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Princeton University Athletics
Sdao '13 Inks with Iowa Wild
August 02, 2017 | Men's Ice Hockey
Iowa Wild General Manager Brent Flahr '96 announced on August 2 that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed Mike Sdao '13 for the 2017-18 season.
Sdao finished the 2016-17 season at Iowa, on loan, from the ECHL's Colorado Eagles. He played in two games and scored one goal. Sdao played in 66 games with the Eagles and had nine goals and five assists, while taking 183 penalty minutes.
A 2009 Ottawa Senators draft pick, Sdao joined the Binghamton Senators after completing his senior season at Princeton in 2013. He played for three more seasons before being traded to the Rochester Americans in the 2015-16 season. In his AHL career, Sdao has played in 137 games and has 10 goals and 13 points and 336 penalty penalty minutes. He was Binghamton's AHL Man of the Year candidate in 2015.
A two-time first-team All-Ivy League defender, Sdao was also a two-time assistant captain of the Princeton Tigers. He was named a second-team All-ECAC Hockey selection in 2012. He played in 118 games and scored 26 goals, 27 assists and had 236 penalty minutes. During his senior year, Sdao led all defensemen in the league in goals and was third in points.
The announcement came from Princeton graduate Flahr, who is also the assistant general manager of the Minnesota Wild and is his seventh season with the organization. Flahr's resume as includes two seasons (2007-09) with the Ottawa Senators as Director of Hockey Operations, four seasons (2003-07) as an Amateur Scout with the Anaheim Ducks, eight seasons (1996-03) with the Florida Panthers in a variety of positions.
Other Princeton connections to the Iowa Wild include Sdao's former teammate Marc Hagel '12. Hagel played for the Iowa Wild from 2013-17 and was alternate captain in 2015-16 before being traded to the Binghamton Senators last year. Brett Westgarth '07 played one season in Iowa, when it was an affiliate of the Dallas Stars.
Iowa opens the 2017-18 season on Saturday, Oct. 7 hosting the Milwaukee Admirals at Wells Fargo Arena.
