Minnesota Wild Events

2008 Oct 11 Minnesota Wild defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
ST. PAUL - They were two shots that a top-notch NHL goalie would have stopped. But Manny Fernandez, in only his first regular-season game since his procedure to repair a torn meniscus ...
2009 Jan 6 Minnesota Wild defeat Boston Bruins, 1-0
Even when teams are playing their best - and right now, the Bruins are a cut or two below their best - it's hard to look good against the Wild. "They're notorious for it," said Bruins ...
2009 Oct 3 Columbus Blue Jackets defeat Minnesota Wild, 2-1
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Inside Nationwide Arena, the exact spot where Jacques Lemaire ended his Wild coaching career six months earlier, Todd Richards began his Saturday night. It didn't go a...
2009 Oct 6 Minnesota Wild defeat Anaheim Ducks, 4-3
Almost two years ago to the day, Mikko Koivu sat down for a visit at this northeast Minneapolis coffee shop. He was coming off a breakout sophomore season, yet he still was considered ...
2009 Oct 8 Los Angeles Kings defeat Minnesota Wild, 6-3
LOS ANGELES — It's probably not the best recipe for success anyway, but the Wild discovered Thursday night you can't spot both SoCal teams three-goal leads and expect to win. Trying to...
2009 Oct 10 San Jose Sharks defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-2
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - The Wild took a full day off in Northern California on Sunday. Thirteen players attended the 49ers game. The rest of the team did touristy stuff in San Francisco or ...
2009 Oct 14 Anaheim Ducks defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-2
ANAHEIM, CALIF. - There was no way to blame Wednesday night on a team in transition being unable to rid itself of old habits. No, with the Wild still looking like it was on vacation af...
2009 Oct 16 Edmonton Oilers defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-2
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - With such a depleted lineup, it's hard to imagine the Wild skating better. Frankly, it's hard to imagine the Wild playing better. And the Wild lost 5-2. Yes, ...
2009 Oct 17 Vancouver Canucks defeat Minnesota Wild, 2-1
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Good news, folks. No, no, no — the Wild didn’t win a game. But the road trip from you know where did mercifully come to an end Saturday night. Five ...
2009 Oct 21 Minnesota Wild defeat Colorado Avalanche, 3-2
Boos showered the ice during an aggravating second period Wednesday night, which is why in the end, it's amazing the Wild didn't shower in champagne. The Wild, which made losing an art...
2009 Oct 23 St. Louis Blues defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-1
ST. LOUIS - "Outchanced, outshot, outworked, outforechecked ... outeverythinged." Friday morning, that's the way St. Louis Blues coach Andy Murray had described his team's first period...
2009 Oct 24 Minnesota Wild defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2
One night earlier, Cal Clutterbuck was in the St. Louis pressbox spotting for busy writers punching keyboards. No wonder he walked into Wild coach Todd Richards' office Saturday mornin...
2009 Oct 26 Chicago Blackhawks defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-1
CHICAGO - So much for the Cal Clutterbuck overtime winner being the inspirational trigger to snapping the Wild's road woes. Ever since Saturday, the Wild talked about how critical it w...
2009 Oct 28 Nashville Predators defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
Of all the Wild's nine losses this season, Todd Richards said this one hurt the worst. And the sinking hearts of the coach's players seemed to indicate they felt the same way. After th...
2009 Oct 30 Minnesota Wild defeat New York Rangers, 3-2
The last time the Rangers paid a visit to Minnesota, the game turned into the Marian Gaborik Show. It was Dec. 20, 2007, and Gaborik, then wearing the green and red of the Wild, torched H...
2009 Oct 31 Minnesota Wild defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 2-1
PITTSBURGH — Several minutes after the Wild wrapped up its first road victory of the season, Eric Belanger was still trying to stanch the bleeding from his nose and mouth. The center had ...
2009 Nov 5 Vancouver Canucks defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-2
Wild coach Todd Richards sensed it coming. After four days off following victories over the Rangers and Penguins, Richards worried about his team "getting too high on yourselves." "...
