Tag: Wild Prospect Report

When I was a kid, I remember when my dad got a foam ‘purple’ brick for Christmas from one of…

Trick or Treat!?!  Happy Halloween to everyone across the State of Hockey.  As temperatures start to approach freezing and the…

With just 5 games under their belt, the Minnesota Wild have played the least amount of games of any team…

Hurry up and wait has kind of been the story of the Minnesota’s Wild’s season besides its injury woes.  The…

A short Eastern road swing is a nice way to get acclimated to a new season.  A chance to travel,…

First impressions are big.  Whether its interviewing for a job or meeting someone on a blind date we all know…

Welcome back everyone after what I hope was a restful and relaxing summer.  Another season is upon us and its…

July is starting to heat up, literally and figuratively as temperatures return to a more seasonable level after what was…

Do you ever get that feeling of deja vu?  Why?  Back in 2000, the Wild drafted Maxim Sushinsky in the…

Perhaps its fitting on a day where millions of Americans bust out their grills to celebrate Independence Day, that I…

The old drafting axiom is you ‘never take a goaltender with your 1st round pick.’  No problem this year for…

The NHL is a copy cat league.  If one team wins the Stanley Cup with grit and toughness, then teams…

The Memorial Cup is behind us and the NHL Combine has concluded and with the Stanley Cup Finals still in…

The Minnesota Wild’s season may have come to an end, but they still have had players and prospects playing meaningful…

Mental toughness.  Its an important thing for nearly anyone to learn in life, whether at the workplace, school or at…

Minnesota has clinched home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs and has its best record since the 2006-07…

“The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, we don’t need no water, let the motherf%cker burn, burn motherf%cker,…

If you do not call yourself a fan of the Minnesota Wild but you know some people that are, I’ll…

Minnesota got a much-needed victory on Tuesday night, and you could sense a sigh of relief in front of the…

“Listen, we stunk in the 1st, we better come back in the 2nd. Resilient? You make us sound like we’re…

College and European league hockey are in the playoffs, major junior hockey will be there soon enough and the State…

In 2010 at Wimbledon, American John Isner faced Frenchman Nicolas Mahut for the longest professional tennis match in history where…

Co-workers.  Unless you run an small business all by yourself, you’ve probably dealt with co-workers at one point or another….

<![CDATA[Your senior year.  The culmination of your time in high school or college.  Your last year before graduation, and for…

<![CDATA[I was lucky enough to coach football with a Hall of Fame Wisconsin High School football coach, Mike Taake.  Mike…

With hockey Twitter all buzzing with trade rumors and mostly minor trade news, it makes you wonder if fans and…

How did you spend your 5 day NHL furlough.  Did you fly off to some place sunny and not inundated…

The last time the Minnesota Wild played the Chicago Blackhawks, the buzz was really about how Chicago was saying this…

Anytime the Minnesota Wild make their way to Nashville to play the Predators they understand two basic truths.  One, they…