Cam Barker is a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, number three overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut for Chicago on October 14, 2005, in a game against the Colorado Avalanche.http://wild.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471216&view=bio Barker scored his first NHL goal in his second NHL game on January 14, 2007, against his current team, the Minnesota Wild. He then notched his first NHL assist and first NHL multiple-point game on February 1, 2007, against the Los Angeles Kings.http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/barkeca01/gamelog/2007/

On February 12, 2010, Cam Barker was traded to the Wild in exchange for Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy. In 19 games with the Wild during the 2009-10 season, he scored one goal and six assists for a total of seven points, and logged 10 penalty minutes. In his first 31 games of the 2010-11 season, he posted one goal and four assists for a total of five points. He also registered 16 penalty minutes.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=62512

Cam Barker was born on April 4, 1986, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The 6-foot-3 defenseman, whose nicknames are "Bobby" and "Barks", considers his parents and grandpa as the ones that have most influenced his hockey career. Some of his favorites include the movie Good Will Hunting, the television show Entourage, listening to music by The Strokes, playing golf, and spending time with family and friends.http://wild.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471216&view=bio

Cam Barker played major junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 2001-06. In 214 games with Medicine Hat, he logged 179 points, scoring 51 goals, 32 of them on the power play, and 128 assists. He also posted a +24 plus/minus rating, and registered 346 penalty minutes. In 56 playoff games, Barker put up 37 points on 13 goals and 24 assists.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?4498

Barker made his professional hockey debut in one NHL game during the 2005-06 season with Chicago, only to open the next season in the American Hockey League (AHL). Barker appeared in 70 AHL games for the Norfolk Admirals and the Rockford IceHogs, logging 39 points on 16 goals, seven on the power play, and 23 assists. He also posted 126 penalty minutes and a +11 plus/minus rating.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?4498

In 219 NHL games through the 2009-10 season, Cam Barker recorded 87 points on 18 goals and 69 assists. He also logged 229 penalty minutes. In 17 postseason games, he posted nine points on three goals and six assists, registering just two penalty minutes.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?4498 On February 9, 2010, Barker appeared in his 200th NHL game in a match-up between the Blackhawks and the Dallas Stars.http://wild.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471216&view=bio