Joel Eriksson Ek

14 Joel Eriksson Ek Joel Eriksson Ek (Number 14) is a center forward player for the Minnesota Wild. He was born on January 29, 1997 in Karlstad, Sweden. Eriksson Ek's father, Clas Eriksson played for the Färjestad BK for 13 seasons. Joel also played for the Färjestad BK starting with the 2013-14 season and then in the 2016-17 season he did play for the Minnesota Wild and then went back to the Färjestad BK. Then in the 2017-18 season, he played for the Wild again, but his time was split between playing for the Minnesota Wild and playing for the Minnesota Wild's affiliate AHL team, the Iowa Wild up until the 2019-20 season when he officially joined the Minnesota Wild respectively.