Marcus Foligno

17 Marcus Foligno Marcus Foligno (Number 17) is a left-wing forward and one of the Alternate Captains for the Minnesota Wild. He was born on August 10, 1991 in Buffalo, New York, United States.

Sudbury Wolves
Foligno played in the OHL for the Sudbury Wolves, the same team that his older brother, Nick Foligno played for. Foligno was selected in the fourth round NHL draft by the Buffalo Sabres, but he still spent two more seasons with the Wolves, with his best coming during the 2010-11 season.

Rochester Americans
After being selected by the Sabres, Foligno was signed an entry-level contract with the Sabres and started playing for the Sabres' AHL affiliate team, the Rochester Americans in the 2011-12 season. He did not play for the Americans for very long.

Buffalo Sabres
Foligno made his NHL debut for the Buffalo Sabres on December 20, 2011. His older brother, Nick Foligno was playing for the Ottawa Senators, which was the team Marcus played against on his debut. Foligno broke his family's tradition by not choosing to be numbers 17(the number his dad wore) or 71(the number his brother wore) and instead chose to wear the number 82. Foligno played for the Sabres until 2017, when he was traded to the Minnesota Wild.

Minnesota Wild
In 2017, Foligno was traded to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for former Wild players, Marco Scandella, and Jason Pominville as well as a fourth round pick in the NHL draft. The 2017-18 season was Foligno's start with the Wild, but was hospitalized on October 12, 2017 due to a punch in the face by John Hayden in the Chicago Blackhawks. In the Wild, Foligno did wear his dad's number 17. On September 25, 2021, Foligno along with Matt Dumba were assigned as Alternate Captains for the team after former Alternate Captains, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter have been drafted to other teams during the 2021 NHL Draft.