Austrian youngster celebrates NHL comeback

The 21-year-old from Vorarlberg won 4-2 with the Minnesota Wild against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. The center, who was drafted the previous day by the Iowa Wild farm team, received 12:47 minutes of ice time from coach Dean Evason on the third line with Ryan Hartman and Nic Petan, including on the power play. Rossi remained without a scorer in his first NHL game since November 17th, won 50 percent of his face-offs, but also initiated the Blackhawks' goal with a bad pass to give them a 2-1 lead (23rd). With a strong finish, Minnesota was able to turn the match around with goals from Marcus Johansson (55th/SH, 57th) and Gustav Nyquist (59th). Goalkeeper Filip Gustavsson stopped 40 shots on goal. “We didn’t enjoy the entire 60 minutes, but the final third was really good,” explained Evason. Many stars spared For the Wild, top strikers Kirill Kaprisow and Mats Zuccarello as well as defensemen Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin were rested and did not make the trip to Chicago at all. Minnesota still has two games in the regular season before the play-offs begin. The Wild host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and play at the Nashville Predators on Thursday. Minnesota sits two points behind the leaders Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars in the Central Division.

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Austrian youngster celebrates NHL comeback

Marco Rossi made his comeback in the North American ice hockey league NHL after five months.

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