In a game that had a playoff feel, including the ill will that makes springtime hockey so fantastic, the Wild didn’t give an inch in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks. It was a game in which the Wild did not lead until Kirill Kaprizov blasted a shot past sprawling Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen with 23.4 seconds remaining in the extra session.

The win gave the Wild an NHL-leading 38 points in 25 games and served as the latest bit of evidence that this version of the Wild is different. It’s not the team that missed the playoffs last season or the ones that got bounced in the first round of the playoffs seven of the eight seasons before that.

Most, if not all, of those clubs would have disappeared against a Canucks team that entered with a 10-2-0 road record and clearly thought it could kick sand in the face of the 98-Pound Weakling, or in this case, the Wild. The Canucks dealt out cross-check after cross-check as the officiating crew said “play on.” Former Wild defenseman Carson Soucy took the Canucks only penalty of the night and that was a tripping call.

No complaints, just work
There was a time when the Canucks’ tactics would have worked. Trailing 1-0 after one period and 2-1 after two, many Wild teams would have spent the third period complaining about the non-calls that didn’t go their way before calling it a night.

Jake Middleton (pictured here in a recent game against Winnipeg) tied the game on Tuesday for his fifth goal of the season. (MHM Photo / Rick Olson)

Instead, Jake Middleton tied the score only 1 minute, 43 seconds into the third period as goalie Filip Gustavsson provided the latest of his many fantastic performances this season. The Wild didn’t back down, they answered the Canucks on the scoresheet and didn’t hesitate to dish out the physical play right back.

“Both the teams were kind of (expletives) out there, but it was good,” Middleton said, using a word not fit for a family publication. “That was a fun hockey game. Xcel was rocking on a Tuesday. Hope you guys enjoyed it — I know we did.”

Said Gustavsson: “From the beginning, it was emotions, some very big hits and chirps back and forth. Everyone got going. Both teams just wanted to get this win so much. It was a very hard game to play.”

This was the latest step for a team that’s been answering challenges since going 5-1-1 on a tough early-season road trip.

Even after a recent loss, Wild bounce back
The most recent addition to the Wild’s expanding resume of success came in the past nine days. It started with a 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Nov. 25 at Xcel Energy Center. The Jets and Wild entered the game as the top two teams in the Western Conference, but Winnipeg left with its seventh consecutive victory in the series.

The Wild didn’t play poorly in defeat — the Jets final goal came into an empty net — but Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck slammed the door time and time again as he made a season-high 43 saves.

This was the type of game that would have put previous Wild teams into a funk that would have lasted for a week.

But two days later, Kaprizov scored the game’s only goal and Gustavsson made 39 saves in a 1-0 victory at Buffalo. The Wild then beat Chicago and Nashville by identical 3-2 scores on Friday and Saturday. Kaprizov set up Jared Spurgeon for the OT winner against the Predators and then scored the OT winner himself four days later against Vancouver.

The Wild are doing this without first-line winger Mats Zuccarello, who has been placed on long-term injured reserve because of a lower-body injury, and without one of their top defenseman in Jonas Brodin, who is on IR because of an upper-body injury. There was concern after Tuesday’s win about first-line center Joel Eriksson Ek, who departed the game in overtime with what looked like an injury to his leg.

Through all of this, coach John Hynes has continued to push the right buttons and somehow has turned this collection into a resilient bunch that doesn’t have any interest in looking for excuses.

“I think coming into the game we knew the style of game it was going to be,” Hynes said. “They don’t give anything for free, they’re well structured, they compete, they have good depth, they play hard, have good goaltending. You know it’s going to be one of those types of games. Tonight, I thought we were challenged in different ways, but I thought we answered the challenges the right way.”

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Despite a couple of dud games (the Wild got outscored 11-1) in Colorado that ended the overall streak, the Wild returned to its winning ways on home ice. A 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday pushed the team’s streak to nine consecutive victories at home, a new franchise record.

“It was a little bit sloppy, but not every game is going to be pretty,” said defenseman Carson Soucy. “We’re not going to have all these fancy goals. We know that we can stick with it though.”

