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Johnsson Ready, Sykora Not

The Minnesota Wild has wrapped up its final practice before heading out early this afternoon for Toronto. The two big news items are: Kim Johnsson says he is ready to go for tomorrow's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Head Coach Todd Rich...
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Photo Day

Today is Photo Day at the Minnesota Wild's practice at the Xcel Energy Center. It appears that most players are still downtrodden about last night's disappointing 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, because most were going with the "tough guy&...
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Break's Over

The jargon used around the Minnesota Wild locker room to refer to the last four game-less days is as follows: Sunday: Off Day Monday: Fun Day Tuesday: Work Day Wednesday: Prep Day Thursday is Game Day, so it made perfect sense to yours tr...
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Harding Practices

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The Minnesota Wild is currently on the ice at the Xcel Energy Center for a "work day" practice. Goaltender Josh Harding is out with his team for the first time since experiencing lower body soreness a week ago. Anton Khudobin is also ...
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A Fun Day At The Rink

Smiles and laughter. There hadn’t been a lot of those following Minnesota Wild practices at the Xcel Energy Center in the past couple of weeks. Even after wins at home, there seemed to be an edginess surrounding the team due to its inabi...
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R.S.S. Feed vs. NY Rangers

R.S.S. Feed vs. NY Rangers 2nd period 19:55 We are underway in the second! For those who missed Sykora's goal...here it is, courtesy of Wild.com's Travis Brillowski: http://wild.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=50134 14:53 And we have some cont...
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Wild Recalls Khudobin

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The Minnesota Wild have recalled goaltender Anton Khudobin from Houston of the American Hockey League today. The move was made after Wild goaltender Josh Harding left Monday's morning skate with what was termed "lower body soreness." ...
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Clutterbuck and Scott At Tuesday's Unplugged

Two guys that played big roles in the Wild's thrilling 3-2 overtime win over Carolina on Saturday will appear at Tuesday night's Hockey Unplugged at the Blue Fox Bar & Grill in Arden Hills. John Scott brought the crowd to its feet in the f...
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Smith, Hilbert Assigned To Houston

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Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has reassigned forwards Andy Hilbert and Nathan Smith to the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL). Hilbert, 28 (2/6/81), posted two...
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Clutterbuck A 'Maybe' Tonight

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The Minnesota Wild have activated both Petr Sykora and Cal Clutterbuck from injured reserve, making them eligible to play in tonight's game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Sykora is expected to play, and Head Coach Todd Richards said that Clutter...
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Havlat, Kobasew Practice, Sifers Sent Down

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The spotlight at Tuesday's practice was shining on Mikko Koivu today, after he was named the first full-time captain in the Minnesota Wild's ninth season of hockey. But, there was some other news coming out of Tuesday's practice, and most of i...
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Wild Acquires Kobasew From Bruins

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Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher tonight announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired RW Chuck Kobasew from the Boston Bruins in exchange for RW Craig Weller, a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and the rig...
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Wild Bonding On The Road

The Minnesota Wild is in the midst of a five-game road trip, but thus far, it’s held more road practices (three) than games (two). That will change with three games in four nights starting tomorrow. It’s been a tough trip so far, ...
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Clutterbuck Placed On IR

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With the Minnesota Wild midway through an 11-day roadie, the club will be joined by two more players to replace the injured Petr Sykora (groin) and Cal Clutterbuck (ankle). Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher said at Monday’s practice in...
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Equipment Drive Distribution Set

Saturday, Oct. 10 is the distribution day for the used hockey equipment drive headed by the Minnesota Wild, Let’s Play Hockey and Minnesota Hockey. It will be held from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Xcel Energy Center, inside Gate 1. FREE hockey equip...
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"Hey You," Nice Job

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Following the Minnesota Wild’s amazing (and first-ever) comeback from a 3-0 third period deficit, Head Coach Todd Richards entered his club’s locker room and bestowed John “Hey You” Scott with a makeshift heavyweight belt. ...
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Equipment drive distribution date set

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Saturday, Oct. 10 is the distribution day for the used hockey equipment drive headed by the Minnesota Wild, Let’s Play Hockey and Minnesota Hockey. It will be held from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Xcel Energy Ce...
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Limited Tickets Available

Tonight's home opener against the Ducks is sold out, but the Wild has announced that limited standing rail, and scattered seats are still available. The Wild also expects the Ducks to return limited tickets as well. These tickets will be made avai...
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R.S.S. Feed: Oct. 6, 2009

E-mail the R.S.S. Feed at rstanzel@wild.com. And sign up for Wild Twitter feed to follow along! 9:45 a.m. CDT It's been nearly six months since the Wild last played a regular season game at Xcel Energy Center on April 10 against Nashville. Ton...
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No Timetable For Captain

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After one regular season game, Minnesota Wild Head Coach Todd Richards is still looking for his first victory. He’s also still looking for a team captain. In the Wild’s season-opening 2-1 loss in Columbus, Richards doled out Altern...
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R.S.S. Feed Special: Looking ahead

The Wild opens the home portion of its schedule Tuesday against the Ducks, which got me to thinking...what are some other games I'm looking forward to this season. Once I got thinking and looking at the schedule, it was hard to narrow it down. So ...
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R.S.S. Feed: Oct. 4, 2009

E-mail the R.S.S. Feed at rstanzel@wild.com. And sign up for Wild Twitter feed to follow along! 12:45 p.m. CDT The Wild skated for an hour today at Xcel Energy Center. Spirits were good after last night's 2-1 loss in Columbus. The focus was cl...
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Game Day Blog: Oct. 3, 2009

Be sure to follow the Wild on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Also, for those who love to receive text messages, text "score" to 83281 to have the final score of each Wild game sent to your cell! Message & data rates may apply ...
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R.S.S. Feed: Oct. 2, 2009

E-mail the R.S.S. Feed at rstanzel@wild.com. And sign up for Wild Twitter feed to follow along! 11 a.m. CDT, Friday The Wild is on the ice in preparation for tomorrow's season opener in Columbus. The game is at 6 p.m. CDT and can be seen on KS...
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Wild announces 2009-'10 radio network

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The National Hockey League’s (NHL) Minnesota Wild today announced the club’s 2009-10 radio network includes 33 radio stations, the largest radio network in the NHL. The Wild radio network can be he...
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