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Joel Eriksson Ek

Minnesota Wild Power Play Needs a Rebuild From Top to Bottom

February 24, 2021 by Aaron Heckmann
Minnesota Wild celebrating

The Minnesota Wild’s power play struggles will become increasingly problematic real fast, as if it hasn’t already become a barrier. It has been an issue all season, and nothing has …

Read moreMinnesota Wild Power Play Needs a Rebuild From Top to Bottom

Categories Advanced Stats, Minnesota Wild Tags Dean Evason, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, Nick Bonino

Minnesota Wild 3 Stars of the Month – January 2021

February 2, 2021 by Aaron Heckmann
Minnesota Wild Three Stars of the Month

The Wild had an excellent start to the season that featured four wins in the first five games. However, as of late, several of the Wild’s issues have caught up …

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Categories Minnesota Wild Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, Kirill Kaprizov

Wild Weekly: Big Comeback Against the Avalanche

February 1, 2021 by Mariah Holland
Minnesota Wild Weekly Matt Dumba Kevin Fiala

Welcome to this week’s installment of Wild Weekly. The go-to location for weekly recaps of everything you need to know about the Minnesota Wild! Weekly Catch-Up The Wild had one …

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Categories Column, Minnesota Wild Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, Kirill Kaprizov, Victor Rask

Wild Weekly: A Pair of Series Splits Against Ducks & Sharks

January 25, 2021 by Justin Walters
Minnesota Wild Weekly Matt Dumba Kevin Fiala

Welcome to this week’s installment of Wild Weekly. The go-to location for weekly recaps of everything you need to know about the Minnesota Wild! Weekly Recap The Wild went 2-2 …

Read moreWild Weekly: A Pair of Series Splits Against Ducks & Sharks

Categories Column, Minnesota Wild Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Kaapo Kahkonen, Kevin Fiala, Nick Bonino

Wild Need to Find a Zuccarello Fill-In

December 10, 2020 by Justin Walters
Mats Zuccarello Minnesota Wild

News broke last week that the Minnesota Wild will be without one of their top-six forwards for at least the start of the upcoming season. Winger Mats Zuccarello is expected …

Read moreWild Need to Find a Zuccarello Fill-In

Categories Minnesota Wild Tags Andreas Athanasiou, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala, Mats Zuccarello

Minnesota Wild’s Best Value Contracts for 2020-21

December 9, 2020 by Aaron Heckmann
Joel Eriksson Ek, Mikhail Sergachev

After the Paul Fenton chaos and Bill Guerin making his mark on the franchise, there are some good and bad contracts left over on the Minnesota Wild. There are a …

Read moreMinnesota Wild’s Best Value Contracts for 2020-21

Categories Minnesota Wild Tags Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno

How the Wild can Overcome Past Personnel Mistakes

November 19, 2020 by Mariah Holland
Kevin Fiala Minnesota Wild

Everyone has their own opinion of what their favorite team should do when it comes to trades, starting players, how to operate the team, etc. I believe there are a …

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Categories Minnesota Wild Tags Alex Stalock, Joel Eriksson Ek, Mikael Granlund

Wild’s 3 Breakout Candidates for 2020-21

November 22, 2020November 18, 2020 by Aaron Heckmann
Jordan Greenway Minnesota Wild

After the significant changes this offseason, the makeup of the Minnesota Wild’s roster is drastically different from last season. If the team desires a playoff berth next season, it will …

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Categories Minnesota Wild, Previews and Predictions Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, Kirill Kaprizov

Wild’s Depth Upfront Could Be Difference Maker This Season

October 30, 2020 by Aaron Heckmann
Jordan Greenway Minnesota Wild

After the significant trades orchestrated by Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin, the team’s bottom-six depth up front will play a huge role in the upcoming season. In the past …

Read moreWild’s Depth Upfront Could Be Difference Maker This Season

Categories Minnesota Wild, Previews and Predictions Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, Marcus Foligno, Nick Bjugstad

Wild Have to Focus on Positives From Unfortunate Game 2

August 5, 2020 by Jack Dawkins
Kevin Fiala Minnesota Wild

The 4-3 score doesn’t really paint a fair picture of how lopsided the game was. The Minnesota Wild started Game 2 about as poorly as possible. They fell behind less …

Read moreWild Have to Focus on Positives From Unfortunate Game 2

Categories Minnesota Wild Tags 2020 NHL Playoffs, Alex Stalock, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala

Eriksson Ek Scores 2, Wild Rally to Beat Stars 3-2

February 8, 2020February 7, 2020 by The Canadian Press
Joel Eriksson Ek

DALLAS — Joel Eriksson Ek scored his second goal of the game with 26 seconds to play and the Minnesota Wild rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.
Eriksson Ek skated from behind the net to the right goalpost and p…

Categories Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild Tags Joe Pavelski, Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Parise

Minnesota Wild: Youth to Watch for in 2019-20

July 24, 2019July 23, 2019 by Trent Nelson
Joel Eriksson Ek

As the offseason moves towards August, much of the dust has settled in terms of the availability of major free agent signings. Teams will add small pieces here and there, …

Read moreMinnesota Wild: Youth to Watch for in 2019-20

Categories Wild Prospects Tags Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala, Matthew Boldy, Ryan Donato
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