Kirill Kaprizov Breaks Minnesota Wild Goal Scoring Record

381 games is all it took for a Minnesota Wild player to become the franchise's all-time leading goal scorer. By comparision the former all-time goal scorer, Marian Gaborik, needed 502 games to score 219 goals. Congratulations to Kirill Kaprizov on the achievement.

Drafted in 2015, It Took 6 Years To Suit Up With Minnesota

Kirill Kaprizov was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in 2015 and played his first 6 seasons in the KHL, a Russian hockey league, before he came to the United States to play for the team that drafted him in the 5th round.

Before he arrived in Minnesota, the young hockey player that was Kirill won a Gagarin Cup, and is now on a quest to hoist the Stanley Cup.

220 Goals & Counting

Last night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Kirill Kaprizov netted the 220th goal of his career with the Minnesota Wild, and it was almost divine intervention as the former top-scorer, Marian Gaborik, had just recorded and sent in a congratulatory video.

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Before the game, the crew at Grand Casino Arena was test-running the video, and in a sign of just how much Kirill wasn't thinking about the record, he asked who the video was for.

What Can He Accomplish Over The Next 5 Years?

It took Kirill just 381 games, over roughly 5 seasons, to break the record set by Gaborik, which makes you wonder just what else Kirill can accomplish over the next 5 years in a Minnesota sweater.

Fans of the Wild have to admit this year's team might have the most talent around Kaprizov, after a move to add Quinn Hughes, to deepen the roster in the franchise's quest to bring the State of Hockey its first Stanley Cup.

Kevin Williams Career As A Minnesota Viking

Kevin Williams was announced as one of the 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, class of 2026 this morning. After being drafted 9th overall in 2003 for the Minnesota Vikings he spent the next 10 years with the organization, amassing over 171 regular-season games played for the Vikings and totaling 465 tackles, five interceptions, 60 sacks, 84 QB hits, 104 tackles for loss, seven forced fumbles, 13 fumble recoveries, and 68 passes defensed. Williams scored four defensive touchdowns for Minnesota. Two were interceptions returns and two fumble recoveries.

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6 Photos You Won't Believe Were Taken In Minnesota

After having spent the greater part of the last three weeks outside Minnesota, it has been great to be back. We live in a very beautiful part of the country. From the North Shore's jagged cliffs to the rolling croplands of southern Minnesota and to the driftless area near Preston, our state is filled with beautiful sights. I managed to find 6 photos that were taken right here in Minnesota, but when you look at them, you'd think they were taken somewhere else completely. Let's enjoy the land of 10,000 photos, shall we?

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