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The Minnesota Wild was well represented in the International Ice Hockey Federation tournament. Both Mikko Koivu and Niklas Backstrom played for the Finland (Finnish) team and Brent Burns played for...

I posted this list over on my MN Wild Freak blog and thought I better post it over here on Hockey Wilderness as well.Here is a list of the five positives I have taken away from the 2008 Minnesota...

Wild 2, Blues 1 Shootout The Minnesota Wild beat the slumping St Louis Blues 2-1 in a shootout. The first road game of three this week, St Louis was a challenging stop as neither team has scored...

Wild 1, Flames 2 The Minnesota Wild lost to the Calgary Flames Tuesday night in Calgary 2-1 and extended the Saddledome curse. In fact the Wild has lost 12 of the last 13 games in Calgary –...

Wild 5, Ducks 2 The Minnesota Wild beat the Mighty Ducks in Anaheim tonight 2-5. Head coach Jacques Lemaire had recently criticized the Wild for their low scoring habits and the Wild responded with...

Wild 3, Blues 2 OT I love a good Friday night hockey game in St Paul! The Minnesota Wild hosted the St Louis Blues tonight and the game was a sweet one.  I was expecting a close match-up and I got...

Wild 0, Blue Jackets 4 The Minnesota Wild played a crazy sloppy game in front of an ornery matinee crowd of 18,568 at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday. The game totally sucked and Minnesota fans...

Wild 3, Kings 4 SO The Minnesota Wild lost to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. The 4-3 loss ended in a shootout, giving the Wild their first loss of the season – although the Wild are still the...