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* Minnesota's 95-point finish in 2002-03 ranks second all time among clubs in their third year.

* General manager Doug Risebrough, head coach Jacques Lemaire, and assistant coach Mario Tremblay were teammates on the Montreal Canadiens teams that won four consecutive Stanley Cups between 1976 and 1979.

* Entering the 2003-04 season, the Wild had sold out all 139 games, including preseason and playoff contests, played on their home ice at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. That streak is expected to continue this season.

* Making his debut last season at the tender age of 18 years, five months, and 13 days, Pierre-Marc Bouchard is the youngest player to ever skate for the Wild.

* Left wing Andrew Brunette will forever be a the answer to a trivia question. His game-winning overtime goal against Colorado in Game 7 of the 2003 playoffs will be remembered as the last shot taken on the legendary Patrick Roy, who retired shortly thereafter.

* The Wild became the first team in NHL history to come back from a 3-1 series deficit twice in the same year last spring.

* Defenseman Willie Mitchell once hauled in a 50-pound salmon while fishing, with his dad in Rivers Inlet, British Columbia. BBQ salmon is right wing Bill Mucklat's favorite food.

* Center Sergei Zholtok was the leading scorer among the NHL's four Latvian players last season, notching 16 goals and 26 assists for 42 games.

* Darby Hendrickson is the only current Wild player to hail from the state of Minnesota.

* In 2002-03, the Wild ranked first in the NHL in overtime wins and points, going 8-1-10 for 26 points. The previous season, Minnesota failed to win an overtime game.

* Gaborik became the team's first-ever All-Star Game representative in 2003 and also won the fastest skater competition at the skills contest.

* Only four NHL players have recorded five hat tricks before their 21st birthday: Wayne Gretzky, Jimmy Carson, Dale Hawerchuk, and Gaborik.

* Only one Wild player appeared in every single game in the franchise's first three seasons, Finnish left wing Antti Laaksonen. Entering the season, Laaksonen's 251-consecutive game streak, was the fifth-longest current streak in the NHL.