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Top Five Moments of the Minnesota Wild’s 2019-2020 Season- So Far

By Lake Martin

DENVER, COLORADO - DECEMBER 27: Victor Rask #49 of the Minnesota Wild is congratulated by Brad Hunt #77 and Matt Dumba #24 after scoring the go ahead goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period at the Pepsi Center on December 27, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - DECEMBER 27: Victor Rask #49 of the Minnesota Wild is congratulated by Brad Hunt #77 and Matt Dumba #24 after scoring the go ahead goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period at the Pepsi Center on December 27, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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4. The Wild Feel Like Stars After 7-Goal Stomping on Hockey Day in MN

Minnesota Wild, Jared Spurgeon. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Minnesota Wild, Jared Spurgeon. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

This was some of the most fun I had watching a hockey game in some time. Minnesota just absolutely stomped Dallas to cap off a wonderful Hockey Day in Minnesota. Alex Stalock pitched a shutout this game, Seven different Wild players scored goals in this game. Just a phenomenal effort by the entire squad.

In the first period, Spurgeon would open up the scoring halfway into the first after Stalock stonewalled a One on None Breakaway. Carson Soucy would make it 2-0 with 3:33 to play in the first after a nice feed from former Wild Winger Jason Zucker.

In the second, Zucker would score his second-to-last goal with the Minnesota Wild before getting traded (his final goal with Minnesota would be against Detroit) on the powerplay just under four minutes into the period. With just over Fifteen minutes to play in the period, the Wild would get another goal thanks to a great forechecking effort by Jordan Greenway-Ryan Donato-Ryan Hartman, and make it a 4-0 game. Donato would bury it, and give us one of his better cellies of the season. Less than a minute to play, Jason Zucker would put a shot on net during the rush that helped provide a juicy rebound for The Lizard to pounce on. 5-0 going into the Third.

Under seven minutes to play, Minnesota would go on the powerplay and the July 4th boys (Ryan Suter and Zach Parise) would quickly create a goal, Parise redirected a Suter shot from the point past Ben Bishop- in to relieve Anton Khudobin. On the powerplay again, Minnesota would trot out their fourth line with only 3:15 to play, but Ryan Hartman would find a way to get a puck past Bishop on a rebound and seem quite unenthused by the accomplishment.

That last goal would be a result of Corey Perry kneeing Alex Stalock in the head (in what I believe was his first game back after he elbowed Ryan Ellis of the Nashville Predators in the head early at the Winter Classic and created that hilarious moment of Perry sulking to the locker room), which also allowed us to see angry Alex Stalock, which is quite funny for those who know how light-hearted and goofy Stalock can be sometimes.

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