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The Minnesota Wild arenÆt well-represented at the World Junior Championships, but their lone representative is making the most of his time there. á Coming into this season, if you were to ask anyone who the WildÆs top defensive prospect was (forward Colton Gillies still has their top prospect position firmly in hand), IÆd imagine that about 90 percent would have said Tyler Cuma. á Indeed, it would have been hard to argue with them. ...

In sports, there’s always a steep learning curve.   Whether it be a pitcher learning a new pitch, or a quarterback learning a new offense, there are going to be growing pains.   Josh Harding’s season for the Minnesota Wild, this year, has been no different.   After a brief cup of coffee in the NHL following the lockout, Harding was heir apparent to Manny Fernandez in net for the Wild.  He even notched a shutout ...

As the scuttlebutt has been all day, the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets finally made a trade. Some anticipated that it might involve Karl Alzner and Nikita Filatov (to those of you who are sitting at your computer screens snickeringàI had the same reaction) while others didnÆt speculate and just reported what they knew. In the end, it ended up being a little less dramatic, but still a good trade ...

ItÆs amazing how much difference a couple months time makes. After a 3-9-0 start, the Wild were looking to be in the running for the Taylor Hall Sweepstakes. The turnaround that the team has made the season, however, has been nothing short of miraculous. After their horrific start, the Wild are 16-7-3 and were 9-4-0 during the month of December and now are just four points back from the odds on favorite ...

The Minnesota Wild have struggled through adversity all season long. Injuries, learning a new system, injuries, their equipment fire, sickness, injuries...Did I mention injuries? It seems like every single time the team gets a player back from injury another one takes their place on the injured reserve.á It started with Pierre-Marc Bouchard, just one game into the season.á That was the first big one. Then Cal Clutterbuck, before his gutsy return from a ...

Guillaume Latendresse returned to the scene of the crime, so to speak, last night with Minnesota and had a relatively quiet night. á Well, at least quiet by the standards to which Wild fans have become accustomed. á On his arrival in Minnesota, Latendresse was hailed by team management as a player that they could look at to be a solid, physical power forward for years to come.á Fans and pundits from his former ...

Marian Gaborik has moved on, and in a big way.á But there is one constant that will remain with Wild fans for the remainder of what will likely be an illustrious careerùwhat could have been. á Gaborik was always a prodigious talent, but along with that talent came a grand enigma.á For whatever reason, he could never quite shake the injury bug that nagged at him over his last four seasons with ...

If you’re from the state of Minnesota, you know that hockey isn’t just a sport—it’s an institution.   There are towns like the one you see portrayed in Mystery, Alaska , where skates are slapped on kids literally as soon as they can walk.  There are rinks that litter the state, not to mention the ponds that turn into rinks and the outdoor rinks that get created in parks and backyards during ...

The Wild roll into Phoenix tonight riding high.   They are 6-0-1 in their last seven games, including the fact that they are currently on a five-game winning streak.   But tonight, they will face off against the resurgent Phoenix Coyotes—a team that has persevered through their managerial hardships this season to be firmly planted in the playoff picture in the Western Conference in sixth place, just two points behind their division rival Los ...

The good news has been few and far between this season for the Wild; however, they will try to make it four wins in a row tonight as the Anaheim Ducks roll into town for the third meeting between the two teams. á Each team has won on their home ice thus far in the season series, with the Wild taking the first game in dramatic fashion, coming from three goals behind ...