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Fires winning goal against Islanders with 67 seconds left in regulation Wild's Owen Nolan celebrates his tie-breaking goal against the Islanders in the third period. (Jim Mone/Associated Press) Owen Nolan's goal with 67 seconds...
His ego's big enough, buddy." Well, wait until Clutterbuck sees that Islanders stud freshman John Tavares used Clutterbuck's name in the same breath as Alex Ovechkin on Friday morning when it came to describing Clutterbuck's...
The usually durable Alexander Ovechkin missed a half-dozen games in November in what was believed to be a shoulder injury. Getty Images Eric Duhatschek writes that the lineup of sidelined players so far includes surprises like...
Frustration is setting in for the struggling Wild. During one of the season's most intense practices Thursday, players smashed glass with sticks, snapped sticks in half and let expletives fly. The physical practice, atypical...
Excuses. We’ve all heard them, and more importantly we’ve all used them from time to time. Sometimes they are truly legitimate, but more times than not they are used as a means to dodge personal accountability and...
Minnesota Wild (7-11-2) 16pts 5th Northwest 2.40 Goals For per Game (25th in the NHL) 3.05 Goals Against per Game (25th in the NHL) 18.8% Power Play (17th in the NHL) 81.8% Penalty Kill (12th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #9...
Even though I know this makes Carolina Hurricanes fans skin crawl (which doesn’t bother me in the slightest), but this team will always be the Hartford Whalers to me. The plucky team that used to enter to the ice to the...
Evan Vucci, Associated Press Washington's Nicklas Backstrom fights for the puck against Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck. The Wild hit the Capitals with an early goal and big burst of energy, but playing back-to-back games...
by Edward Fraser, The Hockey News Updated: November 13, 2009, 12:20 PM EST Looking only at Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom's stat line from this season, you might get the perception the 31-year-old Finn has struggled...
Sometimes you hear people say some events in your life “happen for a reason” or that “history takes place in cycles.” Sure there is some fundamental truth to that. While watching the History Channel last night, on a series on...
