PHILADELPHIA — When he took his first shift on Saturday night versus the Flyers in South Philly, Tyler Pitlick became the 36th Minnesota-born player to wear a Minnesota Wild sweater in a game. He also became the second member of his Twin Cities family to don the green and Iron Range red in a game.

A little more than three years ago, Tyler’s first cousin Rem was acquired by the Wild from Nashville, played 20 games with Minnesota, and was promptly traded to Montreal in the midst of the 2021-22 season.

Tyler needs 20 more games to become the Pitlick family’s iron man in a Wild uniform.

“It was awesome,” Pitlick said after the Wild’s 2-1 overtime loss to Philadelphia. “I was obviously really excited to play for the hometown team, but more importantly just to get back to the NHL after a year

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