Two goals ties the least amount the Wild has scored on its home winning streak. But every game won’t be scoring six goals with everybody all smiles, said defenseman Ryan Suter. They’ll have to grind out wins, too, he added.

“I think we’re going through a bit of a slump with energy, but we’re finding ways to win, which is important,” Suter said.

It’s true that Monday’s game wasn’t the prettiest. The first period alone seemed disjointed and saw one solid Wild scoring chance from Nico Sturm. The Wild took a pair of penalties and were outshot 10-5 in the first 20 minutes.

In the second, the Wild didn’t have a shot on goal until nearly five minutes into the period. It was more of the same type of play with not a lot of shots, not a lot of consistent offensive-zone time.

Then the Wild found themselves down 1-0 at 5:17 of the second on an unassisted goal from Troy Terry after Mats Zuccarello lost an edge with the puck at neutral ice. Terry roofed a backhander past goalie Cam Talbot.

The Wild were awarded three power plays in the second period though. Of course, that hasn’t seemed to matter much on the scoresheet for the league’s worst power play. The Wild rank 31st with a power play that came into the game 8-for-94 at 8.5%.

On the third power play, Kevin Fiala fanned on a shot. Zuccarello turned the puck over. But a minute into the advantage, Suter wound up for a shot from the point. It made it through traffic and into the back of the net, tying the game for his first goal and 10th point of the season.

Still tied in the third, the Wild generated a few strong shifts early on. Forward Nick Bjugstad tossed the puck out to neutral ice off the boards and carried the puck into the offensive zone. He passed the puck over to Nick Bonino, but that play was broken up, so Sturm took a shot that went off the end boards. Bjugstad tried to backhand the puck on net from the side. The puck went out to Soucy in the high slot who fired the puck.

“It starts in the D-zone,” Bjugstad said. “It was an all-around good shift.”

With Anaheim goaltender Ryan Miller way out of position and among bodies in front, the rebound drifted over to a waiting Bjugstad, who put the puck in the open net for the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal.

Nine of Bjugstad’s 12 points this season have been scored on home ice. The pride of Blaine couldn’t put a finger on what exactly is so different playing at home versus on the road. Although being a fan of the rink growing up maybe helps.

“It’s nice being home, sleeping in your own bed, being around family,” Bjugstad said. “Maybe that’s it. I couldn’t tell you. It’s fun playing here. I’ve always loved the Xcel Energy Center since I was a young kid.”

In goal, which hasn’t been a problem at all for the Wild, Cam Talbot improved to 7-5-1 overall with 24 saves. He’s working on a home win streak of his own, going 5-0-0 with a 1.31 GAA and a .949 save percentage in the six games he’s played in St. Paul this season. He’s allowed one goal or less in five of those games.

Talbot came up with some big saves near the end of Monday’s second period to keep the game tied.

“Not only the saves, but his ability to recognize when we were reeling a little bit,” said Wild coach Dean Evason. “Just recognizing the feel of the team. His calming presence and leadership was very valuable tonight.”

The Wild’s nine-game winning streak started Jan. 31, with a 4-3 overtime victory over Colorado. The next one didn’t happen until nearly a month later, after the Wild sat out a couple of weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak and had a six-game road trip.

The Wild has been one of the best teams in the NHL since mid-February and its return to play, with a big chunk of that coming during the recent 5-0 homestand.

“We’ve stressed on how we want to be dominant here,” Soucy said. “With nine in a row, we want to keep that going, keep those games, keep building off of them.”

An eight-game home win streak was recorded three other times in franchise history: Nov. 23 to Dec. 29, 2016, Dec. 5, 2006 to Jan. 2, 2007 and Oct. 5 to Nov. 2., 2006. The Wild have outscored opponents 30-12 on the current streak at home, including three shutouts in goal.

“We’ve been able to win big, we’ve been able to win tight games,” said Zach Parise, who added how important it is to win in the home rink. “I think we’re going to have to continue that for the rest of the season, try to make this place a tough place to play.”

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It was the veteran for the Vegas Golden Knights, Marc-Andre Fleury, who was pulled from his net with more than 11 minutes remaining in regulation after surrendering four goals on 29 shots against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center.

