG and T-1st on Iowa in goals, second in points and T-2nd in assists this season. Milne has skated in 107 career AHL games over three seasons (2022-25) with Iowa, recording 42 points (19-23=42), 48 penalty minutes (PIM), six PPGs and 176 shots. He also appeared in two games for Iowa in the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs, recording five shots.

Milne was selected by the Wild in the third round (89th overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft and has not appeared in a regular-season NHL game. He will wear sweater No. 60 with Minnesota.

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