2009 Nov 7 Minnesota Wild defeat Dallas Stars, 3-2
Doug Risebrough used to say that James Sheppard was the only member of the Wild's five-player "core" who had yet to experience "crisis." Whether it was being ridden by former coach Jac...
2009 Nov 10 Minnesota Wild defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2
BRANDON, FLA. - Last month, in the heart of the Wild's struggles, there were times it was difficult to ascertain what the team was trying to accomplish. The players didn't come up the ...
2009 Nov 12 Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
TAMPA, FLA. — As Wild players ripped off tape, unlaced skates and removed pads Thursday night, forwards Kyle Brodziak and Cal Clutterbuck sat at stalls 20 feet apart still wearing wet gea...
2009 Nov 13 Washington Capitals defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-1
WASHINGTON - For the first 10 minutes Friday night, the Wild looked like a BMW whizzing 100 miles per hour up the Autobahn. But slowly but surely, as if somebody was siphoning the gas ...
2009 Nov 15 Carolina Hurricanes defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-4
RALEIGH, N.C. - You've got to hand it to Carolina's "Caniacs." Given nothing to cheer about all season, the diehards still arrived early on a beautiful Sunday afternoon for some NHL-st...
2009 Nov 18 Phoenix Coyotes defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-2
 When Danny Irmen left the University of Minnesota on April 5, 2006, forgoing his senior year, he never envisioned it would take this long to get to the NHL. “I think every young kid c...
2009 Nov 20 Minnesota Wild defeat New York Islanders, 3-2
As the Wild's Cal Clutterbuck was being interviewed this week, eavesdropping locker-room neighbor Mikko Koivu interrupted a reporter's comment: "Don't tell him that. His ego's big enough,...
2009 Nov 25 Boston Bruins defeat Minnesota Wild, 2-1
The Wild have never been a kind opponent for the Bruins. Entering last night, the Bruins were 1-8-0 against the Wild since the franchise was introduced to the NHL in 2000-01. By employ...
2009 Nov 27 Minnesota Wild defeat Colorado Avalanche, 5-3
The old adage in pro sports is you don't lose your spot because of an injury, but it doesn't say anything about illness. When Antti Miettinen returns from a bout with the flu, he might...
2009 Nov 28 Minnesota Wild defeat Colorado Avalanche, 3-2
DENVER - What a week for the Wild newcomers. Andrew Ebbett's goal Wednesday. Chuck Kobasew's hat trick Friday. And Saturday night, in only his second game in a Wild sweater, Guillaume ...
2009 Dec 2 Minnesota Wild defeat Nashville Predators, 5-4
At the end in Chicago, Andrew Ebbett only broke a sweat chomping on pressbox popcorn. At the end in Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse broke a bigger sweat getting out of his car than on the...
2009 Dec 4 Minnesota Wild defeat Anaheim Ducks, 5-4
Not so long ago, Wild coach Todd Richards would have expected silence in such a situation. But Friday night, with his team trailing by two goals in the third period, he turned his ear to ...
2009 Dec 5 Minnesota Wild defeat Nashville Predators, 5-3
Ask Barry Trotz about Wild workhorse defenseman Greg Zanon, and his eyebrows lift just enough to reveal the hint of anger. "Zanon's a warrior. Z gives you everything," said Trotz, one ...
2009 Dec 11 Minnesota Wild defeat Calgary Flames, 2-1
CALGARY, ALBERTA - Years ago, whenever Jacques Lemaire emerged following the latest Wild defeat inside the Saddledome, the coach's face would be so red, it looked as if he was scorched by...
2009 Dec 12 Vancouver Canucks defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - There's a moral to the story of Andrew Brunette. You don't have to skate like Marian Gaborik to be a great hockey player. Brunette, 36, played in his 9...
2009 Dec 15 Minnesota Wild defeat Columbus Blue Jackets, 2-1
The refs must have had a red-eye to catch. Road warrior Wild players, making a brief Twin Cities pit stop before hitting the friendly skies yet again, must have had laundry to finish. ...
