Mikko Koivu didn’t know what to expect.



He had to figure the Wild had a few surprises up their sleeves to celebrate playing 1,000 games all in a Wild sweater. But when the injured captain turned around and saw old friends and teammates Niklas Backstrom, Kyle Brodziak, Marian Gaborik and Nick Schultz join him and his family on the “green carpet,” the guy who usually keeps his emotions so closed off from the public couldn’t help but smile widely.



“I was kind of hoping he was going to cry, but give him credit: he held it together,” Brodziak said, laughing, from outside Suite 55 during the second intermission of Tuesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks.



Inside that suite, Koivu was wearing a sharp blue suit and silver tie. The smile never left his face as he caught up with those former teammates and others, including Stephane Veilleux, Ryan Carter and Mark Parrish. Injured current teammate Jared Spurgeon stopped by to...