Tim McNiff
Story-teller, journalist, speaker, coach & consultant. Husband, father, long-suffering Minnesota sports fan!
Author's Posts
Wild's COVID-19 Challenge: Interviewing President Matt Majka
April 3rd, 2020 The Hockey Writers' Tim McNiff had a recent opportunity to speak with Minnesota Wild President Matt Majka on navigating a strange new world without hockey. How do you stay ready to resume a season that may or may not have a conclusion? Go inside the Wild for a look at how the team is responding, with a collective goal of coming out...
Wild's Kurvers Takes Pandemic Pause In Stride
March 30th, 2020 “We're pretty much locked down," says Minnesota Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers. "We basically said, go home and ride this out until we give you more direction, and so I'm trying to abide by those same rules. But, you know, it pulls you out of your life habits and so, I'm going to take care of what I can take care of here...
Wild Living on the Playoff Precipice, As Usual
March 13th, 2020 The year was 2003 and spring fever was definitely in the air. The Minnesota Wild, in just their third year, had not only crashed the Western Conference playoffs, but Jacques Lemaire has somehow guided his team of mostly has-beens and thank-their-lucky-stars-for-expansion players past the favored Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks...
