plus the first round of the playoffs (seven-game series loss to Tampa Bay) suspension he received March 20, 2011, for elbowing the Rangers’ Ryan McDonagh.

He has been fined four times for the max $2,500 each time, but his last fine or suspension was for that McDonagh elbow.

Last season, he had 36 penalty minutes, tied for 118th in the NHL with guys like Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin. In 2011-12, he was tied for 216th in the NHL with 44 penalty minutes.

He has played every game the past two seasons. Other than one 10-minute misconduct, he hasn’t had anything but a minor penalty the past two seasons. * I've been reminded, this is regular season. He got a checking from behind against the Bruins in the playoffs.



He said heway in the playoffs. In the end, that Wild team did end up winning its only division championship but bowed out in six games to Jose Theodore, Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche.

Cooke will be introduced to the Minnesota media during a press gathering Wednesday afternoon.

--Yesterday, development camp officially started with a team meeting and dinner/beach volleyball tourney at Lord Fletcher’s in Minnetonka.

The group of prospects will be on the ice for the first time this afternoon. For the development camp roster, see this link.

A total of 36 players are scheduled to attend the Wild’s 2013 Development Camp, including 20 selected by Minnesota in the NHL Entry Draft. Players scheduled to attend include: Brett Bulmer, Raphael Bussieres, Mathew Dumba, Tyler Graovac, Johan Gustafsson, Erik Haula and Zack Phillips,