Very Cool. Hockey talk. Nothing beats a kid that gets his break and runs with it.
And on that topic I give you my favorite winger Richard Park!
I love this kid! He's small, scrappy, strong and tenacious as hell. And he just caused me to lose my voice.
We're in the third season of the MN Wild here, The warches have the coveted $10 row 1 seats. We got our $20 worth last night against the Oilers. The Wild had never beat the Oilers. Last night, Manny Fernandez in goal, most of the team was battling the flu, got off to a slow start. Anson Carter, Mike York, Smyth were so fast and flying in waves. Manny kept us in it. But then the Wild got some life. Park would not stop working his ass off. He was all over them, stealing pucks, breaking up passes, forechecking. He scored the tying goal and then with 16 seconds left in OT he just pressured it right past Markkanen for the win. Crazy.
So the overachieving expansion Wild- brilliantly coached by Jacques Lemaire- full of youngsters, second chancers and last song veterans are hanging at the top of the standings in late Dec.
