MANKATO, Minn. Justin Williams Jersey . -- Whenever Mike Zimmer has felt uneasy about the safety situation on his defence, hes called Chris Crocker to come in and stabilize things. So its no surprise with the safety position opposite standout Harrison Smith up for grabs, Zimmer is bringing back old reliable one more time. Crocker signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, giving Zimmer some much-needed insurance on the unproven back end of his defence. Each of the previous two seasons, as defensive co-ordinator in Cincinnati, Zimmer talked Crocker out of retiring to play for the Bengals. Zimmer also brought Crocker with him when he moved from defensive co-ordinator of the Atlanta Falcons to the Bengals in 2008. Now that Zimmer is in his first season as a head coach with the Vikings, Crocker is again coming back to help him out. "I never retired," said Crocker, who had 37 tackles and two interceptions in 12 games last year. "You always are kind of ready. Especially when you know you got a guy like Zimmer that you can play for. You know we have rapport and we talk often and in this part in my career I wouldnt want to go (with) anyone else. Im not starting over, I wanted to play for a guy who has meant a lot for my career and Ive given him everything that I have. Just empty the gas tank and see where it goes." The position opposite Smith has been in flux since Zimmer took over. Robert Blanton appeared to be in line to be the starter but injured his hamstring during training camp and will likely miss several weeks. Jamarca Sanford missed much of the spring with injury and has yet to impress in training camp. Mistral Raymond has been equally unimpressive to this point and Andrew Sendejo was just activated from the physically unable to perform list on Monday. "Ive given everything I have to him," the 34-year-old Crocker said of Zimmer. "I think Ive been accountable. 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We were able to collect ourselves and have much better focus in our game after the first period, said Wild head coach Mike Yeo. Weve got to stop having these bad starts because its not always going to end this way. The Wild seemed to rally after defenseman Keith Ballard left the game following a scary hit in the second period. He was checked into the mid-ice boards by New Yorks Matt Martin and remained on the ice for several minutes. Ballard was eventually helped into the dressing room and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation and no penalty was called on the play. The blueliner was released from the hhospital on Wednesday and is out indefinitely after suffering multiple facial fractures and a concussion. Marcus Kruger Jersey. In addition to being without Ballard, defenseman Marco Scandella will begin a two-game suspension tonight for an illegal check to the head on New Yorks Brock Nelson in the third period. The Sharks also come in shorthanded, with both defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic and forward Mike Brown exiting Tuesdays 5-2 win over Edmonton. Brown is expected to miss some time with a lower-body injury, while Vlasic is questionable with an upper-body issue. Joe Pavelski scored twice to help the Sharks split a home-and-home set with the Oilers. Logan Couture had a goal and an assist while Brent Burns and Barclay Goodrow also lit the lamp for the Sharks, who had a four-game win streak halted with a 2-1 loss at Edmonton on Sunday. We were ready to play and got some quick goals. The crowd gets into it and you feed off that, said Pavelski. Goodrows goal was the first of his NHL career and Melker Karlsson picked up an assist in his NHL debut. Alex Stalock stopped 25 shots in the win. He got the late call over Antti Niemi after Niemi was banged up during morning skate. The Sharks have won four of their past six versus the Wild. 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