Comeau, Montoya Lift Islanders Over Wild
The Minnesota Wild can't afford clunkers like this if they hope to grab a playoff spot in the cluttered Western Conference.
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The Minnesota Wild can't afford clunkers like this if they hope to grab a playoff spot in the cluttered Western Conference.
Julie Friend has had the skills and the fundamentals of playing goalie down for a few years. Minding the net can be a mentally demanding experience, though, a process that required some self-discovery and a sharpened focus for Friend to reach an elite level.
The Minnesota Wild have traded goaltender Anton Khudobin to the Boston Bruins for two 23-year-old prospects.
It was just a matter of time for Warroad.
Garret Roe had two goals and St. Cloud State scored three times in the second period to beat Wisconsin 4-2 on Friday.
Nick Bjugstad scored two short-handed goals as Minnesota beat Michigan Tech 5-2 on Friday.
Nick Dineen had two goals to lead Colorado College to a 5-4 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win over seventh-ranked Minnesota Duluth on Friday.
Jack Johnson is grateful the Los Angeles Kings are back after nearly four weeks on the road. He's even more pleased they're right back in the Western Conference playoff picture with a grit they didn't possess before leaving town.
Minnesota will certainly miss Mikko Koivu while he's out with a broken left index finger.
Minnesota Wild players will wear custom-designed camouflage jerseys during warm-ups before Tuesday night's game against the Edmonton Oilers at Xcel Energy Center.
Jefferson Dahl scored his first collegiate goal in the third period to help Wisconsin earn a 3-3 tie with Minnesota in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game on Saturday.
Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck has morphed into a multi-talented player. Besides doling out his patented punishing hits, Clutterbuck is now an offensive dynamo who's the Wild's leading goal scorer this season.
Matt Cullen scored a short-handed goal, Eric Nystrom scored his first career power-play goal and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 Friday night.
Taylor Matson scored two goals as Minnesota beat Wisconsin 5-2 Friday in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
If you love Minnesota Wild Hockey, have $845 and a day off, you could be a Wild Fantasy Camper.
Troy Brouwer's perfectly placed centering pass went off a Minnesota defenseman for the tiebreaking goal in the third period, helping Corey Crawford and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Wild 3-1 on Wednesday night without ailing coach Joel Quenneville.
The Minnesota Wild is learning that if you want to win down the stretch in the NHL, you better get goals from the veterans. Enter John Madden.
Manny Malhotra had a goal and an assist, Cory Schneider stopped 27 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Wild are planning an outdoor practice.
Cal Clutterback scored twice in regulation and John Madden scored in the ninth round of a shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.
St. Cloud State scored three times in 3:30 between the first and second periods and beat Minnesota Duluth 8-2 Friday. The loss knocks the Bulldogs from a share of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association lead.
This week's "Rally Star," a feature on local prep sports athletes, is Minnetonka's Julie Friend.
Niklas Backstrom turned in another strong performance with 23 saves, and the Minnesota Wild hung on to beat the crumbling Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Apple Valley High School Sophomore Hudson Fasching is considered by many to be perhaps the best 15-year-old hockey player in the state of Minnesota. But as competitive and goal-driven as he is on the ice, it's at home where you begin to see that he's more than that.
Minnesota Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky (zihd-LICK'-ee) has returned to practice on a limited basis, a significant step in his return from the shoulder injury he suffered five weeks ago.
