Special teams spark Stars to victory, lead series 3-1
After outplaying the Dallas Stars in Game 3, the Minnesota Wild came into Wednesday’s matchup not wanting to change a thing. Dallas, on the other hand, was looking to regain the defensive composure...
View ArticleNHL Playoffs Roundup: Wednesday’s Bests And Worsts
If close games are your thing, you got a quadruple helping of goodness on Wednesday. All four NHL playoff games were one-goal affairs, and three of the four series ended with one team holding a 3-1...
View ArticleChuck Fletcher safe as Wild GM
Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold has said that general manager Chuck Fletcher’s position is not under threat, as the franchise heads in to Friday’s Game 5 clash with Dallas facing possible...
View ArticleJordan Schroeder gets nod over Justin Fontaine
The Minnesota Wild are facing down elimination at the hands of the Dallas Stars this weekend – so Jordan Schroeder, who hasn’t managed to draw into the postseason lineup yet so far, will get his shot....
View ArticleMinnesota Wild stay alive with overtime victory
The Minnesota Wild have been on the brink of elimination before, and the Colorado Avalanche learned the hard way that the Central Division club knows how to claw their way back into it. Now the Dallas...
View ArticleNHL Playoffs Roundup: Friday’s Bests And Worsts
The theme song for the NHL playoffs on Friday was Stayin’ Alive, unless you were the L.A. Kings. Minnesota stunned Dallas in overtime at American Airlines Center to force Game 6 in St. Paul, and...
View ArticleWild set to honor Prince at game six
The Minnesota Wild will honour music star Prince, who died this week, at Sunday nights game six showdown with Dallas. The organisation changed some of it’s social media branding to use the colour...
View ArticleStars survive ‘crazy’ third period Wild rally, head to second round
The Minnesota Wild started Game 6 with an emotional tribute to a local legend, musician Prince. After a moment of silence, they announced they would use his anthem “Let’s Go Crazy” as their goal song...
View ArticleDubnyk played with hand injury during first round
Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk played with an injured right hand during the clubs Western Conference quarter final defeat to Dallas, it has been revealed. Devan Dubnyk was playing with a...
View ArticleNiederreiter to play for Switzerland at Worlds
Nino Niederreiter apparently feels he still has some hockey left in him this season as the Minnesota Wild announced Tuesday that the right wing will represent Switzerland at the 2016 IIHF World...
View ArticleThomas Vanek had broken ribs during series
The Minnesota Wild were eliminated from the 2016 NHL postseason in the first round of the playoffs this year – and as the team disbanded, forward Thomas Vanek admitted he’d been sitting out the team’s...
View ArticleMarco Scandella joins list of injured Wild players in postseason
The Minnesota Wild finished their postseason early this spring, falling 4-2 in their playoff series against the Dallas Stars – and now that they’re out, blue liner Marco Scandella is one of a handful...
View ArticleFriedman weighs in on Boudreau’s future
Elliotte Friedman was on Toronto’s Sportsnet 590 on Thursday afternoon. On Bruce Boudreau being a good coach, but on if the Anaheim Ducks can bring him back with this Game 7 playoff narrative hanging...
View ArticleMikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund added to Team Finland
The Minnesota Wild saw their season end prematurely, and riddled with injuries – but for healthy players like Finnish forwards Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund, their spring isn’t over just yet. The...
View ArticleCorey Perry part of trio joining Team Canada
Corey Perry and the Anaheim Ducks were eliminated from the 2016 postseason on Wednesday – and less than 24 hours later, the antagonistic right winger has already announced that he’s got one more hockey...
View ArticleBackup goalies more valuable than ever in NHL playoffs
When Andrei Vasilevskiy replaced Ben Bishop on Wednesday night, it easily could have been construed as a bold, surprising move. Instead, it was more of the same in this year’s NHL playoffs. Outside of...
View ArticleNo reason for the Wild to panic this offseason
A dark cloud has been hovering over the Minnesota Wild for some time now. The storm may have really started to pick up once the team was beaten by the Dallas Stars in the first round of the playoffs,...
View ArticleBruce Boudreau named head coach of Wild
The Anaheim Ducks dismissed head coach Bruce Boudreau at the end of their 2015-16 playoff run, firing the tenured bench boss after the team failed to win yet another game seven under his watch. Now,...
View ArticleBruce Boudreau instantly makes the Wild a better team
After the Nashville Predators eliminated the Anaheim Ducks from the playoffs, the Ducks fired head coach Bruce Boudreau. It took less than two weeks for the 61-year-old to find work, as the Minnesota...
View ArticleFlames request permission to talk to Yeo
The Anaheim Ducks and Calgary Flames are currently the two Pacific Division clubs sitting without head coaches for next season – and now, both are going to be interviewing former Minnesota Wild bench...
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