Minnesota Wild at Sochi – Week One Schedule

Feb 6, 2014; Saint Paul, MN, USA; Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter (22) celebrates his game-winning goal in overtime against the Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild defeated 3-2 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports

It may be the NHL’s Olympic Break, but, for many NHL players, there is still plenty of hockey to be played. That includes Minnesota Wild skaters Mikael Granlund, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter and Nino Niederreiter, who are in Sochi, Russia, representing Finland, the United States and Switzerland, respectively.

With games set to start Wednesday, Gone Puck Wild has the schedule for the week so you can keep watching your favorite Wild players in action! Minnesota players participating are identified in parentheses.

Wednesday:

Czech Republic vs. Sweden @ 12:00 PM ET (USA)

Latvia vs. Switzerland (Niederreiter) @ 12:00 PM ET (MSNBC)

Thursday:

Finland (Granlund) vs. Austria @ 3:00 AM ET (NBCSN)

Russia vs. Slovenia @ 7:30 AM ET (MSNBC)

Slovakia vs. United States (Parise, Suter) @ 7:30 AM ET (NBCSN)

Canada vs. Norway @ 12:00 PM ET (USA)

Friday:

Czech Republic vs. Latvia @ 3:00 AM ET (MSNBC)

Sweden vs. Switzerland (Niederreiter) @ 7:30 AM ET (NBCSN)

Canada vs. Austria @ 12:00 PM ET (USA)

Norway vs. Finland (Granlund) @ 12:00 PM ET (MSNBC)

If you’ve been following the Olympics, you know it has been a pretty entertaining competition so far. When Men’s Hockey starts, that’s when the fun really begins. It all starts Wednesday.