Robbinsdale/Gophers
Age: 27
Height/weight: 6-5, 205
Position: Forward
Olympic experience/Sochi stats: First/1 assist.
Twitter handle: @BiggieFunke
Bio: Wheeler, a towering winger with good speed and skating ability, was a bit of a surprise pick. A mainstay in the Winnipeg offense, his game heated up in December, when he had 10 goals and four assists in 14 games. Wheeler played at Breck School, three seasons with the Gophers and was a teammate of Kessel as a freshman. He scored two goals and had three assists in his last international tournament, the 2011 world championships.
Blake Wheeler
February 23, 2014 at 3:40PM
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Lindsey Vonn wrapped up her second straight successful downhill training run Saturday and appears ready to go for gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics at the age of 41 on Sunday, little more than a week after rupturing the ACL of her left knee.