At the other end of the ice stood Finland native Kaapo Kahkonen looking calm, cool and collected for much of the game. He wasn’t significantly tested until late in regulation, when Vegas made a push and turned a 4-1 deficit into what ended up being a 4-3 Wild victory.

No matter how they got there, Kahkonen made 24 saves and his winning streak reached an impressive eight games.

“I think it was still a fun game to play,” Kahkonen said. “Just a tight game. We got the lead there in the third, but they pushed back hard.

“It’s just a grind sometimes. You’ve got to find a way to win different ways.”

By the numbers, things keep getting better for Kahkonen. He’s 11-4-0 this season with a 2.19 GAA and .922 save percentage. His eight-game winning streak continues the franchise record for rookie goaltenders; it’s also the longest streak by any NHL goalie this season, rookie or not. He leads all NHL goalies in wins since Feb. 18.

Kahkonen’s eight-game streak is tied with 11 other players in NHL history. Six others won nine games in a row, the last being Jordan Binnington (St. Louis) in 2018-19. Ross Brooks holds the record with a 12-game streak for Boston back in 1973-74.

His 11 victories so far this season put him second on the list of Wild rookie goaltenders, tied with Josh Harding (2007-08). One more victory this season and Kahkonen will tie Darcy Kuemper (2013-14) for the most wins by a Wild rookie goaltender.

With his calm demeanor in the postgame, Kahkonen was a man of few words when it came to his winning streak.

“It’s been a fun time,” Kahkonen said. “Winning’s always fun.

“Right now, it’s tough what to think about that stretch other than it’s been fun.”

Despite playing well last week in Vegas, the Wild dropped both games in that mini-series, with Cam Talbot in net both games.

The argument could be made that Kahkonen had earned his shot for a start in Vegas, especially after his strong start to the season. To prove the point, he picked up his first career NHL shutout in the return to St. Paul, a 2-0 Wild victory over Vegas in which Kahkonen came up with 26 saves.

According to NHL notes, only 7 other rookies have earned multiple victories in head-to-head starts against Fleury during one regular-season campaign. Before Wednesday, it hadn’t been done since 2011-12.

Wednesday, the Wild’s Joel Eriksson Ek scored 19 seconds into the game before Vegas answered back 1 minute 42 seconds in on Dylan Coghlan’s first goal from the slot through lots of traffic in front of Kahkonen.

Throughout the rest of the game, Kahkonen made some point-blank saves and kept a very good Vegas team off the board. It was a similar story Monday in his shutout, which was mostly a 1-0 game.

“He was outstanding,” said coach Dean Evason after Monday’s game. “It was such a grinding game tonight. But he was just very calm, very solid. Obviously very good.”

In the saga of Wild goaltenders, the story the past few years was Devan Dubnyk, who came in as a bit of a savior for the second half of the 2014-15 season. It’s Dubnyk that holds the Wild record for the longest winning streak by a goaltender, when he achieved a 10-game streak in December 2016.

Then things shifted last season with South St. Paul native Alex Stalock vaulted from his backup role into the top spot.

When Wild general manager Bill Guerin signed Cam Talbot in the offseason, an on-paper scenario would have been to have Talbot be looked at as the top goaltender, or at least split time with Stalock. But COVID-19 had other ideas. Stalock was out from the start of the delayed season, which meant Kahkonen made the roster out of training camp.

Jump ahead to March, and a lot has changed. The Wild had a COVID-19 outbreak and were shutdown for a couple of weeks, Talbot missed time being on the protocol list, Stalock was picked up off waivers by Edmonton and Kahkonen quietly jumped into a No. 1 role in the net.

Kahkonen played in five games with the Wild last season. He played for the Iowa Wild in 2018-19, going 17-14-8 in 39 games with a 2.78 GAA and six shutouts.

His game from the AHL in Iowa is certainly transferring over to NHL play.

“He’s a gamer,” said Wild defenseman Carson Soucy. “We saw it in Iowa all the time. We had a good team that last year when we made the playoffs, and he was a big reason. Both of our goalies. We saw just game in, game out, he’s a gamer. He’s going to compete. He’s going to make those big saves and those timely saves.