2009 Dec 17 Minnesota Wild defeat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
At the end in Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse felt shackled with shattered confidence. New Canadiens coach Jacques Martin played him fourth-line minutes. He was branded a guy not physi...
2009 Dec 19 Ottawa Senators defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-1
Before Saturday's game at Ottawa, the Wild was 10-2-1 in its past 13 -- the hottest team in the West. And it gained four points in the standings. Four points! "If you're following t...
2009 Dec 21 Colorado Avalanche defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
Maybe the hockey gods just have a cruel sense of humor. Wild coach Todd Richards couldn't offer any other explanation for his team's recent superiority over Colorado, noting that teams so...
2009 Dec 23 Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 3-1
Niklas Backstrom, the Wild player most affected by last week's equipment fire, wore his third chest protector in three games Wednesday night. When asked that morning how the brand-new ...
2009 Dec 26 Minnesota Wild defeat St. Louis Blues, 4-3
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Guillaume Latendresse just needed a change of scenery. Latendresse scored twice to help the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Saturday night for their se...
2009 Dec 28 Minnesota Wild defeat Los Angeles Kings, 4-3
LOS ANGELES - Last season, December ruined the Wild's season. This season, December might have saved it. After going belly-up during a 10-loss December a year ago, the Wild continued i...
2009 Dec 29 Anaheim Ducks defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-2
ANAHEIM, CALIF. - There'd be no SoCal sweep for the Wild. One night after upending the Los Angeles Kings with a late dramatic goal, the Wild was a step behind much of the night at the ...
2009 Dec 31 Los Angeles Kings defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-2
The Los Angeles Kings didn't arrive in the Twin Cities until 3:30 Thursday morning after playing 1,100 miles away in Calgary. If the Kings were drained, you'd never have known it from ...
2010 Jan 2 New Jersey Devils defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-3
It was like nothing changed. Friday, the second Jacques Lemaire blew his whistle to end the New Jersey Devils' practice, the door was open and Brian Rolston was through it. In three...
2010 Jan 5 Chicago Blackhawks defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-1
CHICAGO - Tuesday morning, Joel Quenneville went on and on about how much fun it is to coach the Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks are young, hungry and loaded with talent from the fi...
2010 Jan 6 Minnesota Wild defeat Calgary Flames, 4-1
Six hundred games and 10 years in the NHL mean two things: longevity and a little privacy. Hit both landmarks and you get your own room on the road. No more sharing bathrooms, fighting...
2010 Jan 9 Minnesota Wild defeat Chicago Blackhawks, 6-5
Getting booed off the ice after the second period Saturday night lit a bigger fire under the Wild than the one in Ottawa last month. Looking down and out after a shameful first 40 minu...
2010 Jan 11 Minnesota Wild defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3
The rare Sidney Crosby Twin Cities' visit was obvious well before game time. During pregame warmups Monday night, Pittsburgh's end was covered four rows deep with anxious fans -- many ...
2010 Jan 13 Minnesota Wild defeat Vancouver Canucks, 5-2
Wednesday night, the Wild first beat the Vancouver Canucks on the scoreboard, then beat them up. John Scott, especially, had a fight for the ages -- and made sure to look good doing it...
2010 Jan 16 Phoenix Coyotes defeat Minnesota Wild, 6-4
GLENDALE, ARIZ. - Third-period miracles don't happen every night -- hence the word, miracle. Exactly seven nights after the Wild staged the biggest comeback in franchise history agains...
2010 Jan 18 Dallas Stars defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
DALLAS - Guillaume Latendresse received further affirmation Monday that he's not the same Guillaume Latendresse who played for the Montreal Canadiens. Latendresse was named the NHL's "...
2010 Jan 21 Detroit Red Wings defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
From the comfort of his couch, Brent Burns has watched the Wild rally over and over again. Fourteen times the team has come from behind to win -- four times when trailing by two or mor...