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Outdoor NHL Hockey Scores Big

I have to admit I was a skeptic about the popularity of last years (really this years) out door NHL New Year's Day game. I always thought New Years Day was reserved for college bowl games, but the N...

Minnesota Wild Home Game Crowd not Intimidating

There is one other thing that irritates me about the before mentioned photo banner and about attending Minnesota Wild games in general – when you look around the arena, there is no unity. The Mi...

Detroit Red Wings Sweep Colorado Avalanche

Good. I am glad the Avs got kicked in the face by the Red Wings, but to see the Colorado Avalanche play so bad felt like a punch in the stomach to the Minnesota Wild as well. It just amazes me that a ...

Wild lose to Red Wings in overtime

Wild 2, Red Wings 3 The Minnesota Wild lost to the Detroit Red Wings last night 2-3 in overtime.  The first two periods of hockey at the Xcel Energy Center was some of the best Wild hockey I had...

Wild defeat Blue Jackets, Gophers tie Green Jerseys

Wild 4, Blue Jackets 1 The Minnesota defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in grand style Saturday night which is more than I can say for the Gophers hockey team who tied UND Fighting Sioux (donning the...

Koivu to see action against Detroit

The NHL can be a vicious league, and it proved to be for Mikko Koivu this season on November 16 when he suffered a slash that broke his left leg. Players sometimes hack away at opponents with no regar...

Sheppard seeing lots of ice time, but is that good or bad?

Minnesota Wild rookie James Sheppard is only 19-years-old. Most 19-year-old players would still be down in the juniors for three or four years, but an injury to Mikko Koivu and the departure of Wes Wa...

Are the Wild playoff bound if they can’t beat good teams (12/12)

It’s no secret the Minnesota Wild is stuck in a win one, lose one pattern of mediocrity. Since starting the season 7-1-0, Minnesota is 9-12-1, with only a four-game winning streak to break the monot...

Minnesota Wild Shutout in Detroit (12/7)

Wild 0, Red Wings 5 The Minnesota Wild were shut-out by the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit losing 5-zip. Wild goaltender Josh Harding made 29 saves, but even if he had made 34 saves, you have to score ...

Wild snap winning streak with loss to Philadelphia Flyers

Wild 1, Flyers 3 The Minnesota Wild lost to the Philadelphia Flyers last night at the Xcel Energy Center 1-3. The Flyers have been hitting hard lately and were even put on notice by NHL officials to ...


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