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[April 27, 2015]  April 26 (The Sports Xchange) - The Minnesota Wild signed center Christoph Bertschy to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2015-16 season.

Bertschy, 21, collected 30 points (14 goals, 16 assists), a plus-14 rating and 26 penalty minutes in 44 games with SC Bern in the Swiss League this season. The 5-foot-10, 189-pound native of Fribourg, Switzerland, added three points (one goal, two assists) in seven playoff games.

He was selected by Minnesota in the sixth round (158th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.

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St. Louis Blues center Jori Lehtera missed Game Five against Minnesota with a lower-body injury. He was injured when a shot from St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester struck Lehtera in the third period of Game Four. (Editing by Gene Cherry)

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