2004–05 Minnesota Wild season

The 2004–05 Minnesota Wild season was the team's fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Its games were cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

2004–05 Minnesota Wild
Division	Northwest
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Vacant
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Houston Aeros Louisiana IceGators
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Schedule

The Wild's regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004.^[1] Their preseason schedule was announced on August 4, 2004.^[2]

2004–05 schedule[3]
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 25 @ Buffalo Sabres 2 September 26 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 October 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 October 3 Buffalo Sabres 5 October 4 Chicago Blackhawks 6 October 8 New York Rangers 7 October 10 @ Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 13 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2 October 14 @ Nashville Predators 3 October 16 Phoenix Coyotes 4 October 19 Edmonton Oilers 5 October 21 @ Edmonton Oilers 6 October 22 @ Vancouver Canucks 7 October 26 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 8 October 28 Vancouver Canucks 9 October 30 Edmonton Oilers 10 November 1 @ Dallas Stars 11 November 3 New York Islanders 12 November 5 Colorado Avalanche 13 November 7 @ Carolina Hurricanes 14 November 9 Phoenix Coyotes 15 November 11 @ San Jose Sharks 16 November 13 @ Phoenix Coyotes 17 November 17 St. Louis Blues 18 November 20 @ Edmonton Oilers 19 November 21 @ Vancouver Canucks 20 November 24 Edmonton Oilers 21 November 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 22 November 28 Calgary Flames 23 November 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 24 December 1 @ Buffalo Sabres 25 December 4 @ Ottawa Senators 26 December 7 Los Angeles Kings 27 December 9 New Jersey Devils 28 December 11 Dallas Stars 29 December 15 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 30 December 16 San Jose Sharks 31 December 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 32 December 20 Dallas Stars 33 December 23 Tampa Bay Lightning 34 December 27 @ Calgary Flames 35 December 28 @ Edmonton Oilers 36 December 30 @ San Jose Sharks 37 January 2 Columbus Blue Jackets 38 January 5 Philadelphia Flyers 39 January 7 Calgary Flames 40 January 8 @ St. Louis Blues 41 January 10 @ New Jersey Devils 42 January 12 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 43 January 14 @ Atlanta Thrashers 44 January 16 @ Washington Capitals 45 January 18 Chicago Blackhawks 46 January 20 Vancouver Canucks 47 January 22 Nashville Predators 48 January 24 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 49 January 25 San Jose Sharks 50 January 27 Colorado Avalanche 51 January 29 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 52 February 2 @ Dallas Stars 53 February 4 @ Colorado Avalanche 54 February 5 @ Nashville Predators 55 February 7 St. Louis Blues 56 February 10 Atlanta Thrashers 57 February 16 New York Rangers 58 February 18 @ Los Angeles Kings 59 February 20 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 60 February 22 @ Colorado Avalanche 61 February 24 @ Calgary Flames 62 February 27 Florida Panthers 63 March 2 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 64 March 3 @ Los Angeles Kings 65 March 5 @ Phoenix Coyotes 66 March 8 Los Angeles Kings 67 March 10 Detroit Red Wings 68 March 12 Columbus Blue Jackets 69 March 14 @ Vancouver Canucks 70 March 15 @ Calgary Flames 71 March 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 72 March 20 Calgary Flames 73 March 23 @ Chicago Blackhawks 74 March 24 Chicago Blackhawks 75 March 26 Boston Bruins 76 March 29 Nashville Predators 77 March 31 @ St. Louis Blues 78 April 2 Vancouver Canucks 79 April 4 Colorado Avalanche 80 April 6 @ Colorado Avalanche 81 April 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 82 April 10 Detroit Red Wings

Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.^[4]

Trades

The Wild did not make any trades.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	Kirby Law	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[5]
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	Raymond Giroux	New Jersey Devils		Free agency	[6]
July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)	Brian Rolston	Boston Bruins	multi-year	Free agency	[7]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Bill Muckalt[b]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[8]
July 2, 2004 (2004-07-02)	Antti Laaksonen	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	[10]
July 14, 2004 (2004-07-14)	Travis Roche	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (VI)	[11]
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)	Johan Holmqvist[c]	Brynas IF (SHL)	Free agency	[13]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Jason Wiemer	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[14]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Frederic Cloutier	Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[15]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)	Jeff Hoggan	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	Free agency (II)	[16]
November 19, 2004 (2004-11-19)	Michael Schutte	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[17]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Marc Chouinard	1-year	Option exercised	[18]
	Alexandre Daigle	1-year	Option exercised	[18]
July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19)	Manny Fernandez	1-year	Re-signing	[19]
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)	Alex Henry	1-year	Re-signing	[20]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Richard Park	1-year	Re-signing	[21]
August 12, 2004 (2004-08-12)	Andrew Brunette	1-year	Re-signing	[22]
	Willie Mitchell	1-year	Re-signing	[22]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)	Nick Schultz		Re-signing	[23]

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 26–27, 2004.^[24]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	12	A. J. Thelen	Defense	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
2	42	Roman Voloshenko	Left wing	Russia	Krylya Sovetov Moscow Jr. (Russia)
3	78	Peter Olvecky	Left wing	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia)
3	79	Clayton Stoner	Defense	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4	111	Ryan Jones	Forward	Canada	Chatham Maroons (WOJHL)
4	114	Patrick Bordeleau	Left wing	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	117	Julien Sprunger	Right wing	Switzerland	HC Fribourg-Gottéron (NLA)
5	161	Jean-Claude Sawyer	Defense	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
6	175	Aaron Boogaard	Right wing	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
7	195	Jean-Michel Rizk	Right wing	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
7	206	Anton Khudobin	Goaltender	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia)
9	272	Kyle Wilson	Center	Canada	Colgate University (ECAC)

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[8]
2. Muckalt retired.^[9]
3. Holmqvist was released by the Wild on August 1.^[12]

References

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