Wild recalls Matt Read from Iowa

SAINT PAUL -- Minnesota Wild General Manager Paul Fenton today announced the NHL club has recalled forward Matt Read from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Read, 32 (6/14/86), has recorded one assist in three games with Iowa this season. The 5-foot-10, 188-pound forward collected 16 points (7-9=16) and eight penalty minutes (PIM) in 33 games with Lehigh Valley (AHL) and one goal in 19 games with Philadelphia last season. He also collected two points (1-1=2) and four PIM appearing in all six 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff contests with the Flyers. Read owns 187 points (87-100=187), 81 PIM, 17 game-winning goals (GWG) and 508 hits in 437 career games in seven NHL seasons with the Flyers (2011-18). The native of Ilderton, Ont., has also played in 30 Stanley Cup Playoff games, recording 10 points (5-5=10).

Read skated in 147 games with Bemidji State University of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), and collected 143 points (65-78=143) and 153 PIM in four seasons (2007-11). He helped lead the Beavers to three College Hockey America (CHA) regular-season championships, a CHA Tournament title and two trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a trip to the 2009 Frozen Four. Read was named the CHA Rookie of the Year in 2008, named First-Team All-CHA and the CHA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2009, served as an alternate captain his junior season and named First-Team All-CHA and the 2010 CHA Player of the Year and served as captain his senior season. He tallied 13 points (7-6=13) in 11 games with Adirondack (AHL) during the 2010-11 season before making his NHL debut with the Flyers on October 6, 2011.
Read was signed by the Wild as a free agent on July 30, 2018 and will wear sweater No. 10 with Minnesota.
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