SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Nate Prosser to a two-year contract extension.

 

   Prosser, 25 (5/7/86), has tallied six assists and 18 penalty minutes (PIM) in 23 games with the Wild this season while averaging 20:37 in time on ice per contest. Prosser’s TOI ranks fourth amongst rookies in the NHL. The Wild is 14-7-2 with Prosser in the lineup. In 19 games this season with Houston, he has tallied four assists, a plus-9 rating and five PIM. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound native of Elk River, Minn., has collected seven assists in 28 career NHL matches with the Wild. Prosser, who played at Colorado College, was signed as a free agent March 18, 2010.