See below. The Wild just announced its roster for the upcoming prospect camp/tourney in Traverse City. The camp is Sept. 13-17 and will be a tournament with the Rangers, Detroit and Tampa Bay.

The maximum age for the tournament is 23. This year, players born in 1985 or later are eligible. In other words, if Ryan Jones still played for the Wild, he would not be eligible. Goalies may be older.

No player who has played regularly in the NHL is eligible. You can play a maximum of four players in a game who have played no more than one year of minor pro hockey.

One other thing: I’ve gotten a number of emails this summer regarding when the Wild will unveil its third jersey. The Wild is not having a third jersey this season but is exploring one for 2009-10.

OK one other thing: The Wild will have a mascot next season. It will be unveiled Oct. 5. The release is below the roster.

Lastly, for your amusement, the below picture was emailed to me to show me how Derek Boogaard could pound me if I write bad things about him. Of course, so could Pierre-Marc Bouchard, trust me.

2008 MINNESOTA WILD PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT ROSTER

> # FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ

> 75 Cody Almond 6-2 199 Left 7/24/89 Calgary, Alberta Kelowna WHL 69 22 34 56 114 EN/07

> 78 Cal Clutterbuck 5-10 203 Right 11/18/87 Welland, Ontario Houston AHL 73 11 13 24 97 EN/06

> 45 Chris Culligan 6-0 174 Left 6/23/88 Sydney, Nova Scotia Cape Breton QMJHL 63 19 49 68 62 TRYOUT

> 61 Colton Gillies 6-4 193 Left 2/12/89 White Rock, British Columbia Saskatoon WHL 58 24 23 47 97 EN/07

> 76 Ryan Graham 5-11 217 Left 6/17/87 St. John> ‘> s, Newfoundland Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 31 10 10 20 76 TRYOUT

> 52 Justin Hodgman 6-2 183 Left 6/27/88 Brampton, Ontario Erie OHL 64 37 43 80 75 TRYOUT

> 57 Matt Kassian 6-4 247 Left 10/28/86 Edmonton, Alberta Texas ECHL 47 6 4 10 90 EN/05

> 68 Kevin King 6-0 185 Left 1/14/90 Calgary, Alberta Kootenay WHL 63 8 13 21 61 TRYOUT

> 65 Tomas Knotek 6-1 171 Left 1/19/90 Kladno, Czechoslovakia Halifax QMJHL 69 22 44 66 18 TRYOUT

> 63 Morten Madsen 6-2 191 Left 1/16/87 Rodovre, Denmark Houston AHL 50 3 17 20 18 EN/05

> 39 Carson McMillan 6-2 200 Right 9/10/88 Brandon, Manitoba Calgary WHL 72 16 26 42 85 EN/07

> 56 Jordan Mistelbacher 6-1 190 Left 12/21/87 Winnipeg, Manitoba Everett WHL 67 10 10 20 54 TRYOUT

> 54 Scott Wasden 6-1 201 Right 1/4/88 Westbank, British ColumbiaKamloops/Medicine Hat WHL 71 12 21 33 69 TRYOUT

> # DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ

> 71 Tyler Cuma 6-2 182 Left 1/19/90 Toronto, Ontario Ottawa OHL 59 4 28 32 69 EN/08

> 59 Eric Doyle 6-2 191 Right 4/5/89 Calgary, Alberta Swift Current WHL 70 10 38 48 43 TRYOUT

> 73 Justin Falk 6-5 215 Left 10/11/88 Snowflake, Manitoba Spokane WHL 72 4 22 26 98 EN/07

> 79 Alexandre Neron 6-0 180 Right 5/9/90 La Malbaie, Quebec Rimouski QMJHL 69 10 34 44 69 TRYOUT

> 74 Maxim Noreau 5-11 192 Right 5/14/87 Montreal, Quebec Houston AHL 50 8 8 16 48 FA/08

> 72 Frederic St. Denis 5-11 190 Left 1/23/86 Greenfield Park, Quebec U. Quebec Trois Rivieres CIS 28 4 14 18 4 TRYOUT

> 64 Marco Scandella 6-2 195 Left 2/23/90 Montreal, Quebec Val d> ‘> Or QMJHL 65 4 10 14 35 EN/08

> 62 Tyler Schmidt 6-1 200 Left 4/13/90 Winnipeg, Manitoba Tri-City WHL 66 2 12 14 129 TRYOUT

> # GOALTENDERS HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GPI GA W-L-T> SO GAA ACQ

> 70 Anton Khudobin 5-10 183 Left 5/7/86 Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Houston AHL 12 16 2-2-1 1 1.99 EN/04

> 43 Cody St. Jacques 5-11 170 Left 5/14/90 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Guelph OHL 22 55 9-8-3 2 2.88 TRYOUT

> 50 Steven Stanford 6-0 170 Left 9/10/90 Calgary, Alberta Prince Albert WHL 31 102 9-16-0 0 3.72 TRYOUT

MINNESOTA WILD TO UNVEIL FIRST-EVER MASCOT SUNDAY, OCT. 5

Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club Members Have Chance to Name Mascot

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The National Hockey League’ s (NHL) Minnesota Wild will unveil the team’s first-ever mascot on Sunday, Oct. 5, at an exclusive Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club event at Xcel Energy Center from 3:30-7 p.m. The mascot will be targeted towards young fans, families and community events. Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club members are being encouraged to send their ideas for mascot names to the team.

It’s something that we’ve been looking at for quite a while now, and the pieces fell together this summer after engaging some of our fans in the process,” Wild Vice President, Brand Marketing John Maher said.” Fans will see the mascot at community appearances and kids activities, and occasionally at a Wild home game if kids, families or one of our community partners is involved.”

 ”There are many community events and appearances that we would like to have a presence at, but because of the demands of the NHL schedule and the sheer number of appearance requests we receive during the season, we haven ‘t been able to participate,” Wild Manager of Community Giving Amy Woog Patnode said.  “We feel that we’ ll be able to fulfill many more community and kid related requests by adding a Wild mascot.> “>

> The Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club event and mascot unveiling will take place at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 3:30-7 p.m. Kids will have a chance to skate and take pictures with the mascot, and other activities will include floor hockey, face painters and a movie. For more information or to join the Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club, please visit http://wild.nhl.com/fanzone/kidsclub.htm.

In addition, the Wild is taking applications for the mascot job through the following website: http://hockeyjobs.nhl.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=20255.

Interviews and on-ice auditions will follow in September. The mascot will make its first public appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Wild’s Face-Off Luncheon.

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