josh-harding Stories - Hockey Wilderness
So This Is What The Basement Feels Like
Pre-game:I took in this game not up in the 300 section or on the radio, like usual, but in the 100 section. KQ and her family had an extra ticket on their hands and were extremely gracious in inviting me to sit with them. It was unbelievable to be sitting 13 rows back from the glass. So, much love...
Backstrom Re-Signed
As per TSN, the Minnesota Wild have re-signed Niklas Backstrom to a four-year, 24 million dollar contract extension.There was no doubt that they needed to do something with Backstrom, but I think they may have made a mistake. Backstrom is of course a superb goaltender, but he probably isn't one of...
10 Questions Facing the Wild - #5
What's the goalie situation heading into the season? Frankly, this is probably the easiest question to answer. via Getty Images Niklas Backstrom, Niklas Backstrom, Niklas Backstrom. Without Backstrom, this team faces some serious issues (only exacerbated by Martin Skoula's inability to keep...
Edmonton Goalie shines and the Minnesota Wild Lose at Rexall Place
The Minnesota Wild got thumped by last place Northwest Division rivals Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton last night. The Wild lost 4-2, but it wasn’t due to a lack of shooting effort. The Wild had 40 shots on goal – 40! Niklas Backstrom started in the goal for the Wild and then in a crazed move, coach...
Wild beat St Louis Blues in St Louis thanks to a bizarre shootout goal by Brent Burns
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 more than three goals in any of the Wild Blues games this season. Knowing it’s going to be a low...
Wild lose to Calgary, can’t break the Saddledome curse
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 – that’s insane. The Wild fought hard, but were extremely disappointing on the Power Play and extremely...
Backstrom and Harding continue to battle for net time
The Minnesota Wild have two strong goalies with Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding. One of the unfortunate things about the game of NHL hockey is that teams are expected to feature a premier goalie that they use every game. Some goalies get egos, and if they are benched they want to go elsewhere....
I was right about the Ducks game
Oh yeah, after ranting about the refs in the Wild vs Anaheim game I forgot to mention that my prediction: whoever scored first would win the Wild vs Ducks game Friday night was right.Anaheim’s Todd Bertuzzi stuck it to Wild goalie Josh Harding with a backhand in the first period. When allowing...
Wild beat Phoenix Coyotes at Xcel Energy Center
The Minnesota Wild beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1 last night at the Xcel Energy Center. Josh Harding got the start in the goal for the Wild which just proves that Jacques Lemaire read this blog and put Harding in to spite the readers who have chosen Niklas Backstrom as their Wild starter - ha ha....
Harding saves
Does anyone out there think we should start printing t-shirts that say "Harding Saves." Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding has been on fire the last two games and it’s nice to see that the Wild back-up goalie has some skills!The last two games: 26 saves against the almighty Red Wings after Niklas...
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