Club History & Eras
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Club History & Eras — Era Chart
Bill GuerinFormer NHL star and current Minnesota Wild GM, two-time Stanley Cup champion.Craig PatrickAmerican hockey player, coach, and general manager; architect of Penguins' 1991 and 1992 SZach PariseAmerican former professional ice hockey left wingerMatt CullenThree-time Stanley Cup champion and one of only three American-born players to play 1,500 Mike YeoFormer head coach of the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues; current assistant coach of thRyan SuterA franchise-record setting defenseman who anchored the Wild's blue line for nine seasons.Jared SpurgeonThe undersized pit bull who became the captain of the Minnesota Wild.Jonas BrodinSwedish defenceman for the Minnesota Wild, drafted 10th overall in 2011.The Bjugun Goaltending YearsThe quiet Canadian wall behind Bäckström who kept the Wild's crease honest for four season2000 Expansion SeasonGreen and gold hit the ice for the first time, and Minnesota hockey was reborn.The Koivu-Cullen EraTwo hearts, one blue-and-gold badge — the Wild finally found their spine.The 2015 Playoff PushSpeed, grit, and a young core that stole the show—the Wild's most electric playoff push.The Suter-Koivu WindowA decade of near-misses, two franchise icons, and the Wild's first real claim to relevanceThe 2017 SeasonAnother first-round wall, another year of building the Wild into something that finally brThe 2019-20 Pandemic SeasonA season that never got to finish its story, frozen mid-sentence by a world that stopped—tThe 2021 Playoff RunOne more round, one more heartbreak, one more step toward the next Wild identity.The 2022 Playoff RunOne round, one shot, and a whole arena holding its breath.The 2024 Playoff RunOne round, one heartbreak, and the blueprint for what the Wild still need to become.The 2023 Playoff RunThe Wild roared into the spring, but the mountain was still too high.The Kaprizov EraOne Russian speedster turned a rebuilding Wild into a franchise with a heartbeat.
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