Evason sees a type of player in Kahkonen that simply cares about getting into the net and competing.

“He just goes about his business,” Evason said. “I don’t think if he was guaranteed a spot it would be any different than if he came in and won a spot.”

There’s no question that the long-awaited arrival of Kirill Kaprizov has captured the attention of Minnesota hockey fans this season. The rookie is making his case for the Calder Memorial Trophy with his highlight-reel style of play as a superstar that this fan base has longed for since the start of the franchise 20 years ago.

But Kahkonen has his own merits as a rookie and is giving Kaprizov a run for his money in the attention department. Right now, the Wild finds itself with two outstanding rookies.

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Of all the trades former Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton made last season, Ryan Donato made the biggest immediate splash.

He came over in a trade with Boston for Charlie Coyle, and in his first game at Xcel Energy Center last February, Donato scored the overtime winner against St. Louis.

“Those are the experiences that you’ll remember,” Donato said after that Feb. 24 games.

Ryan Donato carries the puck up ice in a Sept. 21 preseason game versus the Colorado Avalanche at Xcel Energy Center. (MHM Photo / Jeff Wegge)

This season has been a bit of a different story, for the Wild and Donato. As the Wild started the season 0-3 getting outscored 14-6, plenty of players on the roster had zeros by their names in the points column. Donato was one of those guys. He had zero points and was a minus-1 twice in the first three games. He was scratched for the Wild’s home-opener against Pittsburgh on Oct. 12.

The Wild finally rattled off wins here and there, but Donato’s slow start continued. He had just two assists in his first 11 games through the first month of the season. His first goal didn’t come until Nov. 7 in a 6-5 loss in San Jose.

Lately, things have turned around a bit. In the absence of captain Mikko Koivu, who is out with a lower-body injury sustained in the Florida game on Dec. 3, Donato is getting his shot to prove himself as a second-line center in between Zach Parise and Kevin Fiala.

Donato set a career-best goal streak at three games with a beauty of a snipe-shot in the second period of Thursday’s 6-5 win over Edmonton; his goal gave the Wild a 4-2 lead. With his assist on Zach Parise’s team-leading 13th goal in Minnesota’s 4-1 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night, he 23-year-old Boston native has five goals and seven points in his last nine games.

“I’m a guy that always wants to have confidence,” Donato said after the Edmonton game. “And I feel like I’ve always had it. But just to see them (goals) go in, definitely helps.

“It’s trying to stay patient, not trying to force anything, to get those opportunities.”

The tide changed for the Wild a bit, too, as they rattled off a five-game winning streak and 11-game point streak starting in mid-November. They even got themselves back in the playoff picture. Then top defenseman Jared Spurgeon and Koivu sustained their injuries, and the Wild laid an egg in Carolina with a 6-2 loss and then a 3-2 shootout loss to Anaheim which kicked off a three-game homestand.

It’s common for key injuries to bring up questions of a team’s depth and a waiting game to see which healthy players might take a step forward.

Donato has helped to fill the void. And so has young defenseman Carson Soucy.

Soucy recorded a pair of assists in the win over the Oilers, playing a big role in the Wild’s first and fourth goals. Down 1-0 in the first, Soucy just missed connecting with Luke Kunin in front. They quickly regrouped, with Kunin sending the puck back out to Soucy who skated to the middle and took a shot from near the blue line. The puck somewhere bounced off of Jordan Greenway’s frame in front before it trickled in to tie the game.

In the second, Soucy helped to create a turnover before passing the puck up the ice to a streaking Donato, who didn’t miss with his blast in tight. Soucy also tussled with Edmonton’s Zack Kassian late in the second period during a post-whistle scrum.

Wild D Carson Soucy looks to break the puck out with Philadelphia’s David Kase in pursuit during Minnesota’s 4-1 win over the Flyers on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. (MHM Photo / Rick Olson)

Soucy finished the night with his second multi-point night in his past four games and also a career-high plus-4, tying a franchise record for a rookie defenseman in a game. The mark is also tied for first among all NHL rookie defenders this season. The 25-year-old, Alberta native and product of University Minnesota-Duluth has six points in his last six games (3-3—6) after his 200-foot goal into an empty net sealed the Wild’s win over the Flyers on Saturday.

