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The Vikings Game Panel for Week 10: MIN v. GB Winner, Love’s Yards, and Kirk + Jets
By Katherine Langford
Official: Brock Faber Returns to MN Wild Blue Line
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
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The Minnesota Wild are in Boston on Saturday trying to add more points to their already gawdy total of 32, the most in both the Central Division and Western Conference.
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Entering tonight s matchup, the Wild have a 98% chance of making the playoffs, according to multiple models and sportsbooks. Even more impressive, they ve done it all without top-line defenseman, Brock Faber.
The former Gopher fractured his skull on Sept. 25 when a puck hit him in the side of the head during the Wild s preseason finale against Dallas. He had surgery two days later, spent three days at Regions Hospital and has missed all 21 regular season games since.
Doctors cleared Faber to practice in early November. By Nov. 12, head coach John Hynes confirmed that the target date for his return was Saturday, but there were no guarantees. As recent as Friday, there were real doubts over whether or not Faber would hit that date, or wait Tuesday when the
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Saturday, November 14, 2026
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