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Game #2 Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 5/4/22 @ 8:30PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Updated:Blues lead series 1-0 Minnesota Wild 0.0 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL) 4.00 Goals Against Per Game…
Read more2022 NHL Playoffs Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues
Updated:Series is at 0-0 Minnesota Wild (53-22-7) 113pts 2nd in the Central 3.72 Goals For Per Game (5th in the…
Read moreMinnesota Secures home ice advantage in 4-1 Victory in Regular Season Finale Against Colorado
Just 58 seconds into the game, Jordan Greenway would gather up a puck from behind the Colorado Avalanche goal and…
Read moreKulikov Delivers in 5-4 Overtime Thriller Against Nashville
Ryan Hartman raised over $38,000 dollars for Children’s Hospital in Minnesota after his infamous ‘bird’ he gave Edmonton’s Evander Kane…
Read moreWild with Six Unanswered Goals in 6-3 Victory Over Los Angeles
Updated:Surprises can be fun. Raise your hand if you expected the Minnesota Wild to respond with six unanswered goals to…
Read moreEarly Goals Carry Wild to 5-1 Rout Over Washington
Updated:Being a long-time Minnesota sports fan is a practice in patience as well as restraint. Call it pessimism or keeping…
Read moreWild Win 3-2 Overtime Thriller Against Colorado To Cap Off An Eventful Week
To all Minnesota Wild fans out there, was this the best week during the regular season in franchise history? Seriously,…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Add Marc-Andre Fleury and others in NHL Trade Deadline Day Blitz
Updated:Trade deadline day is a time of excitement and anxiety for players, teams and fan bases all across the NHL…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Hold On To Earn 3-1 Victory Over Chicago
Almost 20 years ago, I remember coaching a 9th grade football game where my team won 44-0. As a coach…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Trades Nico Sturm to Colorado for Tyson Jost
Updated:During the first day of training camp on September 22nd, 2021, Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin addressed the team. …
Read morePorous Penalty Kill Spoils Mikko Koivu’s Jersey Retirement in Wild’s 6-2 loss to Nashville
Updated:Narratives can be powerful things. Especially when they get repeated over and over. Why? Because people begin to believe them,…
Read more2022 Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament Preview
Updated:A major reason Minnesota calls itself the ‘State of Hockey’ is because of the state’s proud tradition of celebrating the…
Read moreUgly 6-3 Loss To Dallas at home caps off a rough week for the Minnesota Wild
Updated:When I was a kid, I remember when my dad got a foam ‘purple’ brick for Christmas from one of…
Read moreMinnesota Wild’s 7-3 Loss To Calgary Extends Losing Streak to 3 Games
Updated:The Minnesota Wild will probably be glad to be out of Canada after a rough 4-game road trip that saw…
Read more7-3 Rout of Edmonton Helps Give Minnesota a Bright Spot After a Rough Week
It’s not about how you start but how you finish is a common cliche used in sports. I’m not entirely…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Outlasts Carolina in 3-2 Thriller
Roller coasters are normally good fun, but when its meant to be a metaphor of your emotions it may not…
Read moreMinnesota Extends Winning Streak to Five Games in 4-3 Victory Over the Islanders
Updated:Its no big secret, but the Minnesota Wild’s schedule the last two months has made it tough to build any…
Read moreMarcus Foligno Delivers in Overtime in 4-3 Wild Win Against Chicago
Happy Hockey Day Minnesota 2022 everyone! Besides a lot of nostalgic outdoor scenes of hockey throughout the day, the nightcap…
Read more2020 Minnesota Wild Draft Preview: Goaltenders
Updated:Any team that wants to win the Stanley Cup has to have great goaltending. It seems like in any given…
Read moreGame Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche 1/17/21 @ 2:00PM CST at Ball Arena
Minnesota Wild (22-10-2) 46pts 4th in the Central 3.68 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 3.03 Goals Against…
Read moreMankato High School Hockey snubbed with announcement of 2022 Hockey Day Minnesota Broadcast Schedule
Updated:Hockey Day Minnesota has steadily become ‘must-watch’ TV for any fan of hockey in Minnesota since it’s creation back in…
Read moreWild Outlast Coyotes in Crazy 8-5 Victory
Updated:The game Operation was good for a laugh as a kid as you watched someone struggle to extract the wishbone…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Fans Speak: 2021-22 Pre-Season Edition, Part 3 of 3
Updated:Many people will tune in for the 10 o’clock news to hear nothing more than to hear the weather forecast…
Read moreSpurgeon Delivers in 3-2 Overtime Victory Over San Jose
Updated:With the trade deadline approaching on February 26th, the rumors are really starting to fly and updates about which players…
Read moreOwn Goal Proves Costly for Washington as Minnesota Wild escape with 3-2 Shootout Victory
Updated:Raise your hand if you thought a depleted Minnesota Wild team really had a chance against the Washington Capitals or…
Read moreGame Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Arizona Coyotes 11/27/18 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Updated:Minnesota Wild (14-7-2) 30pts 2nd in the Central 3.26 Goals For Per Game (12th in the NHL) 2.70 Goals Against…
Read moreThe NHL Should Cancel the 2019-20 Season Or History May Repeat Itself
Updated:March 18th, 2002, was like nearly every other day around the NHL. Fans eagerly made their way to the arenas…
Read moreMinnesota Wild Fire General Manager Paul Fenton
Updated:If you have ever seen the YouTube clip of Fenton the dog, you can see how a calm walk through…
Read moreThe Minnesota Wild Name Jared Spurgeon Their Team Captain
Updated:A few years ago, I taught a class on leadership to a group of high school students. We discussed the…
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