Draft Day, 2018 -- Dallas, Texas.
With the 28th pick, Minnesota selects the German teenager Dominik Bokk. From the town of Schweinfurt (named for being a convenient crossing for pigs over the Main in the 8th century,) Bokk made the Wild out of his first training camp, making 58 appearances in 2018-19 in a depth role. He scored his first goal for the Wild at the end of November, back in Dallas.
2019 -- Des Moines, Iowa.
Newly farm eligible and in need of seasoning, 'DomBokk' spent most of the next two seasons in the AHL as a top contributor with Iowa -- Des Moines providing the sort of anodyne cream-of-wheat-trapped-in-amber vibe that lessened the young winger's culture shock.
April 18th, 2024 -- The City of Angels.
Game 4 of Minnesota's first round series against the Los Angeles Kings. Bokk's scored a pair of goals in this, his and most of the team's first taste of playoff hockey in EHEC. With the Wild up 3-2 en route to sending the series to 3-1, LA's Riley Tufte takes it upon himself to burrow through DomBokk's chest, stick first. Tufte is removed from the game and suspended 25 games, Bokk survives and is expected to miss 7 months at minimum. Inspired in no small part by their teammate's gruesome, Chamber-from-Generation-X-esque injury and courage, the Wild go on a fairly improbable run to the Western Conference finals.
� Full story
Rookie goalie Mads Sogaard ready for his NHL debut
Dallas Stars claim 3 players from the waivers wire
Rise from within or fall into mediocrity
� More breaking news in the forums... |