Tag: Minnesota Wild

street. PAUL, Minn. — There’s a great Twin Cities jazz and blues band called Davina and the Vagabonds, and quite frankly, Marcus Johansson could join if he played trumpet, sax, or bass. Davina Lozie has piano and vocals covered. The only difference between Johansson and an actual tramp is that he has a job. But the big, quick, skilful and intelligent veteran winger is tired of wandering from city to city and franchise to franchise doing the job after playing for seven teams (including the Wild twice) since 2017. “I’m…

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street. PAUL, Minnesota – One day the Wild will win the Coach’s Challenge. They are definitely deserved, that’s for sure. The Boston Bruins, in the midst of a massive 52-win season and with a points percentage now at . 801, are better than getting a Mulligan, let alone two in the same game. But on Saturday afternoon, they showed their brilliance transcending the ice and straight into their video room as Matt Myers and eagle-eyed Shawn Andrick threw themselves off the bench and began the process of eliminating a pair…

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Tempe, Arizona – It was Philip Gustafson So Good, so dominant for the Wild this season that his teammates often quip that they run out of words to describe him. They called it “The Wall”. unbelievable. amazing. calm. But you know what a Gustafson is too? humans. And the 24-year-old Swede had one of those rare nights in his remarkably consistent season as the Wild lost 5-4 in overtime to the Lottery Wolf at Mullett Arena. Gustafsson, who hits back-to-back strikes, scored more goals on Sunday than in his previous…

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Calgary – The wilderness is a wagon. Well, that’s a bit hyperbolic: They’re not the Boston Bruins, even though the Wild are tied with the NHL juggernaut for most points (20) since February 11th. No, this Minnesota group is not flashy or fun to watch. But they are rolling in the same vein, having picked up a point in a nine-game winning streak after handing the Flames a 3-0 thrashing at the Saddledome on Saturday night. Hockey Night in Canada audiences may have found it boring. Nap. By the end,…

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Columbus, Ohio – If you’re a die-hard Wild fan, you’ve got plenty of reason to worry about Thursday night’s game in Ohio’s state capital. First, for some reason, nearly every meeting between the Wild and their 2000 expansion cousins, far less successful than the Columbus Blue Jackets, is a grind. The Blue Jackets have been 10-3-2 against the Wild in the past 15 meetings and 19-9-2 at home against Minnesota the entire time. Ditch the Blue Jackets, anchored in the Conor Bédard sweepstakes, have been on an amazing stretch lately…

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street. PAUL, MN – Anyone can score with a stick. Kirill Kaprizov does it all the time, including twice on Sunday afternoons. But the Wild are finally starting to bounce back, and in a thrilling 4-3 – believe it or not systems – Victory over the Nashville Predators On a weekend morning, Brandon Duheme would dislodge his hip for the Wild’s Don Kaprizov’s first goal on the ice in seven games and Hartman would hit the chest for the second win of the game while still athletically stitching from a…

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