Gerald Mayhew Earns First National Hockey League Call Up With Minnesota Wild

St. Paul, Mn. - The National Hockey League's (NHL) Minnesota Wild have announced that Ferris State University men's ice hockey class of 2017 graduate Gerald Mayhew has earned his first career NHL call-up.

Mayhew exploded out of the gate for three goals and three assists in his first four games this season for the American Hockey League's (AHL) Iowa Wild, Minnesota's top affiliate. When he debuts, he will become the 12th former Bulldog to play in an NHL regular season game.

This past offseason, the Minnesota Wild signed Mayhew to an NHL contract worth up to $1.4 million over two years on a two-way deal. Mayhew has spent his entire professional career with the Iowa Wild, Minnesota's top affiliate, in the American Hockey League (AHL).

The Wild next play on the road against the Ottawa Senators on Monday (Oct. 13) at 1 pm (ET) at The Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Minnesota's home rink, the Xcel Energy Center, treated Mayhew well in his collegiate career. Mayhew had five points in three collegiate games in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) tournament and the NCAA tournament combined.

The Wyandotte native was a standout for the Bulldogs from 2013-2017, helping the Bulldogs to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 2014 and 2016 as well as a Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) MacNaughton Cup Championship in 2014 and Broadmoor Trophy Championship in 2016.

As a freshman, Mayhew went on a postseason tear for the Bulldogs, resulting in the hashtag #GerryTime trending on twitter following his two-goal and overtime game-winning goal performance against Alaska Anchorage at Grand Rapids' Van Andel Arena in the 2014 WCHA Final Five. The Iowa Wild have maintained use of the hashtag throughout his professional career.

Mayhew had a breakout season for the Iowa Wild in 2018-19, establishing career highs in nearly every category on 27 goals, 33 assists and 60 points in the regular season. He also tallied nine power play goals and a pair of shorthanded markers. In the playoffs, Mayhew led the Wild in goal-scoring with nine goals and 11 points in 11 games played.

When Mayhew graduated, he left Ferris State as the all-time leading playoff point scorer (conference and NCAA tournaments combined) in program history. He scored the game-winning goal in Ferris State's 2014 NCAA Tournament victory over Colgate, and earned an assist, creating the game-winning overtime goal in Ferris State's 2016 upset of second overall seeded St. Cloud State in the NCAA West Regional.

Mayhew was the WCHA point-scoring champion in both 2015-16 and 2016-17, and wrapped up his career with 52 goals and 67 assists for 119 points in 150 collegiate contests. Mayhew was a two-time All-WCHA Tournament team member and a first team all-conference selection as a senior in 2017. He is Ferris State's current leading scorer of the 2010-2020 decade.

As a prepster, Mayhew was named USHS Michigan Mr. Hockey, awarded annually to Michigan's best high school hockey player. Mayhew tallied 44 goals in 30 games for Wyandotte Roosevelt High School in 2010-11 before joining the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons where he scored 36 goals and dished out 41 assists for 77 points in 117 games in USA's premier junior league.