Tag: 2016-17 Post-Game Report
Schwartz’s Late-Period Tally Lifts Blues to 2-0 Series Lead in 2-1 Win Over Minnesota
A long while ago, on the wild.com message boards a fan made a quip about Pascal Dupuis that always gets…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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….
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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,…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »Wild earn important 2 points in ugly 7-4 win against Panthers
Co-workers. Unless you run an small business all by yourself, you’ve probably dealt with co-workers at one point or another….
Read more »Lack of Focus Kills the Wild in 4-1 Loss to the Lightning
Hype, it can come from those around you pumping up your ego with positive comments or from the media who…
Read more »Allen, Blues Shut Down the Wild in 2-1 Loss
<![CDATA[Your senior year. The culmination of your time in high school or college. Your last year before graduation, and for…
Read more »2-goal night by Staal earns Wild 3-1 win against Sharks
<![CDATA[I was lucky enough to coach football with a Hall of Fame Wisconsin High School football coach, Mike Taake. Mike…
Read more »Bobrovsky Stands Tall in 1-0 Win Over The Wild
<![CDATA["The cat came back, the very next day, the cat came back it just wouldn't stay away," were the lyrics…
Read more »Zucker’s Late Goal Allows Wild To Escape 3rd Period Let Down With a 6-5 Win Over the Jets
With hockey Twitter all buzzing with trade rumors and mostly minor trade news, it makes you wonder if fans and…
Read more »Granlund’s Solo Rush Dazzles in 5-4 Overtime Thriller Against Los Angeles
How did you spend your 5 day NHL furlough. Did you fly off to some place sunny and not inundated…
Read more »Toews’ 5-point Night Too Much For the Wild in 5-3 Loss
The last time the Minnesota Wild played the Chicago Blackhawks, the buzz was really about how Chicago was saying this…
Read more »Zucker, Koivu, Granlund Too Much For Nashville to Handle in 5-2 Victory
Anytime the Minnesota Wild make their way to Nashville to play the Predators they understand two basic truths. One, they…
Read more »Gibson and Ducks Defense Stands Tall in 1-0 Win Over Minnesota
Happy Greeting Card / Chocolate and Flower day everyone! Of course I’m talking about Valentine’s Day, the day where we…
Read more »Wild Power Play Strikes 3 Times in Minnesota’s 6-3 Win Over Detroit
Professional sports ownership can really dictate the direction of an organization in more ways than just winning. They can affect…
Read more »Koivu’s Shootout Goal Lifts Wild to 2-1 Victory Over Tampa Bay
The Minnesota’s Wild’s 1st win in franchise history came against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was a rare high scoring…
Read more »Missed Opportunities Prove Costly for the Wild in 4-3 Overtime Loss to Chicago
A friend of mine who happens to be a Blackhawks fan went to her first game a few months ago….
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