A lot of emotions, kind of hard to process still, but I’m just super excited,” said Zeev Buium, who is 19 and originally from Southern California.

Zeev Buium was conducting his first media interview as a member of the Minnesota Wild on Monday, when a white practice jersey suddenly sailed over the circle of reporters and cameras and landed square in the rookie's face.

Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Zeev Buium (pronounced Zee-v Boo-y-YUM) to a three-year,