| Dakota Mermis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mermis with the Springfield Falcons in 2015 | |||
| Born | January 5, 1994 Alton, Illinois, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams | Minnesota Wild Arizona Coyotes New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Dakota Mermis (born January 5, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Undrafted, Mermis originally played in the United States Hockey League with the Lincoln Stars before developing within the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in the 2010–11 season. He left the U.S. Junior program the following season in linking up with the Green Bay Gamblers in his last season in the USHL.
Mermis committed and began his freshman year of college hockey at the University of Denver in the 2012–13 season, before leaving the Pioneers after just 19 games to progress to major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights and Oshawa Generals. [1]
Following the conclusion of his major junior career with the Memorial Cup winning Generals after the 2014–15 season, Mermis' unconventional development path was rewarded as he was signed as a free agent to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 2, 2015. [2]
In the 2017–18 season, having played in the opening 7 games of the season with AHL affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners, Mermis received his first recall by the Coyotes on November 1, 2017. [3] With an injury to fellow Coyotes defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson, Mermis made his NHL debut the following day in a defeat to the Buffalo Sabres. [4]
Having appeared in 10 NHL games with the Coyotes during his four seasons within the organization, Mermis left as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way $700,000 contract with the New Jersey Devils on July 1, 2019. [5] He initially joined the Binghamton Devils in the AHL to begin the 2019–20 season, leading the blueline in scoring with 19 points through 53 games. Recalled by New Jersey to the NHL, Mermis scored his first career NHL goal against the St. Louis Blues on March 6, 2020. He registered his first multi-point game the following night against the New York Rangers. Mermis appearing in 10 games with the Devils, posting four points, before their season was ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mermis left the Devils as a free agent after the season and signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Minnesota Wild on October 9, 2020. [6]
Mermis won the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award while playing for the Iowa Wild in the 2021–22 season. [7]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | St. Louis Amateur Blues | T1EHL | 48 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Lincoln Stars | USHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | U.S. National Development Team | USHL | 36 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 60 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 2012–13 | University of Denver | WCHA | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | London Knights | OHL | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | ||
| 2013–14 | London Knights | OHL | 66 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15 | London Knights | OHL | 36 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 30 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 63 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Rapid City Rush | ECHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 67 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 59 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2017–18 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 62 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Binghamton Devils | AHL | 53 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 59 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 63 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | United States | U17 |  | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| USHL | ||
| USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game | 2012 | |
| Clark Cup champion | 2012 | |
| OHL | ||
| J. Ross Robertson Cup champion | 2013, 2015 | |
| Memorial Cup champion | 2015 | |
| AHL | ||
| Yanick Dupre Memorial Award | 2022 | |
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