A pair of Midwest-based NHL teams ran into each other in pre-season action Thursday (Sept. 25), the Wild downing the Blue Jackets at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Jason Zucker played a key role for the Wild, setting up the first goal and adding another helper later before securing the win with his empty netter
The Minnesota Wild made some moves on Thursday (Sept. 24) which cut eight members from its training camp roster. Six players were re-assigned to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, one was returned to junior and one was released from an amateur tryout contract. Moving on to Des Moines are: Raphael Bussieres –
The Minnesota Wild and host Winnipeg Jets played 64:12 before Matt Dumba finally found a way past Connor Hellebuyck in a 1-0 overtime thriller played in Winnipeg. Niklas Backstrom, locked into a fierce three way battle for the position of goaltender helped his own cause in a big way with a 28 save shutout effort
Given a brief glimpse of life on a National Hockey League team, the Minnesota Wild sent six players back to their junior hockey teams on Monday (Sept. 21), three defensemen and three forwards. Gustav Bouramman – an 18-year-old defenseman from Stockholm, Sweden was selected by the Wild in the Seventh Round (201st Overall) of the NHL Entry
The Minnesota Wild opened its 2015-16 Pre-Season Training Camp with a total of 58 players — 31 forwards; 18 defensemen, seven goaltenders and two players who will start out on the Injured Reserve list. Among those, that began preparing for the new season Friday (Sept. 18) at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul were
