Posts About "Nino Niederreiter"
Niederreiter & Zucker and Playoff Scoring
May 25th, 2018 The Minnesota Wild have a troubled history with impact goal scorers, so much to the point where a 20-goal season is an incredible accomplishment. The Wild have a small handful of 20-goal scorers on their team, two of the youngest are Nino Niederreiter and Jason Zucker. Each of these players is expected to put up a bulk of the goals, and...
Wild Limping to 6th Straight Postseason
April 5th, 2018 The Minnesota Wild took care of business on their own end Monday night, beating the Edmonton Oilers in a 3-0 shutout win. The game secured the Wild's spot in the postseason, bringing their streak to six years in a row. Winning the game gave Minnesota win number 27 on the season at home and secured their second most points earned at...
Minnesota Wild's Best Young Forward
February 19th, 2018 During the Minnesota Wild's long playoff drought, the team was in the process of stacking its farm system. All the main young prospects are now NHL-caliber players in the form of Jason Zucker, Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund, and Nino Niederreiter. Each of the four players is 26 or younger, meaning that they haven't yet hit their peaks....
Europe Producing Better Rookies than North America
February 8th, 2018 The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has produced more talent than any other developmental league, representing 52 percent of NHL rosters on opening night this season. This should come as no surprise as the CHL annually has the most players selected in the draft, including 41 percent of the 217 picks in 2017. However, since the 2013 draft,...
Top 5 Swiss Players in The NHL
January 9th, 2018 Through the 2017 NHL season, only three different Swiss-born hockey players have won the Stanley Cup. The first was goaltender David Aebischer who did so with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 as Patrick Roy's backup. The second came a few years later when Martin Gerber manned the net for 60 regular season games for the 2006 Carolina...
Minnesota Wild Healthy with Playoff Hopes
January 6th, 2018 We are officially in 2018 and that means the NHL regular season is roughly halfway over. Teams are beginning to smell the postseason, whereas wild card teams and those on the outside are feeling the pressure for a playoff push. This is where the Minnesota Wild fit in -- they own the final wild-card spot with a game in hand over the...
