Last Sunday my friend and I decided to catch the first period of the Minnesota Wild’s open scrimmage at the Xcel Energy Center before heading to the nearby Patrick McGovern’s to watch the Vikings play the Chicago Bears with a couple of our friends.
Going to the scrimmage would allow us to see a lot of the new faces while also viewing the Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville top line in action. We liked what we saw. Charlie Coyle, wearing a new No. 3, nearly scored on a power play, Jason Zucker knocked in a goal of his own and Pominville scored one for the top line.
There was one play in particular that stood out, however. It wasn’t a scoring play, but that made it no less appealing. A player we both did not immediately recognize zipped down the middle, took two defensemen head-on and fired off a nasty wrist shot between them that goaltender Niklas Backstrom had to fend off.
“Who was that?” my friend asked with laughter of joy.
I took a second to look at the player’s jersey number as he looped back toward the bench.
“That’s Nino.”
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