MINNESOTA WILD SIGNS FIVE PLAYERS TO CONTRACTS

Jul 2, 2025

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed goaltender Cal Petersen to a one-year, one-way $775,000 contract, forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel to a one-year, two-way contract ($775,000/$500,000), defenseman Ben Gleason to a one-year, two-way contract ($800,000/$475,000), defenseman Matt Kiersted to a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000/$450,000) and forward Tyler Pitlick to a two-year, two-way contract ($775,000/$300,000 in 2025-26 and $775,000/$350,000 in 2026-27). 

Petersen, 30 (10/19/94), posted a 13-15-3 record, 3.14 goals-against average (GAA) and .885 save percentage (SV%) in 31 games last season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the American Hockey League (AHL). The 6-foot-1, 180-pound native of Waterloo, Iowa, owns a 92-98-30 record, 3.13 GAA, .901 SV% and 11 shutouts in 215 career games across six AHL seasons with Lehigh Valley (2023-25) and the Ontario Reign (2017-23), earning AHL All-Star game selections in 2017-18 and 2019-20. In 15 career Calder Cup Playoff games he owns a 5-10-1 record with a 2.94 GAA and a .884 SV%. Petersen has also recorded a 46-44-10 record, 2.96 GAA, .903 SV% and four shutouts in parts of six NHL seasons with the Los Angeles Kings (2018-23) and Philadelphia Flyers (2023-24). Petersen has represented the United States at three IIHF World Championships (2017, 2021, 2023), notably posting a 5-2-0 record, two shutouts, tournament-leading 1.29 GAA and .953 SV%, and receiving the tournament’s Best Goaltender award as he helped Team USA to a bronze medal in 2021. Petersen played three collegiate seasons (2014-17) at the University of Notre Dame, appearing in 110 games and posting a 55-39-15 record. He earned First-Team All-Hockey East honors as a junior in 2016-17, Honorable Mention All-Hockey East honors as a sophomore in 2015-16 and Hockey East All-Rookie Team honors in 2014-15. Petersen was originally selected in the fifth round (No. 129 overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. 

Aube-Kubel, 29 (5/10/96), recorded two points (1-1=2), 19 penalty minutes (PIM) and 18 shots on goal in 22 games with the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers last season. The 6-foot, 214-pound native of Slave Lake, Alberta, also collected nine points (5-4=9), six PIM and one game-winning goal (GWG) in 15 (AHL) games with the Rochester Americans and Hartford…