Wild About Riser

Today he is the long time general manager of the Minnesota Wild. But once upon a time Doug Risebrough was wild on the ice, chipping out a nice but injury shortened career as a super pest and penalty killing specialist.

I never got a good close up look at Doug Risebrough as a hockey player until his later days with the Calgary Flames. Though I missed much of his role with 4 Stanley Cup championships as a Montreal Canadien, the beauty of Doug Risebrough is he always played the same, day in, day out, pre-season or game 7.

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