JOSH HARDING RUMORS & GOSSIP

Harding Shuts Door as Wild Blanks Canucks

       It took a little while, but the Minnesota Wild finally gave its fans something to cheer about.  Josh Harding made 33 saves and the crowd roared as Minnesota shut out the hated Northwest Division rival Vancouver Canucks 2-0 Monday night in St. Paul.  The win ended a five game home losing streak that stretched back to February 26th, when the team picked up a 4-3 win...
Via Rant Sports  |  March 20, 2012
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Harding saves Wild in 2-0 win over Canucks

Erik Christensen's power-play goal late in the second period gave Josh Harding and the Minnesota Wild a long-sought win, 2-0 over the suddenly sputtering Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Kyle Brodziak's empty-netter gave the Wild even more to smile about, hearing a rare end-of-the-game roar from their fans after this win over the Northwest Division leader and competitor for...
Via AP on Fox  |  March 19, 2012
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Wild put Harding on IR, call up Peters

SAINT PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Wild have placed goaltender Josh Harding on injured reserve and recalled center Warren Peters from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League. Harding, 27, has started 11 games this season as the Wild's backup goaltender and has a 7-2 record with a 2.14 GAA and .932 save percentage. He suffered a neck injury in a Dec. 6 game against the...
Via Fox Sports North  |  December 14, 2011
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Harding feeling better; Setoguchi not as much

SAN JOSE, Calif Josh Harding's injury 2 minutes into the Minnesota Wild's Tuesday night victory against the San Jose Sharks allowed emergency goalie Matt Hackett to enter the game and pick up a win, but it sounds like Harding could be back to work soon. Harding appeared to suffer a neck injury 11 seconds after allowing a goal in the first minute of play. He was hit in the...
Via Fox Sports North  |  December 07, 2011
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Wild G Harding exits vs. Sharks with injury

Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding left Tuesday's game in the first period against the San Jose Sharks after suffering an apparent neck injury. Harding was hit in the mask by teammate Nick Schultz, who was attempting to block Sharks forward Joe Pavelski from the goal. Harding went down, was attended to and later helped off the ice. Matt Hackett entered in place of Harding...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 07, 2011
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Harding leaves game with injury

Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding left Tuesday night's game against the San Jose Sharks with an apparent neck injury 11 seconds after allowing a goal in the first minute of the game. Harding was hit in the face by his teammate, defenseman Nick Schultz, who was trying to block Sharks forward Joe Pavelski from the net. Harding went down immediately and was helped off the ice...
Via AP on Fox  |  December 06, 2011
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Wild G Harding to start vs. Oilers

Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding will start Friday's game against the Northwest Division rival Edmonton Oilers. Harding has fared well this season, posting a 6-1-1 mark with one shutout and a 1.82 goals-against average. The 27-year-old Saskatchewan native gets the nod after Niklas Backstrom was excused from the team after his wife went into labor. Backstrom's quick...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  November 25, 2011
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Wild sign 51-year-old goalie

Minnesota was in a bad spot leading up to their game, so they added an emergency goalie -- a 51-year-old print shop owner.

Via The Last Angry Fan  |  November 23, 2011
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Harding gets start in goal versus St. Louis

SATURDAY'S STORY LINES: The Wild will take on the surging St. Louis Blues tonight. The Blues are 4-0-1 since CoachKen Hitchcock took over for Davis Payne. Payne was fired after Minnesota beat the Blues 2-1 on November 5th. Mike Yeo said the Blues have a "swagger" about them. He feels the Blues are playing a game similar to the Red Wings and he expects them to be "...
Via Fox Sports North  |  November 19, 2011
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Josh Harding NHL’s First Star of the Week

       Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding has been named the league’s First Star of the week by the NHL.  Harding won all three games that he started last week, piling up a .968 save percentage over that period of time, allowing one goal in each game against the Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks, and St. Louis Blues, respectively.  He is 4-0-1 on the year, with a...
Via Rant Sports  |  November 08, 2011
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