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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild signed forward Vinni Lettieri to a two-year, two-way contract on Saturday, bringing the grandson of hockey great Lou Nanne back to his home state.

The salary-cap-crunched Wild made only a couple of minor moves after NHL free agency opened, also signing forward Jake Lucchini to a one-year, two-way contract.

But the transaction was plenty significant for the Lettieri and Nanne families. The 28-year-old Lettieri, who will make $750,000 in the NHL and $550,000 in the AHL, spent most of last season with Boston’s minor-league affiliate. He had 23 goals and 26 assists in 48 games for Providence.

Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz, center, celebrates next to center Tyler Seguin, right, after scoring during the first period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Friday, April 28, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Roope Hintz scored his fifth goal of the series, Jake Oettinger stonewalled his home-state team again, and the Stars eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 4-1 win in Game 6 of their first-round NHL playoff series.

Dallas Stars' Roope Hintz, center, celebrates with Tyler Seguin after scoring his third goal of the game that came in the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz has the size, speed and shot that Dallas Stars teammate Max Domi says makes him pretty much the perfect hockey player.

Linesman David Brisebois (96) escorts Minnesota Wild's Marcus Foligno (17) off the ice after Foligno was issued a game misconduct in the first period of Game 5 of the team's NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

DALLAS (AP) — Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno got a game misconduct and a five-minute major penalty just over 2 minutes into Game 5 against the Dallas Stars after a knee-on-knee hit with Radek Faksa on Tuesday night.

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) reacts after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the third period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Sunday, April 23, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)

Tyler Seguin scored two power-play goals and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves to help the Dallas Stars bounce back from a lopsided loss and beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in Game 4 to even their first-round NHL playoff series.

The native of Excelsior, Minnesota, can play center or wing. He has 116 goals and 113 assists in 267 career AHL games and seven goals and 11 assists in 83 career NHL games. Lettieri originally signed with the New York Rangers as an undrafted free agent before latching on with Anaheim.

Lettieri played four years of college hockey at Minnesota, helping the Gophers win four consecutive Big Ten regular season championships with 37 goals and 46 assists over 149 games.