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Justin Falk

current status: Off season

#44 D | 6'5", 215 lbs. | Minnesota

Birth Date:October 11, 1988 (24 years old)
Place of Birth:Snowflake, Man.
Shoots:L

Experience:3 years
Drafted:Drafted by Minnesota in 2007 (4/110).

Season Stats

	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
YTD	36	0	3	3	-9	40	0	0	0	13:12	27	0.08
Playoffs	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	11:33	0	0.00

Scouting Report

Assets:	Usually plays a safe, steady game while limiting glaring mistakes in his own zone. Has great size for the blueline position at the highest level.
Flaws:	Lacks consistency in the physical department. Doesn't have a lot of offensive acumen, so points should always be hard to come by for him.
Career Potential:	Big defensive defenseman.

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
Memorial Cup	All-Star Team	2007-08

Movements & Injuries

2013
2/26/2013	Missed 3 games (illness).
2/17/2013	Illness, day-to-day.
2012
7/05/2012	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Minnesota Wild to a one-year contract.
6/25/2012	Minnesota Wild tendered a qualifying offer.
3/29/2012	Missed 10 games (leg injury).
3/06/2012	Leg injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2011
12/20/2011	Missed 11 games (back injury).
12/03/2011	Back injury, injured reserve.
11/28/2011	Back injury, day-to-day.
7/15/2011	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Minnesota Wild to a one-year contract.
6/27/2011	Minnesota Wild tendered a qualifying offer.
4/08/2011	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
4/01/2011	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
2/06/2011	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
2/05/2011	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
2010
12/06/2010	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
11/24/2010	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
11/18/2010	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
4/02/2010	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
3/19/2010	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
3/17/2010	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
3/16/2010	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
2009
9/22/2009	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
2008
10/05/2008	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
10/03/2008	Signed by the Minnesota Wild to an entry-level contract.

Career Transactions

2007
6/23/2007	Drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the 4th round (110th overall) in 2007.

Player News

Justin Falk returns from an illness Tuesday | 02/27/2013 11:52 AM

News

Justin Falk (illness) was able to play in Tuesday's game.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Impact

Falk missed three straight contests. He had two blocked shots and two hits in 10:50 minutes of playing time.

| 02/27/2013 3:45 AM

News

Justin Falk returned to action on Tuesday February 26.

Rotoworld.com

Justin Falk will return to lineup on Tuesday | 02/26/2013 5:43 PM

News

Justin Falk (illness) is expected to return to the lineup Tuesday night.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Impact

Falk missed Sunday's game with the ailment but will slot in alongside Tom Gilbert against the Flames. He has one assist and a minus-1 rating in 14 games this season and has no fantasy value.

Illness likely to get Justin Falk out Sunday | 02/17/2013 10:24 AM

News

Wild blueliner Justin Falk will probably miss Sunday's game due to an illness.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Impact

Falk missed Saturday's morning skate with the ailment and isn't expected to be ready to play against Detroit.

Justin Falk is day-to-day with an illness | 02/16/2013 3:15 PM

News

Justin Falk is dealing with an illness and consequently missed Saturday's morning skate.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Impact

Falk has an assist and minus-one rating in 14 games this season. He's questionable for Sunday's game.

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Game Log

Date	Team	Opp	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPPTS	SHG	GWG	S	TOI	Status
5/09/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	0	08:26	-
5/07/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	0	11:23	-
5/05/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	0	2	0	-	0	0	0	12:15	-
5/03/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	0	14:09	-
4/30/2013	Min	Chi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Various
4/27/2013	Min	Col	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	11:23	-
4/26/2013	Min	Edm	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	1	14:36	-
4/23/2013	Min	LA	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	05:07	-
4/21/2013	Min	Cgy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/18/2013	Min	SJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/16/2013	Min	Edm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/15/2013	Min	Cgy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/13/2013	Min	CBJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/11/2013	Min	StL	0	0	-	-2	2	0	-	0	0	1	11:45	-
4/09/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	13:01	-
4/07/2013	Min	CBJ	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	13:05	-
4/04/2013	Min	LA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/03/2013	Min	SJ	0	1	1	1	2	0	-	0	0	2	15:20	-
4/01/2013	Min	StL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
3/30/2013	Min	LA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
3/29/2013	Min	Dal	0	0	-	0	5	0	-	0	0	2	15:07	-
3/27/2013	Min	Phx	0	0	-	-1	7	0	-	0	0	1	11:27	-
3/25/2013	Min	Dal	0	0	-	-2	2	0	-	0	0	2	13:18	-
3/23/2013	Min	SJ	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	14:28	-
3/20/2013	Min	Det	0	0	-	1	0	0	-	0	0	1	13:50	-
3/18/2013	Min	Van	0	0	-	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	13:47	-
3/16/2013	Min	Col	0	1	1	0	7	0	-	0	0	0	14:25	-
3/14/2013	Min	Col	0	0	-	1	2	0	-	0	0	1	11:32	-
3/12/2013	Min	Ana	0	0	-	-2	0	0	-	0	0	1	09:59	-
3/10/2013	Min	Van	0	0	-	0	2	0	-	0	0	0	13:58	-
3/09/2013	Min	Nas	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	13:52	-
3/05/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	0	2	0	-	0	0	0	16:35	-
3/03/2013	Min	Edm	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	3	15:29	-
3/01/2013	Min	Ana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
2/28/2013	Min	Phx	0	0	-	-2	0	0	-	0	0	0	12:43	-
2/26/2013	Min	Cgy	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	10:50	-
2/23/2013	Min	Cgy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Illness
2/21/2013	Min	Edm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Illness
2/17/2013	Min	Det	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Illness
2/14/2013	Min	Col	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	1	18:41	-
2/12/2013	Min	Van	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	11:33	-
2/11/2013	Min	Cgy	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	12:04	-
2/09/2013	Min	Nas	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	12:26	-
2/07/2013	Min	Van	0	0	-	-2	2	0	-	0	0	0	12:22	-
2/04/2013	Min	Phx	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	13:05	-
2/01/2013	Min	Ana	0	0	-	1	0	0	-	0	0	1	14:14	-
1/30/2013	Min	Chi	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	12:56	-
1/29/2013	Min	CBJ	0	1	1	1	0	0	-	0	0	2	15:35	-
1/27/2013	Min	StL	0	0	-	-2	0	0	-	0	0	0	17:31	-
1/25/2013	Min	Det	0	0	-	0	5	0	-	0	0	0	12:04	-
1/22/2013	Min	Nas	0	0	-	0	2	0	-	0	0	1	12:40	-
1/20/2013	Min	Dal	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	12:31	-
1/19/2013	Min	Col	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	12:24	-

Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Minnesota	NHL	36	0	3	3	-9	40	0	0	13:12	27	0.08
2011-12	Minnesota	NHL	47	1	8	9	-13	54	1	0	19:29	46	0.19
2010-11	Minnesota	NHL	22	0	3	3	-4	6	0	0	14:09	7	0.14
	Houston	AHL	55	3	11	14	16	41	0	-	-	72	0.25
2009-10	Minnesota	NHL	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	7:32	1	0.00
	Houston	AHL	69	3	6	9	-6	87	0	-	-	60	0.13
2008-09	Houston	AHL	65	0	3	3	-4	44	0	-	-	-	0.05
2007-08	Spokane	WHL	72	4	22	26	27	98	3	-	-	-	0.36
2006-07	Spokane	WHL	62	3	12	15	11	88	0	0	-	-	0.24
2005-06	Spokane	WHL	48	0	8	8	1	35	0	-	-	-	0.17
	Calgary	WHL	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0.40
	Total Cgy/Spo	WHL	53	0	10	10	3	35	0	-	-	-	0.19
2004-05	Calgary	WHL	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	108	1	14	15	-28	100	1	0	-	81	0.14
AHL	Total	AHL	189	6	20	26	6	172	0	-	-	-	0.14
WHL	Total	WHL	191	7	44	51	40	223	3	-	-	-	0.27

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Minnesota	NHL	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	11:33	0	0.00
2011-12	Minnesota	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2010-11	Minnesota	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Houston	AHL	24	0	5	5	3	33	0	0	-	-	22	0.21
2009-10	Minnesota	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Houston	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2008-09	Houston	AHL	20	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	0.10
2007-08	Spokane	WHL	21	1	4	5	8	12	0	0	-	-	-	0.24
2006-07	Spokane	WHL	6	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	-	-	-	0.00
2005-06	Spokane	WHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Calgary	WHL	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	-	0	0.00
AHL	Total	AHL	44	0	7	7	3	37	0	0	-	-	-	0.16
WHL	Total	WHL	32	1	4	5	6	20	0	0	-	-	-	0.16

2012 Game Highs

	TOTAL	OPP	DATE	LAST SEASON
Goals	0	36 times-last:at Col	last:Apr 27	1
Assists	1	3 times-last:at SJ	last:Apr 3	2
Points	1	3 times-last:at SJ	last:Apr 3	2
Penalty Minutes	7	2 times-last:vs. Phx	last:Mar 27	7
Plus/Minus	1	6 times-last:at SJ	last:Apr 3	2
Power Play Goals	0	36 times-last:at Col	last:Apr 27	1
Power Play Points	0	36 times-last:at Col	last:Apr 27	1
Shorthanded Goals	0	36 times-last:at Col	last:Apr 27	0
Shorthanded Points	0	36 times-last:at Col	last:Apr 27	0
Shots	3	vs. Edm	Mar 3	4

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	47	2011-12 (Min)
Goals	1	2011-12 (Min)
Assists	8	2011-12 (Min)
Points	9	2011-12 (Min)
Penalty Minutes	54	2011-12 (Min)
Plus/Minus	-2	2009-10 (Min)
Power Play Goals	1	2011-12 (Min)
Shots	46	2011-12 (Min)

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