There are several veteran players who appear to have been given a new lease on a new National Hockey League club this fall. Add Eric Staal to the list as the NHL veteran who had his struggles in Carolina and New York seems to to off to a good start in the Twin Cities with
Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks
The Iowa Wild scored just two pre-season goals in two games, both off of the stick of Zac Dalpe, but that was enough to secure a split with the Manitoba Moose in its two-game pre-season North Dakota showdown. After dropping the first game 3-0 at Grand Forks, the Wild rallied for a 2-1 win at Fargo
The Wild made what are likely its final roster moves of the pre-season Friday (Oct. 2), returning Zac Dalpe to the Iowa Wild along with forward Brett Bulmer and defenseman Tyson Strachan. Dalpe had been set to Iowa earlier but was called up to play in the final pre-season game for the Wild last night.
The Minnesota Wild added another big win to its pre-season totals, collecting a 6-1 decision at the Xcel Energy Center Thursday (Oct. 1) against the Buffalo Sabres. The Wild jumped into a 3-0 first period lead and both teams added one in the middle frame before the hosts grabbed two more to turn it into
The Minnesota Wild made a couple of roster moves Thursday(Oct. 1) — additions rather than deletions. First, the team recalled Zac Dalpe from the Iowa Wild in Des Moines after reassigning him Sept. 27. Dalpe, who has 117 NHL games to his credit with Carolina, Vancouver and Buffalo is likely to be used in the
