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[Marshy]

http://www.wild.com/team/010/917/

August 4, 2005
MINNESOTA WILD SIGNS PAIR OF FREE AGENT DEFENSEMEN
SCOTT FERGUSON AND KURTIS FOSTER EACH AGREE TO TERMS WITH TEAM

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President and General Manager Doug Risebrough has announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed free agent defensemen Scott Ferguson and Kurtis Foster to contracts.

“Scott's career has been typified by his competitive drive and feisty play,” said Risebrough. “We were looking for that element to strengthen our team, especially in this new era of additional games with divisional rivals.”

Ferguson, 32 (1/6/73), recorded six points (1-5=6) and 80 penalty minutes (PIM) in 52 games with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2003-04 season. His five assists tied his career-high and he ranked fifth on the Oilers in PIM. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound blueliner set career-highs for games played (78), points (3-5=8) and PIM (120) with Edmonton in 2002-03.

Ferguson has collected 21 points (7-14=21) and 288 PIM in 203 career NHL contests during six seasons with Edmonton and Anaheim. Ferguson skated in his 200th career NHL game at Detroit on February 16, 2004. The Oilers originally signed the Camrose, Alberta-native as a free agent on June 2, 1994.

Foster, 23 (11/24/81), spent the 2004-05 season with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League (AHL), posting 42 points (17-25=42) and 95 penalty minutes (PIM) in 78 games and ranking fourth on the team in scoring. The Carp, Ontario-native was the top Cincinnati defenseman in goals, assists and points, while skating to a +16 rating. Foster also added five points (2-3=5) to go along with 28 PIM in nine playoff games.

The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Foster was selected in the second round (40th overall) by the Calgary Flames in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and has tallied one assist in five NHL games.

Per club policy, terms of the contracts were not disclosed.

[duckingermany]

Good luck Fosti!!

[ahtikullervo]

I hope he likes it in Wildboyz... Our deapth chart got weaker, possibly Portland team too...

[PortBeach13]

Good luck Foster you gotta need it!

[sykora_39]

Good luck!

[DropThePuck]

Look like the Wild are standing pat for now after completing the Zyuzin re-signing.

Wild assistant general manager Tom Lynn said the team will take a wait-and-see approach in regard to adding other players via free agency.

"We're getting close to where teams are going to start hearing from guys who didn't get the offers they were looking for in the first wave of free agency," Lynn said. "We'll listen the next couple of weeks because there might be guys who want to play here."

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[GLOVESAVE35]

Didn't the Ducks get foster in the trade of Havelid to Atlanta? If so, we let Niclas go for nothing. Or for more cap space.