Like many NHLers, Mikko Koivu doesn’t know the meaning of taking a break. On top of his time with the Minnesota Wild, the Finland native has been a member of five World Championships teams, two Olympic squads and will make his second appearance in the World Cup of Hockey this September as the captain of the Finnish team.
All in all, Koivu has put a fair amount of mileage on his body over his career. In the last season alone he managed to log over 1634 minutes of ice time, the eighth most for a 32-year-old centerman in the modern era.