Minnesota Wild Trim Training Camp Roster to 52

That's Wild

The Minnesota Wild have made some first cuts for training camp this year. It's nothing unexpected or extraordinary, but one game into the preseason and the Wild have sent all the players that we knew were heading back to junior hockey, back to junior hockey.

Forwards Lirim Amidovsky, Adam Benak, and Carter Klippenstein, and goaltender Chase Wutzke, are back with their respective CHL clubs. Defensemen Rowan Topp and Jordan Tourigny have been released from their amateur tryouts. And finally, forwards Matthew Sop and Ryan McGuire, and goaltender William Rousseau have been released from their professional tryouts and are reporting to AHL Iowa Wild training camp.

Fifty-seven players remain at Wild training camp and beyond the players we know for sure are making the team, there are some interesting players sticking around. Forwards like Riley Heidt, Hunter Haight, Caedan Bankier, and Elliot Desnoyers are getting more of a look, and defensemen Jack Peart, Kyle Masters, David Spacek, and Carson Lambos are staying with the big boys until probably being sent down to the AHL.

For now, they're up here and will try to break on through.

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• And speaking of preseason, the Wild are in Dallas facing the Stars on Tuesday night. [NHL.com]

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