In the absence of Spurgeon, the left-handed-shot Soucy stepped into the role of playing the right side with Jonas Brodin as the team’s second defensive pair.

“Yeah, I mean he’s made it easy for me,” Soucy said. “Lots of times (he) goes back there, breaks the puck out by himself and we’re going the other way.

“Obviously still getting a little bit used to it on the right side, but he’s made it easy for me.”

As Soucy talked with the media after the win over the Oilers, teammate Marcus Foligno playfully shouted “Dr. Souce!” and “Doctor’s in the house!” from the other side of the dressing room. They really do like him, Sam-I-Am.

Soucy made his NHL debut with the Wild in 2017-18 with seven games (four of those in the playoffs). He spent all of last season in Iowa recording five goals and 20 points in 66 AHL games.

Coach Bruce Boudreau acknowledged that “shock is a good word” to describe Soucy’s play. Soucy has turned into a reliable, everyday player for the Wild.

“I think any team that wants to be good has got to have a surprise player come in,” Boudreau said in his postgame comments Dec. 12. “Him and Brods seem to have found good chemistry together.”

Even coming out of camp in this fall, Boudreau went with Soucy, saying at that time that they needed the size – Soucy is 6-5 and 210 pounds – or a right-handed shot, and they went with size. It was a complete turnaround from a year ago and Soucy “had a really terrible camp,” Boudreau said.

This year, Soucy brought the composure with his game, too, Boudreau said.

“We didn’t know what to expect,” Boudreau said. “And he was aggressive and he moved the puck well and he defended well. So it was all good.”

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Ex-Bulldog Soucy draws rave reviews in NHL debut

St. Paul – Life without Ryan Suter officially began for the Wild Monday night in their final home game of the regular season.

Suter, Minnesota’s premier defenseman, is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a broken fibula in his right leg and is finished for the remainder of the team’s play in 2017-18, the Wild announced Monday.

“I just feel really bad for him,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. “He’s a guy that’s been pretty durable his whole life, so it’s probably pretty depressing for him. We just want him to get better.”

Suter’s absence didn’t seem to bother the Wild much Monday as they defeated the sagging Edmonton Oilers 3-0 in front of 19,189 at the Xcel Energy Center.

A Minnesota-centric blue line crew — including Elk River’s Nate Prosser, Eden Prairie’s Nick Seeler and former Minnesota-Duluth standout Carson Soucy making his NHL debut — helped the Wild zero in on a spot in the playoffs Monday.

The unfortunate news going forward is that Minnesota won’t have the benefit of playing the lackluster Oilers in postseason play, but that might be countered by Boudreau’s announcement earlier in the day that defenseman Jared Spurgeon will be back by then, if not before.

Nate Prosser and the Wild’s defensive corps made it a long night for Edmonton forwards on Monday. (MHM photo / Jonny Watkins)

Suter spearheads Minnesota’s blue line for every occasion — especially with Spurgeon sidelined since March 13 with a torn hamstring — but Jonas Brodin, Matt Dumba and Ryan Murphy joined Prosser, Seeler and Soucy for a solid performance against Edmonton.

The play of the six D-men made it a good night for goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who stopped 22 shots to post his 29th career shutout and fifth this season.

“I don’t think I saw one mistake out there,” Dubnyk said.

Boudreau, too, was smiling when it was over.

“Our defense was good tonight,” he said.

Soucy, who was playing for UMD in the Frozen Four a year ago, stepped in with a flawless performance.

“He did look poised,” Boudreau said. “I was — as we all were — very happy with his game.”

Soucy, who had three shots on goal and two hits in 15 minutes, 26 seconds of playing time, said it was a relief to step on the ice for the first time in an NHL game and he looked to the leadership of Minnesota’s current top pair: Brodin and Dumba.

“Brods and Dumba played great tonight and they’re going to take a load, which they did,” Soucy said. “I hope a couple of us others can get the minutes we can and just make it easier for them.”

Brodin, who was on the ice for more than 24 minutes, said Minnesota’s blue line contingent has work to do without Suter, but he voiced confidence that those manning the position will do fine.

