{"id":872674,"date":"2026-08-26T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872674\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:38:10","slug":"boldy-bringing-confidence-winning-expectations-to-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872674\/","title":{"rendered":"Boldy bringing confidence, winning expectations to Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boldy reminisced on his “unbelievable experience” in Milan at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday following the Pro-Am at the PGA TOUR America\u2019s CRMC Championship, which he and Wild teammate Ryan Hartman<\/a>\u00a0received sponsor exemptions to compete in.<\/p>\n

Being a part of Team USA is something that has shaped\u00a0Boldy into a better, more disciplined player.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou definitely look back and reminisce, and you\u2019re proud of yourself and the team and what we did for the country,\u201d\u00a0Boldy said of defeating Team Canada 2-1 in overtime of the gold-medal match. \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boldy had a breakout NHL season despite the extra demands of the Olympics, setting career highs with 42 goals and 85 points in 76 regular-season games. The 25-year-old also added 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 11 playoff games for the Wild.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came back stronger and confident,\u201d Hartman said of\u00a0Boldy’s play after the Olympic break. \u201cHis year last year, it was huge for us. Big-time player, played great in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last season, the Wild took strides in winning their Western Conference First Round series against the Dallas Stars in six games.\u00a0 But\u00a0Minnesota’s first best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoff series win since 2015 was followed by a five-game loss to the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.<\/p>\n

The loss was a disappointment to Boldy given the Wild’s talented roster and high expectations. Boldy said he learned a lot in those games, storing that knowledge for the upcoming season to use it to Minnesota’s advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t replicate playoff hockey, so the more you\u2019re in it, the more natural it becomes,\u201d Boldy said. \u201cIt\u2019s just about taking that next step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boldy reminisced on his “unbelievable experience” in Milan at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday following the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-872674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}