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Anthony Bloch

Anthony Bloch (AKA Sportmentary) - is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Sportmentary Online Sports Talk. In addition to running his blog, Anthony writes a weekly column for Last Word on Sports and writes about the Minnesota Wild for The Hockey Writers.

Crank up the Stress – Zach Parise & Company Send Wild to Game Seven

Anthony Bloch | April 29, 2014

Zach Parise and his Minnesota Wild teammates won Game 6, sending this electric and emotional filled series to a Game 7 at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Wednesday night.…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Hockey Officials Ensure Victory For Colorado Avalanche

Anthony Bloch | April 27, 2014

The Minnesota Wild was robbed of their deserved victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night. Hockey officials from the NHL made bad call after bad call. This game was…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild Defeat Semyon Varlamov

Anthony Bloch | April 25, 2014

The Minnesota Wild led by Charlie Coyle, Jared Spurgeon and Mikael Granlund defeated Semyon Varlamov 2-1 on Thursday night in St. Paul. Varlamov is the only Colorado Avalanche player worth…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Matt Will Soon Get His Goose Cooked by the NHL

Anthony Bloch | April 22, 2014

Minnesota Wild player Matt Cooke faces a suspension of six games or more by the NHL for a knee on knee hit on Colorado Avalanche player Tyson Barrie in game three…

Categories Minnesota Wild

The Avs can Take Their Brooms and Shelve Them

Anthony Bloch | April 21, 2014

Led by Mikael Granlund, the Minnesota Wild came out flying tonight and unlike the previous two games, they didn’t take their skates off the pedal on Monday night in St.…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Avalanche Caves in on Minnesota Wild

Anthony Bloch | April 20, 2014

The game started out well for the Minnesota Wild. They took a 1-0 lead off a Charlie Coyle goal early in the first period and then the lights went out…

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Minnesota Wild: Clear the Puck!

Anthony Bloch | April 18, 2014

Kyle Brodziak and Jared Spurgeon Failed to do that in Game 1 When you outplay your opponent, you should win the game. For the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 at…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Will the Avalanche Cave in on the Minnesota Wild?

Anthony Bloch | April 14, 2014

The Minnesota Wild will face the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the first game taking place on Thursday in Colorado. Both teams enter…

Categories Minnesota Wild

The Charlie Coyle Effect

Anthony Bloch | April 11, 2014

The Minnesota Wild is creating a buzz in Minnesota due their strong play in the past ten games. The Wild are heading into the playoffs as the Western Conference’s top…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Yeo Yeo! Mike Yeo is a Success

Anthony Bloch | April 8, 2014

With yesterday’s 1-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, the Minnesota Wild have virtually locked up the Seventh seed for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Will Ilya Bryzgalov Backstop the Minnesota Wild to Playoff Success?

Anthony Bloch | April 6, 2014

When the Minnesota Wild acquired goalie Ilya Bryzgalov prior to the NHL’s trade deadline the team needed a veteran goalie that could backup Darcy Kemper into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.…

Categories Minnesota Wild, NHL Goaltending
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