“We’ll see when Spurg is back,” he said, “but yeah, right now we have the D we have and I think we played good today.”

The Wild outshot the Oilers 40-22 and controlled play throughout.

Their offense was fueled by another Minnesotan as Bloomington’s Zach Parise scored a goal in each of the first two periods to give him 12 goals and 16 points in his past 17 games.

“All around it was a pretty good game for us,” Parise said. “Our defensemen did a good job. Ryan’s a tough guy to replace, but I thought they did a good job all over the ice.”

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In a season where it’s almost impossible not to notice the surge in young players making an impact within the NHL ranks, Nathan MacKinnon, Sean Monahan, Seth Jones and the Minnesota Wild’s Charlie Coyle just to name a few, some fans may find it easy to forget that not every player is going to walk off his junior squad and be ready to fill a nightly role with an NHL club. Carson Soucy may not be quite there yet, but if the freshman player UMD head coach Scott Sandelin refers to as “a pleasant surprise” continues to build his game at such a rapid pace throughout the NCHC season, don’t be surprised to see him become a regular presence on the Minnesota Wild’s blue line for many years to come.

As Soucy moved from the Alberta Junior Hockey League into being not only a member of the UMD squad, but also a NHL draft pick, questions arose as to whether or not the defenseman was going to be able to offer up enough of an offensive threat to be the kind of player required by the highest levels of hockey in North America. Coach Sandelin put those doubts to rest following a non-conference game against Notre Dame on Friday night.

“He’s a big kid who has good hands and he can skate, he’s got a lot of plays and we’ve seen that through a lot of these games,” said Sandelin. “I’m not saying he’s going to be Paul Coffey (for those unfamiliar with Coffey, he’s long been held as one of the NHL’s all-time best offensive defensemen, arguably second only to Bobby Orr), but he certainly does a good job moving pucks.” In the past three games Soucy has notched up three assists and in preseason exhibition play scored a goal for the Bulldogs.

“I think he’s improved every week, there’s no question about that,” said Sandelin. “You never know with freshmen where they’re going to start, but I think he’s had a real good start.”

If the seasoned coach’s opinion of the player isn’t enough to convince onlookers that Soucy is the real deal, Soucy offers up reassurance of his own. “There’s not a lot of down time in college hockey, if I’m not at school I’m putting in a lot of work at the rink,” Soucy said. “I’ve been working on my shot, getting that stronger and I’m getting more confident out there (on the ice).”

Soucy is one of the larger bodies drafted by the Wild and stands even with the largest defenseman currently on the Wild roster, Clayton Stoner. Size isn’t everything when it comes to being a D-man and Soucy is one of the first people who points this out.

“Obviously size is a big thing and lots of NHL teams are looking for big players who can also skate,” said Soucy. “If you’re a big player but you can’t skate you’re not going to be able to do much, but I think size is an advantage.”

The Alberta native grew up in a small farming community, a student of the game raised–similar to many Minnesota kids–on frozen ponds where the game of hockey is a part of life and he seems to be having no problem fitting in around northern Minnesota.

“I like Minnesota overall, I could stay here forever,” said Soucy and Minnesota fans everywhere should sure hope he does.

UMD’s Carson Soucy (#4) in action on Oct 26, 2013 in a 4-1 Win over Notre Dame at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, MN. Photo credits – Rylie Heilman UMD.

Five Player Quick Facts:

Name Pronounced – SUE-see

Twitter – @DrSouce71 (Get it? Dr. Seuss? Carson certainly has a sense of humor!)

Birthday – July 27, 1994

Prior Team – Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)

NHL Affiliation – Selected in round five of the 2013 NHL entry draft, 137th overall by the Minnesota Wild

Five Player Fun Facts:

Pre-game Warmup – Ping-pong against teammate Alex Iafallo

Pre-game Meal – Chicken and pasta at Blackwoods which is “Really good!”

Music Preference– Techno! Current favorite DJ is Avicii!

Favorite off season activity – Plays fast pitch!

Something not a lot of people know about him – Carson likes to dance when he can! (Unfortunately we failed to asked whether or not he knew how to drop it low or twerk, maybe next time!)

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