Minnesota Wild rookie goaltender Matt Hackett, who had never played an NHL game prior to last week, has been named the NHL's Number Two Star of the Week. Hackett posted a 2-0-0 record to go along with a 1.01 goals against average and a .974 sa...
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December 13, 2011
TUESDAYS STORYLNES: The big story out of Winnipeg is Wild forward Guillaume Latendresse will return to the lineup. Latendresse has missed 15 games with a concussion.
Yesterday Yeo had stated he wanted Latendresse to get more practice time, but Matt Cullen came down with the flu overnight and will not be able to play tonight.
"Ideally we probably would have liked to give him...
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December 13, 2011
Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen will sit out Tuesday's game against the Winnipeg Jets due to illness.
Cullen has eight goals and nine assists for the Wild, which has a league-leading 43 points.
Minnesota will get defenseman Guillaume Latendresse back in the lineup. He has been sidelined since Nov. 10 with a concussion.
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December 12, 2011
The Minnesota Wild seem to be surprising everyone but themselves.
Sitting atop the standings as the NHL's only 20-game winner, Minnesota looks to move within one victory of the longest winning streak in club history when it visits the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
The Wild (20-7-3) have won seven straight games overall as they continue to surge under first-year coach Mike...
Via Lightning Hockey Blog
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December 12, 2011
I step away from the internet for a few hours and this happens?So we have signed some guy (Antti Miettinen) who used to play in the NHL (Dallas and Minnesota) but then went to play in the KHL for the AK Bars Kazan this season only to have his contract mutually terminated after getting 2 goals, 6 assists and 8 points in 20 games played.Underwhelming. Because clearly we need more forwards...
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December 13, 2011
(Eds: With AP Photos.) By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer The Minnesota Wild are playing for their third head coach in four seasons, they haven't won a playoff series in nearly nine years and their roster is mostly unrecognizable to sports fans outside of - or even in - the state.
Here they are, though, leading the NHL with 43 points at their 30-game mark.
''There'...
Via State of Hockey News
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December 13, 2011
Its a classic scene from the movie Wayne's World (1992) where the mullet-ed heroes Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) play a game of street hockey in their hometown of Aurora, Illinois in their Blackhawks sweaters. I think just about everyone who saw that scene replicated the "Game on! (game on!) Car!!! (car!!) Its gone, Game On! (Game On!)"Â...
Via Sign on San Diego
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December 11, 2011
Kyle Brodziak scored twice, Niklas Backstrom returned from a three-game absence to make 35 saves and the NHL-leading Minnesota Wild beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday night to run their franchise-record road winning streak to seven games.
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December 13, 2011
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Wild are playing for their third head coach in four seasons, they haven't won a playoff series in nearly nine years and their roster is mostly unrecognizable to sports fans outside of -- or even in -- the state.
Here they are, though, leading the NHL with 43 points at their 30-game mark.
"There'...
Via Star Tribune
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December 13, 2011
Guillaume Latendresse will make a surprise return in first-ever Wild-Winnipeg game
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December 13, 2011
A reminder to all Minnesota Wild fans that due to the nationally televised broadcast of the top two teams in the Western Conference, the start time for Wednesday's Wild vs. Blackhawks matchup will be 6:30 PM. Fans attending the game should plan on...
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December 13, 2011
Quietly, steadily, the Minnesota Wild crept up Adrian Dater's weekly Power Rankings and they've reached the top at last. The Kings qualify as a big surprise in the opposite direction.
Via State of Hockey News
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December 12, 2011
Record
Pts
Div. Rank
G/G
GA/G
PP%
PK%
Minnesota Wild
(20-7-3)
43
1st NW
2.50 (22)
2.10 (3)
17.0% (20)
85.4% (9)
Winnipeg Jets
(13-12-4)
30
 3rd SE
2.79 (11)
3.14 (22)
17.6% (14)
81.8% (18)
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Minnesota Wild
Top 5 Scorers:
G
A
Pts
1. #9 Mikko Koivu
7
19
26
2. #15 Dany Heatley
9
11
20
3....
Via CBSSports
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December 12, 2011
TAMPA, Fla.- The Tampa Bay Lightning have agreed to terms with free-agent forward Antti Miettinen on a two-year contract.
Via Miami Herald
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December 13, 2011
The Minnesota Wild are off to a blistering start after 30 games and will look to extend their winning streak to eight games tonight, when they wrap up a five-game road trip tonight against the Winnipeg Jets.
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