Eric Staal’s wife Tanya Staal is the mother of their three sons, Parker, Levi, and Finley. I noticed Levi is a popular name among baseball and hockey players. Take note, trendy baby namers! Before Eric even inked the deal with the Minnesota Wild, they listed their mansion for sale. I looked at photos of the 7700 square foot property, and it’s quite impressive. When a couple takes care of three kids, a large house becomes more…
Minnesota Wild Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS)
In an article in a Minnesota newspaper a couple years back, Jason Pominville’s wife Kim Pominville was briefly mentioned and described as an “acrobat.” This is the kind of description you don’t see every day when it comes to player wives. Jason and Kim have had two kids so far. They’re named Jayden and Kaylee, and the Minnesota Wild once wrote a whole article about how they traveled to Columbus to surprise Jason after a…
Thomas Vanek’s wife Ashley Vanek is thrilled that Thomas decided to sign with the Minnesota Wild and take less money than he could have had elsewhere. The guy inked a deal that’s still worth $19.5 million, so it’s not like he’s getting nothing. He talked about how it was really important for him to be around Ashley and their three sons in St. Paul, Minnesota. Obviously having set up shop already in Minnesota is going…
Ryan Suter’s wife, Becky Suter, joined one of the greatest hockey families of all time when she married Ryan. Becky and Ryan are both Minnesota natives and instantly clicked when they met at Wisconsin University when Ryan played in 2003, his only year there. In that one year they formed a relationship strong enough to live together and eventually get married by July of 2009. At this time Ryan played for the Nashville Predators and…
We’d like to issue an apology to all seven of our longtime readers, as well as Zach Parise’s wife Alisha Parise. We’ve neglected Hockey WAGS for far too long. It hasn’t been for lack of interest, and it certainly hasn’t been for lack of information or quality content. There’s no reasonable excuse for it outside our general gaps in hockey knowledge, and for that, we apologize. We ran a quick post years ago about Zach…