Articles by Derek Felska (797)
Hanzal Nets His 20th Goal as Wild Cap Off Regular Season With 3-1 Win Over Arizona
Last game of the regular season. The team knows it will be in the post-season, although it doesn’t know (quite…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Phoenix Coyotes 4/8/17 @ 8:00PM CST at Gila River Arena
Minnesota Wild (48-25-8) 104pts 2nd in the Central 3.21 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.53 Goals Against…
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Coaching Challenge Comes Up Big As Wild Escape With 4-3 Win Over Colorado
Minnesota has clinched home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs and has its best record since the 2006-07…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche 4/6/2017 @ 8:00PM CST at Pepsi Center
Minnesota Wild (47-25-8) 102pts 2nd in the Central 3.20 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.53 Goals Against…
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Wild Resilient in 5-3 Win Over the Hurricanes
The past often provides bitter lessons for those who don’t learn from their mistakes. Whether they are poor choices personally…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Carolina Hurricanes 4/4/2017 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (46-25-8) 100pts 2nd in the Central 3.18 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.52 Goals Against…
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Wild notch 100th point in 5-2 win against Avalanche
Whether Minnesota has been doing well or poorly, Wild fans have relished in the colossal failure of the Colorado Avalanche….
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche 4/2/2017 @ 5:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (45-25-8) 98pts 2nd in the Central 3.15 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.53 Goals Against…
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Rinne and the Predators Shut Down the Wild 3-0
“I want to believe” is what it says on the poster hanging on Fox Mulder’s wall in his office at…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators 4/1/2017 @ 1:00PM CST at Bridgestone Arena
Minnesota Wild (45-24-8) 98pts 2nd in the Central 3.19 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.52 Goals Against…
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Stalock Solid In 5-1 Win Over Ottawa
I know I’ve talked about these guys before, but my friends at the podcast 3 in the Box are pretty…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Ottawa Senators 3/30/17 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (44-24-8) 96pts 2nd in the Central 3.17 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.54 Goals Against…
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Ovechkin Nets First Power Play Hat Trick in 5-4 OT Win Over the Wild
“The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, we don’t need no water, let the motherf%cker burn, burn motherf%cker,…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Washington Capitals 3/28/2017 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (44-24-7) 95pts 2nd in the Central 3.16 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.51 Goals Against…
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Same Mistakes Haunt Wild in 3-2 Overtime Loss to Detroit
If you do not call yourself a fan of the Minnesota Wild but you know some people that are, I’ll…
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Horrific 2nd Period Dooms Wild in 4-2 Loss to Vancouver
Some of you may be aware that my ‘day job’ is as a High School teacher. It was the end…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks 3/25/2017 @ 1:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (44-23-6) 94pts 2nd in the Central 3.19 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.48 Goals Against…
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Lethargic Effort Buries Wild in 3-1 Home Loss to Philadelphia
Minnesota got a much-needed victory on Tuesday night, and you could sense a sigh of relief in front of the…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3/23/17 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (44-22-6) 94pts 2nd in the Central 3.22 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.47 Goals Against…
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Wild Snap 5-Game Losing Streak With 3-2 Win Over San Jose
“Listen, we stunk in the 1st, we better come back in the 2nd. Resilient? You make us sound like we’re…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks 3/21/2017 @ 7:30PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (42-22-6) 92pts 2nd in the Central 3.23 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.48 Goals Against…
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Wild’s four goal comeback in 2nd period not enough in 5-4 loss to Jets
College and European league hockey are in the playoffs, major junior hockey will be there soon enough and the State…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets 3/19/2017 @ 4:00PM CST at MTS Centre
Minnesota Wild (43-21-6) 92pts 2nd in the Central 3.21 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.44 Goals Against…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers 3/18/17 @ 6:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (43-20-6) 92pts 2nd in the Central 3.23 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.43 Goals Against…
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Apathetic Effort Spells Doom For the Wild in 3-1 Loss to the Hurricanes
Minnesota Wild fans have to admit they’ve had it pretty good this season. For the most part the Wild have…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Carolina Hurricanes 3/16/17 @ 6:00PM CST at PNC Arena
Minnesota Wild (43-19-6) 92pts 2nd in the Central 3.26 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.43 Goals Against…
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Capitals Snap 4-game Skid with 4-2 Win Over the Wild
In 2010 at Wimbledon, American John Isner faced Frenchman Nicolas Mahut for the longest professional tennis match in history where…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Washington Capitals 3/14/17 @ 6:00PM CST at Verizon Center
Minnesota Wild (43-18-6) 92pts in the Central 3.28 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.40 Goals Against Per…
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Early Setback Dooms Wild in 4-2 Loss to Chicago
In NASCAR, the sport wanted to add more interest in the annual competition to be the top driver at the…
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