MONTREAL – Joel Eriksson Ek missed the Wild’s last game before the 4 Nations Face-Off, but his teammates knew nothing was going to keep one of the Wild’s grittiest combatants from representing Sweden ...

As the Wild took the ice for warmups on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center, center Joel Eriksson Ek was consciously absent ...

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Team Sweden worked on some power play stuff during its practiced on Tuesday. Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek was getting reps ...

As warmups began, Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek was not on the ice. The Wild don't have an extra forward so it looks like they will have to go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen tonight.

Eriksson Ek (undisclosed) won't play Saturday versus the Islanders, per Michael Russo of The Athletic.

Michael Russo of The Athletic reports Sunday that Eriksson Ek (lower body) will officially represent Team Sweden in the 4 Nations Face-Off. Eriksson Ek, along with Wild teammates Filip Gustavsson ...

The fact that Eriksson Ek missed the final game before the 4 Nations Face Off isn’t a good sign for him getting to represent Team Sweden next week. He was supposed to play alongside Wild ...