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USA Matt Kiersted
#23 Iowa Wild / AHL - 25/26
1-time WJAC-19 Gold Medal 1
1-time NCAA (NCHC) Champion 1
1-time NCAA (West) Second All-American Team 1
1-time USHL Clark Cup Champion 1
Date of Birth
Apr 14, 1998
Position
D
Age
27
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Elk River, MN, USA
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
25/26
Cap Hit
$775,000 Powered by
NHL Rights
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild / Signed

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Matt Kiersted Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Team MPLS Magazine UMHSEHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
Elk River High USHS-MN 24* 6* 15* 21* 22* -* | Playoffs 3 0 4 4 2 -
2014-15 Team Twin Cities Orthopedics UMHSEHL 18* 3* 12* 15* 14* -* |
Elk River High USHS-MN 25* 8* 28* 36* 31* -* | Playoffs 3 1 4 5 2 -
Chicago Steel USHL 11* 0* 1* 1* 6* -1* |
U.S. National U17 Team NTDP 3* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2015-16 Chicago Steel USHL 57* 4* 19* 23* 44* -10* |
2016-17 Chicago Steel USHL 23* 2* 12* 14* 24* 10* |
2017-18 Univ. of North Dakota NCAA 29* 4* 4* 8* 10* -2* |
2018-19 Univ. of North Dakota NCAA 36* 7* 11* 18* 35* 2* |
2019-20 Univ. of North Dakota “A” NCAA 33* 6* 23* 29* 50* 22* |
2020-21 Univ. of North Dakota “A” NCAA 29* 3* 19* 22* 28* 15* |
Florida Panthers NHL 7* 0* 0* 0* 2* -4* |
2021-22 Florida Panthers NHL 10* 1* 1* 2* 2* -8* |
Charlotte Checkers AHL 63* 5* 15* 20* 64* 6* | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 4 2
2022-23 Florida Panthers NHL 20* 1* 3* 4* 6* 4* |
Charlotte Checkers AHL 49* 6* 15* 21* 44* 3* | Playoffs 7 0 3 3 16 -6
2023-24 Charlotte Checkers AHL 57* 4* 11* 15* 53* 14* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 6 0
2024-25 Florida Panthers NHL 2* 0* 1* 1* 2* 1* |
Charlotte Checkers AHL 64* 1* 28* 29* 40* 34* | Playoffs 13 0 8 8 12 8
2025-26 Iowa Wild “A” AHL 22* 0* 3* 3* 16* -13* |
Projected AHL 71* 0* 10* 10* 52* -42* |

Matt Kiersted Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Team Red USA-S15 5* 2* 0* 2* -* -* |
2014-15 Team Grey USA-S16 6* 1* 2* 3* -* -* |
B16 - Blue (Final 54) MNHP-16 3* 0* 1* 1* -* -* |
2015-16 Chicago Steel JCWC 5* 0* 2* 2* 16* 2* |
Team Grey USA-S17 5* 1* 3* 4* 6* -* |
B17 - Red (Final 54) MNHP-17 3* 2* 1* 3* -* -* |
2016-17 USA U19 WJAC-19 5* 0* 3* 3* 2* -* |

Matt Kiersted Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 255* 16* 72* 88* 0.35* 217* 44* | 4 30 1 * 11 * 12 * 0.40 * 38 * 4 *
JCWC 1 5* 0* 2* 2* 0.40* 16* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
MNHP-16 1 3* 0* 1* 1* 0.33* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
MNHP-17 1 3* 2* 1* 3* 1.00* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NCAA 4 127* 20* 57* 77* 0.61* 123* 37* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 4 39* 2* 5* 7* 0.18* 12* -7* | 0 * * * * * *
NTDP 1 3* 0* 1* 1* 0.33* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
UMHSEHL 2 20* 3* 12* 15* 0.75* 14* -* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
USA-S15 1 5* 2* 0* 2* 0.40* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USA-S16 1 6* 1* 2* 3* 0.50* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USA-S17 1 5* 1* 3* 4* 0.80* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USHL 3 91* 6* 32* 38* 0.42* 74* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
USHS-MN 2 49* 14* 43* 57* 1.16* 53* -* | 2 6 1 * 8 * 9 * 1.50 * 4 * - *
WJAC-19 1 5* 0* 3* 3* 0.60* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *

Matt Kiersted Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/29/2025
09/29/2025 Up/Down Minnesota Wild Iowa Wild
07/02/2025
07/02/2025 Confirmed Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild
06/28/2024
06/28/2024 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
06/27/2022
06/27/2022 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
04/01/2021
04/01/2021 Confirmed Univ. of North Dakota Florida Panthers
04/19/2014
04/19/2014 Confirmed Elk River High Univ. of North Dakota
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2014, 1 #6 overall by Chicago Steel in the USHL Futures Draft