Big 1st Period Carries Islanders To 1st Win
Andrew MacDonald and Frans Nielsen scored first-period goals and the New York Islanders hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Monday despite a lackluster final two periods.
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Andrew MacDonald and Frans Nielsen scored first-period goals and the New York Islanders hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Monday despite a lackluster final two periods.
The Minnesota Lynx are basking in the glory of a National Championship. The team was honored at the Minnesota Vikings game Sunday and will have a parade in their honor Tuesday.
Minnesota Wild forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Sunday for high-sticking Columbus' Matt Calvert in the face Saturday night.
Adrian Peterson powered in for three first-quarter touchdowns to build a lead large enough even Minnesota couldn't lose it, and the Vikings finally earned their first victory Sunday by beating the bumbling Arizona Cardinals 34-10.
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield and receiver Bernard Berrian are inactive for their game against the Arizona Cardinals.
This wasn't the start to the season that Larry Fitzgerald or Adrian Peterson envisioned when they put their signatures on those big new contracts that could pay them each nine figures over the length of their deals.
Minnesota senior goalie Kent Patterson is off to a perfect start, and so are the Golden Gophers.
The duck hunter is a rare breed, willing to go great lengths to see wings over decoys.
The Lynx returned home to Minnesota Saturday afternoon to hundreds of fans at the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport in a homecoming fit for champions.
Notre Dame scored five straight goals after falling behind early to beat Minnesota Duluth 5-3 Saturday for a split of the men's college hockey series.
Dany Heatley didn't take long to make an impact for Minnesota, giving his new team a power-play goal and an assist in a 4-2 season-opening victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
RPI didn't leave anything to chance Saturday, taking a two-goal lead into the third period and coasting to a 4-1 men's college hockey win over Minnesota State, Mankato.
The Tommies, now 6-0 and ranked No. 3 in Division III, limited talented Auggies' quarterback Marcus Brumm to just 136 yards passing, no touchdowns and intercepted him once.
Akeem Shavers caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Purdue beat Minnesota 45-17 on Saturday.
Travis Oleksuk's goal at 15:36 lifted Minnesota Duluth to a 4-3 men's college hockey win over Notre Dame on Friday.
