Before the Minnesota Wild eventually lost to the St. Louis Blues, the team held practice on the outdoor rink and Kirill Kaprizov decided to try something that he has no doubt thought about for a while: Scoring a Michigan goal.
Some special prospects might be joining the Wild soon. Head coach Dean Evason hinted on Monday that the team might be calling up Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi at the same damn time, to make their NHL debuts Thursday against the Boston Bruins.