Michael Russo

@RussoHockey • 204,309 subscribers

NHL/Wild scribe for @theathletic. @kfan1003 contributor + @talknorthpod co-host. Ex-FlaPanthers scribe, Ex-Isles diehard, Ex-Newsday paperboy. IG: russohockey

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Michael Russo

Shorts

This is truly unbelievable. Czech’s go-ahead goal in the third period, they had six guys on the ice in the D zone, in the O-zone and finally on the celly

Jamie Benn opening door and Jake Middleton jumping out through the door as Marvin Bourque, who put Middleton on the bench, waits for Middleton to leave so he can then go through that open door … is legit funny

Danila Yurov running the stairs

Zuccarello a gametime decision. Same with Trenin

🌹🌸💐🌺🌷🌻

Kirill Kaprizov starting from Square One with his skating

ICYMI, a deep video and analytical dive from Shayna, Joe Smith and me on how Quinn Hughes has changed the #mnwild

Videos

Watch Anya Live

I didn’t tweet this last night, but this is hilarious. Eric thought he got the cue to go. He didn’t. You can see at the end when he realized his first siren attack was a false alarm

Eric Staal sounds the siren on Game 1

“Sometimes it’s OK to not be OK.” Mark Parrish is the best 👊

Perfect screen by Aho

The one and only john randle

Bet Brenden Dillon will turn into a TV star post career. Always one of the league’s best quotes

Marc-Andre Fleury is a true treasure. Walking back to the #mnwild locker room, he just hopped on the sheet of ice with these teenagers in the Penguins Excel Hockey Camp and surprised them by tending goal for two minutes

Two great teams

Viking Gustafsson Nyberg’s solo lap in advance of his NHL debut. Jonas Brodin out, so 9 regulars out for #mnwild

Marc-Andre Fleury’s final start vs the Penguins 😢

Bednar postgame

The number of battles won on this shift was something John Hynes talked about postgame. Just relentless

Derek Shelton and the Twins get em underway

This is going to be a series full of venom

Bucketless Zeev Buium’s rookie solo lap in advance of his NHL debut

Many fans at the Bell Centre boo The Star-Spangled Banner

Best Let’s Play Hockey ever. The one and only William H. Macy

Jesper Wallstedt talked about this TikTok after the game and how it inspired him seeing/hearing it: “that kind of made me think a little bit yesterday, like, OK, it’s supposed to be goals in hockey. That makes my job to not make that happen.”

Here is the Ryan Hartman suspension video by ⁦NHL Player Safety⁩

Mario Lemieux gets a spine-tingling reception in Montreal before being joined by his former tenant, Canada captain Sidney Crosby