So long as he's not the one banished to the box, Joel Eriksson Ek is always on the ice when the Wild start a penalty kill. Every single time. But Eriksson Ek continues to look to coach Dean Evason to ...

It was late January when Joel Eriksson Ek got his first big test of the season: a date with two-time Selke Trophy winner Anze Kopitar, still one of the best two-way centers in the game. Hard line ...

There's more bad news in a season of brutal injuries woes for the Minnesota Wild. Center Joel Eriksson Ek, one of the team's best forwards, suffered a serious injury in practice on Monday, according ...

Joel Eriksson Ek is unequivocally the most important player on the Minnesota Wild because he can do anything they need him to do. He takes the tough faceoffs, screens the goalie well, and scores goals ...

“I mean he only knows one way,” Wild head coach John Hynes said on Eriksson Ek’s goals. “That’s the thing with Ekky is that’s how he plays. As I said, I thought that those guys are workhorses. When ...

To say Joel Eriksson Ek has had a rough couple of years might be an understatement. Rather than taking a step up from his 16-point rookie campaign last season, the 2015 first-rounder fell flat for ...