Sat., March 24, 2012

Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled goalie Matt Hackett from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL) under emergency conditions. The Aeros signed goaltenders Mike Brodeur and Scott Greenham to professional tryout contracts (PTO).

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WILD RECALLS HACKETT, AEROS ADD BRODEUR AND GREENHAM

HOUSTON  ---  Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled goalie Matt Hackett from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL) under emergency conditions. The Aeros signed goaltenders Mike Brodeur and Scott Greenham to professional tryout contracts (PTO).
 
Hackett, 22 (3/7/90), is 3-5-0 with a 2.30 goals against average (GAA) and a .927 save percentage (SV%) in 11 games with the Wild this season. The 6-foot-2, 179-pound native of London, Ont., is 17-13-4 with a 2.41 GAA, a .917 SV% and one shutout in 35 games with the Aeros this season. Hackett was Minnesota’s third-round pick (No. 77 overall) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and wears sweater #31 for the Wild.

Brodeur, 28 (3/30/83), has a 40-37-6 record in 102 AHL games with four shutouts, a 2.85 GAA and a .907 SV%. He also has appeared in seven NHL games, all with the Ottawa Senators, posting a 3-1-0 record with one shutout and 2.17 GAA and .922 SV%. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound Calgary native was selected to the Canadian all-star team for the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic, and joins the Aeros from the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL. Brodeur was a seventh-round selection (211th overall) of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Greenham, 24 (4/24/87), joins the Aeros from the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL, where he registered a 2-0-0 record with a 4.00 GAA and a .900 SV%. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Addison, Ont., native recently completed his collegiate career at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He finished as the school’s career leader in wins (48), GAA (2.24), SV% (.916), and shutouts (11).

The Aeros continue a four-game road trip tonight at Rockford against the IceHogs at 7:05 p.m.