Minnesota Wild Player Profile: Cal Clutterbuck

Meet Cal Clutterbuck, a forward for the Minnesota Wild.

Cal Clutterbuck was born on November 18, 1987 and grew up—like most of his fellow NHL players, in Canada. Cal Clutterbuck spent his years of junior hockey on two different teams in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL): the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and Oshawa Generals.

But bigger and better dreams called, and Cal Clutterbuck entered the 2006 NHL draft. The Minnesota Wild picked Clutterbuck during the 3rd round as the 72nd player overall. With excitement and a bit of trepidation, Cal Clutterbuck made his NHL appearance on October 28, 2007 in a match-up against the Colorado Avalanche.

Cal Clutterbuck has quickly become one of the most popular players on the Minnesota Wild roster.

Opening Night: Thursday, October 14th

On Thursday, October 14th the Minnesota Wild will play the Edmonton Oilers. It is opening night at the Xcel Energy Center so Minnesota Wild fans come out and support your team! The Minnesota Wild have some high end players with Mikko Koivu, Cal Clutterbuck, Brent Burns, Marek Zidlicky, Matt Cullen, Guillame Latendresse, and Niklas Backstrom. The Oilers finished last season with the worst overall record and as a result, received #1 pick Taylor Hall. Let's go Wild!