Wild recall Veilleux from AHL for 4th line spark
The Minnesota Wild have altered their lineup in search of a spark in their first-round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Stephane Veilleux replaced Zenon Konopka on the fourth line for Game 3 on Sunday. The Blackhawks won the first two games in Chicago. Veilleux skated with Torrey Mitchell and Mike Rupp.
Before the game, the Wild recalled three forwards from their...
Wild recall Granlund, Dowell, Veilleux for Game 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. Facing an important Game 3 against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Minnesota Wild called up three forwards on Sunday.
Minnesota recalled Mikael Granlund, Stephane Veilleux and Jake Dowell prior to Sunday afternoon's playoff game, the first home Wild playoff game in five years. Minnesota is down 2-0 to top-seed Chicago. Granlund, Veilleux and Dowell were playing...
Wild recall Granlund, Dowell, Veilleux for Game 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. Facing an important Game 3 against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Minnesota Wild called up three forwards on Sunday.
Minnesota recalled Mikael Granlund, Stephane Veilleux and Jake Dowell prior to Sunday afternoon's playoff game, the first home Wild playoff game in five years. Minnesota is down 2-0 to top-seed Chicago. Granlund, Veilleux and Dowell were playing...
Minnesota Wild Summon Winger Stephane Veilleux
The Minnesota Wild have summoned Stephane Veilleux from the AHL who has had three goals and five assists in a total of thirty-three games this season. This is his first crack at the parent club this year.
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Wild recall Zucker, Veilleux from Houston for finale
ST. PAUL, Minn. Facing a nearly must-win situation in the regular-season finale Saturday night, the Minnesota Wild recalled forwards Jason Zucker and Stephane Veilleux from the Houston Aeros.
Zucker, 21, and Veilleux, 31, will join the team for its final game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche, where Minnesota faces a scenario in which a win would clinch a playoff berth for...
Wild make roster moves
The Minnesota Wild have added grit and experience for the final stretch of the regular season.
The Wild recalled forwards Jake Dowell and Stephane Veilleux from their AHL affiliate in Houston on Monday and reassigned young forwards Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker to the farm club.
With three games remaining, the Wild are in a fight for a playoff spot in the Western Conference...
Wild: Granlund, Zucker down; Dowell, Veilleux up
The Minnesota Wild have added grit and experience for the final stretch of the regular season.
The Wild recalled forwards Jake Dowell and Stephane Veilleux from their AHL affiliate in Houston on Monday and reassigned young forwards Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker to the farm club.
With three games remaining, the Wild are in a fight for a playoff spot in the Western Conference...
Harding, Dowell and Veilleux called up from Houston
ST. PAUL, Minn. Josh Harding is coming back to the Minnesota Wild and he's bringing Jake Dowell and Stephane Veilleux with him.
Harding, out since Feb. 7 as he adjusted to change in medication to combat his multiple sclerosis, finished a two-game conditioning stint with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League. With Minnesota losing 4-1 to the Calgary Flames on Sunday...
Harding, Dowell and Veilleux called up from Houston
ST. PAUL, Minn. Josh Harding is coming back to the Minnesota Wild and he's bringing Jake Dowell and Stephane Veilleux with him.
Harding, out since Feb. 7 as he adjusted to change in medication to combat his multiple sclerosis, finished a two-game conditioning stint with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League. With Minnesota losing 4-1 to the Calgary Flames on Sunday...
Aeros' snap 6-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Milwaukee
I think just about anyone in the world understands the emotions that come with disappointment. For kids, it might be the disappointment they didn't get that gift they really wanted. For adults it might be being being rejected by an employer or maybe being denied a promotion. The disappointment is tough to deal with and a person may feel as though they are stuck in an emotional...
Wild reassign three players to Houston
ST. PAUL, Minn. Trying to get closer to their regular-season roster limit for Saturday's season opener, the Minnesota Wild reassigned forwards Jake Dowell, Nick Palmieri and Stephane Veilleux to the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League.
All three were part of Minnesota's training camp roster, leaving the Wild with 22 players on their roster before Saturday's home...
Rookie Dumba makes Wild's roster
The Minnesota Wild have included rookie defenseman Matthew Dumba on their season-opening roster.
The Wild activated right wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard from injured reserve and reassigned defenseman Steven Kampfer to their AHL affiliate Thursday. Bouchard received final clearance from the concussion he suffered last season. They also placed center Jake Dowell, right wing Nick Palmieri...
Wild include rookie D Dumba on opening roster
The Minnesota Wild have included rookie defenseman Matthew Dumba on their season-opening roster.
The Wild activated right wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard from injured reserve and reassigned defenseman Steven Kampfer to their AHL affiliate Thursday. Bouchard received final clearance from the concussion he suffered last season. They also placed center Jake Dowell, right wing Nick Palmieri...
