Minnesota is hot. In fact, all of Big 10 making noise. NCHC Denver bounced. CCHA entrants Michigan Tech and Minnesota State eliminated. Good crowds in Fargo.
Wild deep. No longer need journeymen and seventh defenseman to fill out fourth line.
Healthy, could enter playoffs like this: on
Kaprisov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Johannson-EricksonEk-Boldy
Foligno-Gadreau-Sundquist
Duhaime-Nyquist-Reaves
Middleton-Spurgeon
Brodin-Klingberg
Goligiski-Dumba
Fleury
Gustaffson
Spares: Steel, Dewar, Shaw, Merrill, Addison.
Trip back in time: Norm Green in 1993 may have spirited the North Stars south, but it was the Gund Bros. ownership that in 1991 claimed half of the North Stars to create the expansion San Jose Sharks. Roster players who went to San Jose included enforcer Shane Churla and goaltender Brian Hayward, defensemen Niel Wilkinson and Rob Zettler.