If you look around the Excel Energy Center during any Minnesota Wild game, you’ll see a sea of personalized jerseys. You’ll see lots of current players like Parise, Suter, and Koivu just to name a few. Still if you look closely there’s one name from the past that seems to be scattered throughout the crowd more than any other…Boogaard.
Known as the Boogeyman, Derek Boogard was one of the most feared NHL enforcers of his time. In a time where the art of the fighting seemed to be on the decline, Boogaard was still fighting and making it look like an art form.