ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored two goals and Brian Rolston added a goal in his first game with Minnesota, leading the Wild to a 7-0 victory over the Wayne Gretzky-coached Phoenix Coyotes in an exhibition game Saturday night.
Dwayne Rolson made 20 saves and earned the shutout for the Wild.
Rolston, who signed with the team in the summer of 2004, scored on a 5-on-3 power play in the opening period, and assisted on goals by A.J. Thelen and Bouchard.
Wes Walz, Roman Voloshenko and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Minnesota.
The Coyotes, coming off a 3-2 win over Minnesota in Gretzky’s debut on Friday night in Arizona, were whistled for 14 penalties.
The Wild finished with four power-play goals, and a short-handed score.
David LeNeveu played the entire game in goal for Phoenix and finished with 28 saves.
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