Getting To Know Zenon Konopka
from Michale Russo of the StarTribune,
Just mention Zenon Konopka's name to Stephane Veilleux, and the red-headed Wild forward chuckles and rolls his eyes.
"He's a very, very funny, very different character," said Veilleux, Konopka's roommate three seasons ago in Tampa Bay.
Konopka is the Wild's fascinating new enforcer and fourth-line center...
Wild re-sign D Genoway to two-year deal
ST. PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Wild have reached agreement with another of their free agents two days before the opening of NHL free agency on Sunday.
The team agreed to terms on a two-year contractwith defenseman Chay Genoway on Friday, one of Minnesota's restricted free agents. Genoway, 25, spent most of last season with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, scoring...
Wild re-sign Veilleux, Rau
The Minnesota Wild have re-signed center Chad Rau to a two-year deal, and agreed to terms with left wing Stephane Veilleux (VAY-oo) on a one-year deal.
The team announced the both two-way contracts on Monday.
Veilleux returned to the Wild in a trade deadline deal with New Jersey in February. The hard-nosed veteran played his first six seasons with the Wild and gave the team a boost...
Wild re-signs C Rau, LW Veilleux
SAINT PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher announced Monday the Wild have re-signed center Chad Rau to a two-year, two-way contract and left wing Stephane Veilleux to a one-year, two-way contract.
Rau, 25, collected two goals in nine games with Minnesota this season. He recorded the game-winning goal in his NHL debut against Dallas on Jan. 21 and also recorded...
NHL must tread carefully this offseason
MINNEAPOLIS A cynic would say that this is becoming normal. An optimist would say that it will be resolved.
The cynic is right. The optimist is relying on a far too limited scope of memory.
As the NHL offseason begins, it's hard to ignore the league's expiring collective bargaining agreement, which will come to an end on Sept. 15. Trouble already seems to be looming,...
NHL must tread carefully this offseason
MINNEAPOLIS A cynic would say that this is becoming normal. An optimist would say that it will be resolved.
The cynic is right. The optimist is relying on a far too limited scope of memory.
As the NHL offseason begins, it's hard to ignore the league's expiring collective bargaining agreement, which will come to an end on Sept. 15. Trouble already seems to be looming,...
Canucks defenseman punches opponent, but impact of punch hits other Canucks defenseman in face (Video)
In Monday night NHL action from Minnesota, Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome punched Minnesota Wild forward Stephane Veilleux in the face. However, it was Rome's teammate, defenseman Kevin Bieksa, who actually absorbed the worst of the impact after Rome's punch knocked Veilleux's helmet into Bieska's face. It happened in the second period of the game. ...
Aaron Rome accidently POPS Kevin Bieksa in the face | Canucks Video
That’s gotta hurt?!
Last night in Minnesota the Vancouver Canucks suffered a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Wild and their brutal style of hockey. I fell asleep in the first period.
Sorry.
Anyways when I woke up all I heard about was the punch. Check out the video below and watch the bad night continue for Kevin Bieksa, who takes a punch from teammate Aaron Rome. Well not literally...
Flying V’s Hat Trick: Canucks go out with a wimper versus Wild
Bad start on the road, the playoffs cometh…
The Vancouver Canucks couldn’t get their offence going Monday in Minnesota, managing 33 shots into the equipment of Josh Harding to earn his second shutout of the season in a 2-0 win.
The Wild worked hard to keep the Sedins at bay, limiting chemistry with re-united line mate Alex Burrows who took the place of healthy scratch Mason...
Hackett comes back strong, despite Wild loss
ST. PAUL Minnesota Wild rookie goaltender Matt Hackett was coming off back-to-back starts in which he allowed four goals after a stellar opening to his NHL career.
Yet, he received the call again by coach Mike Yeo to start Tuesday night against the streaking Dallas Stars. As impressive as his first six games in a Minnesota uniform were, Tuesday might have been a truer indication...
Hackett comes back strong, despite Wild loss
ST. PAUL Minnesota Wild rookie goaltender Matt Hackett was coming off back-to-back starts in which he allowed four goals after a stellar opening to his NHL career.
Yet, he received the call again by coach Mike Yeo to start Tuesday night against the streaking Dallas Stars. As impressive as his first six games in a Minnesota uniform were, Tuesday might have been a truer indication...
Atlantic deadline winners, losers
New Jersey Devils: Winners
Devils management decided they needed a defensman and, with decisive swiftness, they went out and acquired one in the week before the deadline. New Jersey was able to get Marek Zidlicky from the Wild for pending-restricted-free-agent forward Nick Palmieri, bottom-pairing defenseman Kurtis Foster, minor league forward Stephane Veilleux, a second-round...
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