Wild Acquires Forward Brandon Baddock from the Montreal Canadiens

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired forward Brandon Baddock from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for goaltender Andrew Hammond.
Baddock, 26 (3/29/95), has collected seven points (3-4=7) and 77 penalty minutes (PIM) in 33 games for the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League (AHL) this season. He also played in one game with Montreal, making his NHL debut on Dec. 30 at Carolina. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound native of Vermillion, Alberta, has tallied 44 points (17-27=44) and 518 PIM in 228 career AHL contests with Binghamton and Laval (2017-22). Baddock was selected by New Jersey in the sixth round (161st overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft.

Hammond was 6-2-3 with a 2.44 goals-against average, a .908 save percentage and three shutouts in 11 games with the Iowa Wild this season.
Minnesota hosts the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at 7 p.m. on Bally Sports North and KFAN 100.3 FM.