Welcome to Star Wears, where our Short Shifts squad will highlight each participating NHL team’s unique and creative way to honor their player of the game after each victory, handing them a token of appreciation that usually lasts at least one season, and sometimes takes on a life of its own.
Team: Minnesota Wild
Item: Redwood Tree Hat
Origin Story: Wild general manager Bill Guerin explained how a Redwood tree shares its roots to grow and equated that to teamwork and that set off some alarm bells for players.
City/Team connection (dubious or otherwise): Do the Wild want to be like the mighty Redwood? Maybe! Let’s let forward Marcus Foligno explain: “Billy Guerin kind of brought up the little note about the Redwood tree, and how it can be up to 100 or so feet tall. And it's roots aren't that big, but it grabs on to other people's roots, or trees around its roots, and kind of the message behind it all was to be a good teammate, rely on each other and you can be however tall you want to be. So we got a Redwood hat."
