Foligno set career highs in points and plus/minus rating last season
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Minnesota Wild
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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Marcus Foligno to a three-year, $9.3 million contract ($3.1 million AAV) extension through the 2023-24 season.
Foligno 29, tallied 25 points (11-14=25), a plus-8 rating, 30 penalty minutes (PIM) and 184 hits in 59 games with Minnesota in 2019-20, setting career highs in points and plus/minus rating. The 6-foot-3, 224-pound native of Buffalo, N.Y., led the team in hits (T-18th in the NHL) and ranked third in plus/minus rating. He also ranked second amongst team forwards in shorthanded time on ice (SHTOI). Foligno notched consecutive multi-point games for the first time in his career, Jan. 4-5 (3-1=4) and recorded a season-high seven hits five times. He notched season-highs with three points (1-2=3) and five shots, and tied his season-best with seven hits at Arizona (Dec. 19) and tallied his 100th career NHL assist vs. Anaheim (Dec. 10).