Brock Faber

Five Things to Watch During the Wild vs. Maple Leafs Game

The Minnesota Wild won their season-opening game against the Florida Panthers on Thursday, but it seemed that Filip Gustavsson was really the one who stole the game for them. Coming into tonight’s game, the Toronto Maple Leafs also won their season-opening game against the Montreal Canadiens. What do the Wild need to do to pull […]

Preview of the Minnesota Wild 2023-24 Season

Opening night is almost here for the Minnesota Wild. After the last two seasons ended with heartbreaking first-round playoff exits, could this be the year where they push through the mental block and make a deeper playoff run? Here’s a preview of each offensive line and defensive pairing to start the season. Top Line Needs […]

The Wild Rookies Are Alright

The Minnesota Wild team has two rookie players this season. Technically, Marco Rossi and Brock Faber each played with the team for a stint last year, but they are both expected to play a full season at the NHL level this year. Rossi played 19 games with Minnesota last season but only managed to produce […]

What Are Waivers and How Do They Affect the Wild Roster?

Today, four players from the Minnesota Wild training camp were put on waivers to be assigned to the Iowa Wild. Dakota Mermis, Jujhar Khaira, Vinni Lettieri, and Nic Petan. Why did the Wild put them on waivers? Won’t someone claim them? How come Sammy Walker wasn’t placed on waivers? And what does this mean for […]

The Five Biggest Questions for the Minnesota Wild Regular Season

For the past two seasons, the Minnesota Wild have failed to make it out of the first round of the playoffs despite a talented lineup of players. As the 2023-24 season gets ever closer, here are the five biggest questions the Wild will need to answer. When will Marco Rossi get top-line minutes? The topic […]

MN Wild Training Camp is All About Chemistry

After a boring off-season, the Minnesota Wild returned to the ice with the same core group of players. There is already a sense of who plays well with whom or which players could swap places to try new line combinations. There are two places where chemistry might need some attention though. Matt Boldy/Joel Eriksson Ek/Marcus […]

The Minnesota Wild Are Back and Grittier Than Ever

As the Minnesota Wild close out their first day of training camp, they welcome back much of the same core group as the past two seasons. Player interviews provided an interesting insight into what to watch for during this preseason. Between the few and far-between roster battles to the young players that need to prove […]

Brock Faber is Ready for the Next Step

Losing Kevin Fiala during the summer of 2022 was a hard hit for Minnesota Wild fans, but there was one upside to the trade. The Wild gained Brock Faber, who is set to step into Matt Dumba’s position next to Jonas Brodin. Last Season Faber played in 2 regular season games along with 6 playoff […]

Jonas Brodin Can Shutdown Anyone

Any article about Jonas Brodin has to mention how criminally underrated he is, similar to Jared Spurgeon. The only defenseman in the league who can not only keep up with and shut down Connor McDavid, Brodin can manage to do it while skating backward. If there was an all-star competition for skating backward, Brodin could […]

From National Championship Game to the NHL: Knies and Faber Sign NHL Deals

What a rollercoaster of emotions collegiate athletes are sometimes put through. Over the weekend, now former Minnesota Golden Gophers Matthew Knies and Brock Faber were playing for an NCAA men’s ice hockey National Championship at the Frozen Four in Tampa, Florida. Then, before the sting of defeat could even fully set in, both had to […]