Gabriel

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has reassigned forward Kurtis Gabriel to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Gabriel, 23 (4/20/93), has collected one assist and 24 penalty minutes (PIM) in 11 games with Minnesota this season. The 6-foot-4, 211-pound native of Newmarket, Ont., recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Dec. 7 at Toronto and ranks third on the team in PIM. He has tallied five points (4-1=5) including one shorthanded goal and 35 PIM in 22 games with Iowa this season. Gabriel owns one assist and 34 PIM in 14 career NHL contests with Minnesota.