EDMONTON, Alberta — Nothing Dakota Mermis has earned in a nine-year professional hockey career has come easy, so the Minnesota Wild defenseman isn’t about to give up on the NHL now. Especially ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing back Dakota Mermis. The defenceman agreed to a two-year deal worth $812,500 per season, the team announced Tuesday. Mermis, 31, appeared in three games with the ...

Dakota Mermis was both relieved and satisfied on Canada Day, known around these parts as Tuesday, July 1. Mermis, a 2012 Alton High graduate, agreed to a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forwards Michael Pezzetta, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Travis Boyd and re-signed defenseman Dakota Mermis, the team announced Tuesday.

ALTON — Dakota Mermis has done something only a few hockey players have accomplished - he’s signed a contract with an NHL team after going undrafted in the recent National Hockey League Draft ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs made a few depth signings after free agency opened on Tuesday. The team re-signed Dakota Mermis, along with signing forwards Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Travis Boyd.

Alton native Dakota Mermis took part in the NHL Winter Warmup New Year's Day at Target Field in Minneapolis. Alton native and former AHS player Dakota Mermis is accustomed to life as a ...

It’s been an uphill climb for Coyotes defenseman Dakota Mermis, but he’s finally getting a taste of the summit. A native of Alton, Ill., Mermis was not drafted. He was not a blue-chip prospect ...

ST. PAUL --Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League club has re-signed defenseman Dakota Mermis to a two-year, two-way contract ($750,000/$300,000 in ...

Mermis was recalled from AHL Iowa on Thursday. Mermis was placed on waivers Oct. 4 and was sent to the minors the following day. The 29-year-old defenseman played in two NHL games last season and ...

Iowa defenseman and wife Sarah welcomed their first son just a couple of weeks before his call-up for the Winter Classic ...