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Kyle Wanvig (RW)

Portland Pirates

Biography

2009-10: Saw a seven-game point streak (3-7-10) end 2/19/10 @ Albany . . . scored two goals and two assists and was named the game’s first star 2/15/10 vs. Hartford . . . played in his 500th career professional game 2/12/10 vs. Syracuse . . . signed an AHL SPC on 12/16/09 . . . scored his first goal and assist as a member of the Pirates 10/24/09 @ Norfolk . . . appeared in his first game as a member of the Pirates 10/23/09 @ Norfolk. 2008-09: Split the season between Khabarovsk Amur in the Kontinental (Russian) Hockey League and Brynas IF Gavle in the Swedish Elite League. In a combined 34 games, Wanvig collected four goals and two assists for six points to go along with 81 minutes in penalties. 2007-08: Led Norfolk in goals (23), assists (33), points (56) and power play goals (8) . . . scored two goals – including the game-winner – and was named first star on 04/11/08 at Binghamton . . . had a “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” with a goal, an assist and two fights on 02/16/08 vs. Worcester . . . recalled by Tampa Bay (NHL) on 01/05/08 and returned to Norfolk (AHL) on 01/31/08 . . . appeared in seven games with the Lightning scoring one goal and seven penalty minutes . . . sustained an upper-body injury on 12/27/07 vs. Philadelphia and missed three games before returning on 01/04/08 vs. Bridgeport . . . had a four-game point streak (1G, 4A) from 12/01/07 at BNG to 12/08/07 vs. WBS . . . had a seven-game point streak (8G, 5A) from 11/07/07 vs. Hershey through 11/21/07 vs. Springfield . . . also had multiple points (7G, 4A) in five straight games from 11/14/07 at Hartford through 11/21/07 vs. Springfield . . . scored on a penalty shot for a goal in his sixth straight game to tie Norfolk’s franchise record goal scoring streak (Troy Brouwer) on 11/21/07 vs. Philadelphia . . . scored the game-winning goal and added an assist for first star honors on 11/18/07 at Lowell . . . tallied two goals for the second straight game on 11/16/07 at Springfield . . . netted two goals and earned second star honors in a 6-3 loss at Hartford on 11/14/07 . . . had a five-game scoring streak (1G, 7A) from 10/14/07 @ Springfield to 10/27/07 vs. Bridgeport . . . had a goal and two assists for first star honors on 10/19/07 vs. Binghamton . . . scored two goals in his Admirals debut on 10/05/07 at Philadelphia. 2006-07: Made his Lightning debut 02/25/07 vs. Pittsburgh, recording four hits . . . notched a hat trick with Springfield on 02/10/07 vs. Hartford . . . acquired from Atlanta with Stephen Baby for Andy Delmore & Andre Deveaux on 02/01/07 . . . signed with Atlanta as an unrestricted free agent on 07/18/06. 2005-06: Set NHL career highs in goals (4), assists (8), points (12), games (51) and PIM (64) with Minnesota. 2004-05: Set his AHL career high for assists (17) . . . fourth on Houston with a career AHL-high 158 PIM . . . scored his first NHL goal Dec. 17 vs. Edmonton. 2002-03: Made his NHL debut with Minnesota against Vancouver on Nov. 25, 2002. 2000-01: Re-entered NHL Entry Draft in 2001 and was selected by Minnesota in the second round (36th overall) . . . led Red Deer to the 2001 WHL Championship and 2001 Memorial Cup Championship, scoring 22 points in 22 post-season games. 1998-99: Originally drafted by Boston in the third round (89th overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.