For the first eight years of their existence, the Minnesota Wild knew exactly who they were. Head coach Jacques Lemaire’s firm hand ensured that the expansion franchise maximized their potential, and the Wild actually enjoyed higher levels of success than most of their fellow expansion teams. Eventually Lemaire left and a new style of Minnesota ...
Much like the New Year, a new NHL season is also a time to hope. Minnesota Wild fans have hopes that cross and are at a crossroads this New Year: That there’s a 2012-13 season to showcase the second richest free agent signings in league history, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. In honor of the ...
July 4, 2012 was the day that Zach Parise and Ryan Suter broke free from their original squads to sign with the Minnesota Wild. The day that Wild fans broke free from the mediocrity of the past few seasons. The day that the franchise broke free from the memory of the two giants who dominated ...
Millions of paintings have been painted, but it’s a few, well-chosen paintings that make a museum. Much the same way, millions of hockey cards have been manufactured, and it’s a few, well-chosen hockey cards that can make a different kind of museum. However, unlike an art museum, a stunning hockey card museum can be meaningful ...
While fighting has been an ongoing debate throughout the NHL, the art of dropping the gloves is not for everyone. NHL enforcers are some of the toughest men in the world, and only the strong survive long enough to make a career out of being a fighter. Only these players, who play the role of ...
The NHL lockout is a depressing time for hockey fans, but it does provide us with the opportunity to reflect on the tremendous history of our teams and the game. The Minnesota Wild franchise was founded as an expansion franchise in 2000. It has enjoyed some mixed success so far in its NHL history and ...
One of the more interesting decisions facing New Jersey Devils coach Pete DeBoer heading into next season will be which player will center his top gun Ilya Kovalchuk? The two likely candidates vying for the spot as the sniper’s set-up man will be Adam Henrique and Travis Zajac. Each has spent almost a full season ...
Assuming the New Jersey Devils don’t make any trades or signings before training camp opens, they will have eight defensemen competing for the top six slots. Each blueliner brings some value to the lineup so it will be interesting to see how coach Pete DeBoer and new assistant Scott Stevens handle the situation — the ...
Minnesota is the state of hockey. However, it has very rarely been the state of NHL hockey. The city lost its NHL franchise in 1993 when the Minnesota North Stars left for Dallas, and some wondered whether hockey would ever return again. After plenty of petitioning and encouragement towards local investors, it was announced that ...
In the chorus of his 1974 hit song “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli, proud son of Newark and world famous crooner, sings, “So close, so close and yet, so far away.” Undoubtedly a tribute to some long lost love of his, Valli’s words are also a fitting eulogy to the bittersweet season completed by ...
