Mermis, 29, has registered 24 points (5-19=24), 57 penalty minutes (PIM), a plus-9 rating and 95 shots on goal in 46 contests with Iowa this season. The 6-foot, 195-pound native of Alton, Ill., leads Iowa defensemen in goals and ranks second in scoring and assists. Mermis ranks third on the team in plus/minus rating and PIM, and fifth in shots on goal. He owns 135 points (21-114=135), 393 PIM and 649 shots on goal in 409 career AHL games with Springfield (2015-15), Tucson (2016-19), Binghamton (2019-20) and Iowa (2021-23).
Mermis has collected four points (1-3=4) and a plus-8 rating in 25 career NHL games with Arizona (2017-19), New Jersey (2019-20) and Minnesota (2020-22). The left-shot blueliner played in two games with the Wild in 2021-22 and spent a majority of the 2020-21 season on Minnesota's taxi squad. Mermis was signed by the Wild as a free agent on Oct. 9, 2020, and wears sweater No. 6 with Minnesota.
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