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Game #5: Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks, Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 9:00pm (CDT), Honda Center
Minnesota Wild (1-3-0) 2pts 5th in Northwest Division2/50 Goals per Game (19th in NHL)3.75 Goals Against per Game (26th in NHL)33.3% Power Play (5th in NHL)78.5% Penalty Kill (16th in NHL)Top 5 Scorers:1. #15 Andrew Brunette ~ 3G 2A = 5pts2. #25 Eric Belanger ~ 1G 4A...
Wild vs. San Jose
Last game, I started my in-game / post-game article by mentioning boy bands. Perhaps that was bad luck because like many of those groups the Wild's good moments were fleeting at best as they quickly fell apart before earning a 6-3 drubbing by the youthful Los Angeles Kings. So...
Wild vs. San Jose
Last game, I started my in-game / post-game article by mentioning boy bands. Perhaps that was bad luck because like many of those groups the Wild's good moments were fleeting at best as they quickly fell apart before earning a 6-3 drubbing by the youthful Los Angeles Kings. So...
Game #4: Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks, Saturday October 10, 2009 at 9:30pm (CDT), HP Pavillion (GAME PREVIEW)
Minnesota Wild (1-2-0) 2pts 4th in Northwest Division2.67 Goals per Game (21st in NHL)3.67 Goals Against per Game (22nd in NHL)46.2% Power Play (2nd in NHL)77.8% Penalty Kill (13th in NHL)Top 5 Scorers:1. #14 Martin Havlat ~ 1G 4A = 5pts2. #15 Andrew Brunette ~ 2G 2A...
Defensive breakdowns again prove lethal to Wild in 6-3 road loss to Los Angeles
Back in the late 1980's, there was a boy band called New Kids on the Block. The group helped set the model for later boy bands like the Backstreet Boys, N-Sync and 98 Degrees. New Kids on the Block featured Donny Wahlberg, Danny Wood, brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight as well...
Game #3: Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings, Thursday October 8, 2009 at 9:30pm (CDT), Staples Center (GAME PREVIEW)
Minnesota Wild (1-1-0) 2pts 3rd in Northwest Division2.50 Goals per Game (21st in NHL)2.50 Goals Against per Game (9th in NHL)44.4% Power Play (3rd in NHL)80.o% Penalty Kill (13th in NHL)Top 5 Scorers:1. #14 Martin Havlat ~ 0G 4A = 4pts2. #15 Andrew Brunette ~ 2G 1A ...
Game #2: Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks, Thursday October 6, 2009 at 8:00pm (CDT), Xcel Energy Center (GAME PREVIEW)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...If ever there was a line from classic literature, none comes to mind as often as the opening line of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
The novel focuses on the cities of London and Paris during the time of
the French Revolution...
Minnesota's late-game rally makes for a home-opening thriller with come from behind 4-3 overtime victory over Anahiem
It has been a whirlwind of activity throughout the Twin Cities and Minnesota as it seems to have one blockbuster event after the other. The Golden Gophers ended up coming just short on their bid to take back Paul Bunyan's Axe from the Wisconsin Badgers, while the Minnesota Vikings...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Defensive breakdowns cost Wild in season opening 2-1 road loss to Columbus
On a weekend where it is a pair of football games which feature the bitter border rivalry between Wisconsin and Minnesota where both the Badgers and Packers travel to the Twin Cities to battle it out for bragging rights. Gophers Head Coach Tim Brewster's squad gave a valiant effort...
Game #1: Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets, Saturday October 3, 2009 (GAME PREVIEW)
Welcome back hockey fans. It seems like it's been an eon since the
Wild last took the ice. But then considering how the season progressed
and ultimately ended it has been a long time. When the end of the
regular season finally hit, I was burned out and ended up watching very...
Is the struggles of the 2009 pre-season for the Wild a sign of things to come?
"Lonely, Mr. Lonley" might be something that either Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom or Josh Harding may be singing to one's self with the new philosophy emphasizing an up-tempo aggressive forecheck. It wouldn't matter if you had "Mr. Lonely's" Bobby...
Pre-Season: Wild vs. St. Louis 9-24-2009 game preview
"Its 206 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, a half of a pack of cigarettes and its dark and we're wearing sunglasses....HIT IT!" I am not precisely sure why, but that is what I think of when I think of the St. Louis Blues. Either that, or sound of the organ...
Pre-Season: Wild vs. St. Louis 9-24-2009 game preview
"Its 206 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, a half of a pack of cigarettes and its dark and we're wearing sunglasses....HIT IT!" I am not precisely sure why, but that is what I think of when I think of the St. Louis Blues. Either that, or sound of the organ...
Pre-Season: Wild vs. St. Louis 9-24-2009 game preview
"Its 206 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, a half of a pack of cigarettes and its dark and we're wearing sunglasses....HIT IT!" I am not precisely sure why, but that is what I think of when I think of the St. Louis Blues. Either that, or sound of the organ...
Pre-Season: Wild vs. St. Louis 9-24-2009 game preview
"Its 206 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, a half of a pack of cigarettes and its dark and we're wearing sunglasses....HIT IT!" I am not precisely sure why, but that is what I think of when I think of the St. Louis Blues. Either that, or sound of the organ...
Pre-Season: Havlat scores twice in fight-filled 3-0 home victory over Chicago
In Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, Ricardo Montalban plays the genetically enhanced villain, Khan and during the film he utters one of the most famous quotes in science fiction history, "There is an old Klingon proverb where revenge is a dish best served cold." That likely...
Pre-Season: Havlat scores twice in fight-filled 3-0 home victory over Chicago
In Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, Ricardo Montalban plays the genetically enhanced villain, Khan and during the film he utters one of the most famous quotes in science fiction history, "There is an old Klingon proverb where revenge is a dish best served cold." That likely...
Pre-Season Preview: Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks
It could be an interesting reception for one member of the Wild today as he plays against his former team for the first time. For Martin Havlat, in the days after signing with the Wild were spent giving spurious updates via Twitter about some of the moves and culture of the Chicago...
Pre-Season Preview: Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks
It could be an interesting reception for one member of the Wild today as he plays against his former team for the first time. For Martin Havlat, in the days after signing with the Wild were spent giving spurious updates via Twitter about some of the moves and culture of the Chicago...
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