"It's great to be able to get this taken care of early," Mermis said. "Now, I will be able to focus on working out, ...

Defenseman Dakota Mermis, an Alton native, signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs worth $1.625 million on ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing back Dakota Mermis. The defenceman agreed to a two-year deal worth $812,500 per season, ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forwards Michael Pezzetta, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Travis Boyd and re-signed defenseman ...

Mermis and his wife met in high school in their hometown of Alton, Illinois, a small suburb about 20 miles from St. Louis. Sarah was a soccer player, Dakota the town’s hockey star.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Nothing Dakota Mermis has earned in a nine-year professional hockey career has come easy, so the Minnesota Wild defenseman isn’t about to give up on the NHL now. Especially ...

Dakota Mermis has lived in a couple of St. Paul hotels for nearly two months now, the first having only a small fridge and no microwave, yet it’s safe to say there’s not a member of the Wild ...

Iowa defenseman and wife Sarah welcomed their first son just a couple of weeks before his call-up for the Winter Classic ...

Alton native Dakota Mermis took part in the NHL Winter Warmup New Year's Day at Target Field in Minneapolis. Alton native and former AHS player Dakota Mermis is accustomed to life as a ...

EDMONTON, Alberta — Nothing Dakota Mermis has earned in a nine-year professional hockey career has come easy, so the Minnesota Wild defenseman isn’t about to give up on the NHL now. Especially ...