Wild’s Jordan Greenway is a Force – Off the Ice

After breaking Team USA’s color barrier at the 2018 Olympics, the Minnesota power forward has asserted himself in the NHL. And Jordan Greenway hopes his stead has an impact on Black kids.

Two days before his 21st birthday, nearly two months before he put pen to paper on his first NHL contract, Jordan Greenway had already cement his place in American hockey. Stepping onto the ice wearing the red, white and blue of Team UFABET at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

What that means isn’t lost on the 24-year-old Greenway, not for a moment. However, he is quick to acknowledge the path to his barrier-breaking moment had by the likes of Dustin Byfuglien and Seth Jones, a pair of players who likely would have broken that same barrier had the NHL allowed its players to participate.

Circumstantial or not, Greenway made the most of his Olympic appearance. The second youngest player on a veteran-laden roster, he absorb what he could from former NHLers Matt Gilroy, Jim Slater.

It was great just to watch how he went about every day. This is definitely a time right now where roles are going to be changing and we’re going to be relying on – not really other guys, but I guess more guys…I’m a younger guy, so I like to bring some energy, Greenway said. 

“I think I should be expected to put points up and be the power forward that I am expected to be.”