Minnesota Wild Rumors & News
Minnesota Wild stun Buffalo to check tailspin
St. Paul Pioneer Press — BUFFALO, N.Y. — The boys listened.
9 hours agoOld guard shows Wild the way in feel-good win over Buffalo
St. Paul Pioneer Press — BUFFALO, N.Y. — Music was playing in the Wild dressing room again Friday night.
9 hours agoWild wins again while Ryan Miller sits
Minneapolis Star-Tribune — The Sabres backup goalie took the brunt of the Buffalo fans' ire as the Wild ended a four-game losing streak.
9 hours agoWall, Kentucky Pull Away From Alabama
ESPN Video — John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit Friday in beating Alabama 73-67 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals
16 hours agoLoss to Detroit Red Wings causes Minnesota Wild further pain
St. Paul Pioneer Press — DETROIT — The Wild were in a world of hurt Thursday night.
March 11, 2010Wild's Backstrom forced to sit out at Detroit because of lower-body injury
St. Paul Pioneer Press — DETROIT — More bad news for a Wild team socked by injuries this season: Regular goaltender Niklas Backstrom hurt his groin during the team's morning skate and was forced to sit out Thursday night's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, and leading goal scorer Guillaume Latendresse went out after he was whacked on the head with a stick.
March 11, 2010Wild can't escape a three-goal hole
Minneapolis Star-Tribune — With goalie Niklas Backstrom out, the Red Wings quickly took advantage of a rusty Josh Harding.
March 11, 2010Wild's Brent Burns won't play tonight against Detroit
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Defenseman Brent Burns took to the ice during the Minnesota Wild's morning skate at Joe Louis Arena today, but a hip problem forced him to cut it short and will keep him sidelined tonight against the Red Wings in Detroit.
March 11, 2010Lackluster play befuddles a couple of Wild veterans
Minneapolis Star-Tribune — Niklas Backstrom and Andrew Brunette are at a loss to explain the team's stagnation.
March 11, 2010Next game vs St. Louis Blues on Sun, Mar 14 6:00 pm EDT
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Blues are in almost the same spot they were last season St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Matchup: St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Blues defenseman Roman Polak hoping to play Saturday Morning Skate | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Avs' Porter preferred Colorado despite growing up in Red Wings territory Denver Post Kevin Porter, who played his first game for the Avalanche on Thursday night, was born and raised in the Detroit area. In suburban Northfield, his family tended to be rabid fans of the Detroit Red Wings during the most heated days of their rivalry with the Avalanche, and Kevin ended up sticking around for a collegiate career at the University of Michigan.
- Kiprusoff kicks aside off-form night at Olympics Calgary Herald Finnish star returns to stingy form for Flames
- WHL: Rockets burn Giants early but need a late blast to win Vancouver Sun So what's all this fuss about the Canucks and their piddling 14-games away from GM Place?
- Canucks notebook: Olympians to be feted prior to faceoff Vancouver Sun Nearly two weeks after Canada won gold, the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday will finally receive an opportunity to salute their Olympians — and those of the Ottawa Senators as well.
- Canucks not in 'letdown' mode as Bieksa poised to return to lineup Vancouver Sun The worst of their schedule is behind them. The epic 14-game road trip is done. They have 10 of their final 15 games at home. They're in first place. The Vancouver Canucks, it would seem, are ripe for a big, fat letdown. Just don't bring it up. Especially with feisty centre Ryan Kesler.
- Don’t bench Quincey All Things Avs | Denver Post While I think Joe Sacco is a very good coach and will stay that way for a long time, I just have to respectfully disagree with his decision lately to bench Kyle Quincey. Sacco said last night Quincey needs to get back to playing an assertive, aggressive game. Was he really that bad though, to warrant [...]
- U draws blank for sixth time St. Paul Pioneer Press Minnesota suffered a school-record sixth shutout loss as North Dakota skated to a 6-0 victory in the first game of a Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series Friday night in Grand Forks, N.D.
- Revived Gophers are halfway home after upset win over Michigan State St. Paul Pioneer Press INDIANAPOLIS — It had been a frustrating season for Tubby Smith and his players with all the off-court distractions and bad losses, but that didn't matter once the sixth-seeded Gophers entered the Big Ten tournament this week.
- Gophers pummeled 6-0 by North Dakota in WCHA playoff opener St. Paul Pioneer Press GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota scored three times in the first period en route to a 6-0 win Friday over Minnesota in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
- Twins fans get ready for a whole new season Minneapolis Star-Tribune Single-season tickets go on sale Saturday at Target Plaza with a gala celebration. On Friday, crews worked to create the illusion of spring.
- Love sits out with sprained foot as Timberwolves lose eighth straight St. Paul Pioneer Press Richard Jefferson had 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists in his first start in seven games to help the San Antonio Spurs to a 103-85 victory over the hapless Timberwolves on Friday night at Target Center.
- Jacque Jones defends former Minnesota Twins teammate Torii Hunter St. Paul Pioneer Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Jacque Jones isn't worried about his good friend and old teammate Torii Hunter, even if Minnesota's former center fielder is taking heat for comments he made recently during a USA Today roundtable on diversity in baseball.