International Ice Hockey Tournament, Russia gets the Gold
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 th...
Minnesota Wild Season top 5 pluses and minus
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...
Minnesota Wild Playing with Energy
The key to the past four Minnesota Wild games and the Minnesota Wild winning streak is that the Wild are playing with incredible energy and the energy is contagious. Don’t get me wrong, the line of ...
Minnesota Wild lose to Calgary Flames in Shootout
Wild 2, Flames 3, OT Shootout The Minnesota Wild lost to the Calgary Flames in an overtime shootout at the Xcel Energy Center. What surprised me the most about the shootout was that Mikko Koivu didnâ...
Mikkos Back and Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks
Wild 5, Blackhawks 2 Mikko Koivu finally returned to the Minnesota Wild lineup last night against the Chicago Blackhawks after a 24 game absence. It was his first action since November 16th, when Van...
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...
Minnesota Wild host Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center
The Minnesota Wild will be back in St Paul tonight to host the Nashville Predators. The Wild will play without Mikko Kouivu who has been out for a month thanks to a broken bone in his left leg caused ...
Injuries continue to plague Wild team (article date 11/29)
The Minnesota Wild have a tough time keeping the Wild roster healthy and it bugs me. One would think the state of hockey would be the toughest team around, but with the nagging groin injuries of Gabor...
Plenty of hype for Wild vs. Canucks game
The wind-up for the Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks game at the Xcel Energy Center on Thanksgiving Eve is huge. The game was the headliner in both papers and is reminiscent of a heavy weight boxi...
NHL suspends Mattias Ohlund for Mikko Koivu slash
The NHL has handed down a four game suspension to Canucks defenseman Mattias Ohlund for the slash on Mikko Koivu in Vancouver on Friday night. The suspension will cost Ohlund about $75,000 and will in...
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