- Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin and Jesper Wallstedt led the Skol chant before the second half at U.S. Bank Stadium
- All four wore custom Vikings jerseys carrying their own hockey numbers
- Read below for the video and what the Packers did after the chant
Kirill Kaprizov spent Sunday afternoon in a purple football jersey, leading a sold-out U.S. Bank Stadium through the Skol clap.
Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin and Jesper Wallstedt handled the chant that opens the second half of a Vikings home game. All four wore custom purple jerseys with their own hockey numbers stitched on the back, so Kaprizov got 97, Eriksson Ek got 14, Brodin got 25 and Wallstedt got 30.
The group had been at it since well before kickoff. Minnesota posted a shot of the four of them lined up along the rail in those jerseys, Wallstedt on his feet and the other three settled in with the bowl already packed behind them.
Watch the four of them go to work:
Green Bay carried a 19-10 lead into the break in the season opener for both teams. The Packers scored three more points the rest of the way.
Minnesota closed on a 29-3 run and won 39-22. Carson Wentz came off the bench and threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Justin Jefferson.
Wallstedt had a camera on him for the entire walk down through the concourse, and the goalie had his review ready by the time he got back.
“That was freaking sick.”
Here is the trip and the payoff:
Nobody in St. Paul was shy about taking credit afterward. The Wild posted the final box score with the first two quarters circled in red, the last two circled in green, and one question attached to it.
Real hockey shows up Thursday, when the Wild open training camp at TRIA Rink. Kaprizov and the rest of the crew get their own building on Oct. 1 against Nashville.
