Russo: Wild Defeat Ilves 5-1

Since there is no TV nor radio to use for a full gamer, we'll default to Russo on this one. From all accounts, the Wild played a decent game, save for the second period. Eventually the Wild's forecheck must have worn down Tempere, as Cal Clutterbuck netted a hat trick, and the Cullen line continued to put points on the board.

The first game of the season is on Thursday, so maybe a win will help give the Wild a boost and get them thinking happy thoughts.

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Let me get this straight.

The Wild won?!?!

Hooray!

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by ADN on Oct 4, 2010 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

Heh...

I’m pretty sure that it’s an internet hoax.

by Krotz the Wall on Oct 4, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I mean,

who would believe that Clutterbuck scored a hat-trick?

by Krotz the Wall on Oct 4, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe the game never happened at all...

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by ADN on Oct 4, 2010 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions

If it wasn't on TV

did it really happen?

by brigid22 on Oct 4, 2010 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions

<3 Cal <3

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 4, 2010 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

Greetings from Orlando

Looks like while I was in the air our boys found their way to beat a Finnish team. Nice. Now, can they just go ahead, bring Granlund home with them and leave Stoner there?

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by nathaneide on Oct 4, 2010 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

Keep dreaming boss. Hey… do you ever stay home?

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by BReynolds on Oct 4, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Funny you say the Cullen line when it’s pretty much never been the same line all pre-season long. Cullen’s been magnificent though, one of the only bright spots of the pre-season.

Great win, but it’s too bad it was even less meaningless than the other pre-season games… perhaps the ice is broken now? Let’s hope so!

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by JSLandry on Oct 4, 2010 7:49 PM CDT reply actions

That was on purpose. Nice catch, though.

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by BReynolds on Oct 4, 2010 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice!

Glad to see the guys finally win. I’m also glad Clutter got a hat trick!

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by taralynn09 on Oct 4, 2010 8:22 PM CDT reply actions

Can we beat an NHL team before we get confident?

the stars are not lining up I still see the playoffs up there with unicorn wishes and dreams sprinkled with pixie dust.

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by DarylV on Oct 5, 2010 8:50 AM CDT reply actions

who got confident?

We all know this was a meaningless game, but it’s still something to build on, and with the pre-season the Wild just had, no one’s expecting a cup champion here. That being said, it’s not uncommon to see teams perform very differently in the pre-season than they do in the regular season. If you look at the Lions in the NFL (I think it was the Lions), they had a 4-0 record in the preseason and followed up with a 0-16 regular season. Anything’s possible, but as I said, no one’s very confident right now.

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by JSLandry on Oct 5, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions