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Minnesota Wild Fifteen Greatest Players: #10 Pierre-Marc Bouchard

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Coming in at number ten on the list, is hands down the fastest skater in Minnesota Wild history and one of the fastest of his time in the NHL. Pierre Marc-Bouchard was a rare play maker that used his speed and imagination to make things happen offensively. On Wild teams that were called offensively challenged, Bouchard was the exception making plays and scoring goals for ten seasons in Minnesota.

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A native of Sherbrooke Quebec, Bouchard started his professional journey like many young French-Canadian players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In his two years in the QMJHL, he would post an astounding 235 points (84 goals and 151 assists) and win the CHL’s Player of the Year Award in 2002.