Mikko Koivu has long languished in relative obscurity in Minnesota. Sure, everyone knows about his famous older brother and Mikko showed up on the scoresheet once in a while, but the younger Koivu has been often overlooked, or at least not given the due he deserved. Until last night. Koivu has started the 2008-09 NHL hockey on a tear, scoring 3 goals and adding 6 assists to lead the league with 9 points after only 3 games! Ovechkin and Crosby? They're not even in the top 30 so far this season. Koivu even has almost twice as many points as his older brother Saku Koivu of the Montreal Canadiens who sits at 25th place in the scoring race with 5 points after 4 games.
Koivu is coming off one of his best ever games after scoring one goal and adding 4 assists in the Minnesota Wild's 6-2 win Thursday night against the Florida Panthers. Teammates Antti Miettinen, Kim Johnsson, Benoit Pouliot and Andrew Brunette all had multi-point games, with Miettinen getting 2 goals and an assist, and Johnsson, Pouliot and Brunette scoring once and tallying an assist.
The Minnesota Wild have started the season on an upbeat note going 3-0 in their first three games and sit at the top of the Northeast Division ahead of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Colorado. Their next game will be saturday October 18th when they travel to play the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida Panthers will faceoff at home on the 18th against the New York Islanders.
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