TSN.ca Staff
6/30/2007 2:47:57 PM
The Minnesota Wild announced Saturday that the club has re-signed centre Mikko Koivu and defenceman Martin Skoula to multi-year contracts.
Koivu, 24, set a career-high in points and appeared in all 82 games with Minnesota.
He finished tied for first in the NHL with eight shootout goals (8-for-15) and tied for second with four game-deciding goals.
The native of Turku, Finland recorded 11 multi-point games and his 25-point increase from 2005-06 to 2006-07 was the second largest point increase among players who appeared in at least 60 games last season, trailing only Martin St. Louis' 41-point increase.
He has 75 points and 98 PIM in 146 career NHL games in two seasons with the Wild.
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