Even though he wasn’t a Minnesota Wild prospect, fans of the Wild living in the Twin Cities have probably heard Justin Kloos’s name before. A right-shot center, Kloos has spent the last four years playing for the University of Minnesota and spent the past two years as the team’s captain. Kloos signed a two-year Entry Level Contract with the Wild as an undrafted free agent after the Minnesota Gophers’ season ended this past spring. In addition, Kloos played the last few games of the Iowa Wild’s 2016-17 season.
Before his first season of college hockey, Kloos played for his local high school Lakeville South, and with the USHL Waterloo Black Hawks.