Minnesota Wild 2013 Season Player Grades: The Blue Liners Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 23, 2013 The Minnesota Wild were most concerned about their blue line heading into the shortened 2013 NHL season, even with the addition of Ryan Suter, and it proved to be the…
Minnesota Wild 2013 Season Player Grades: The Forwards Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 20, 2013 The Minnesota Wild will reflect upon the shortened 2013 NHL season positively. The franchise reached the NHL playoffs for the first time since 2008, several young players emerged as promising…
Minnesota Wild Season In Review: What We Learned Ryan Smith | May 15, 2013 NHL offseasons often reveal one or two teams that make the biggest proverbial splashes in an attempt to launch their franchise into the upper echelon of Stanley Cup contenders. It…
Minnesota Wild’s New Core Struggle In First Playoff Series Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 14, 2013 Perhaps the Minnesota Wild’s first round exit at the hands of the President’s Trophy winning Chicago Blackhawks last week in five games was simply inevitable. It was definitely a ‘positive…
Minnesota Wild Play Musical Goaltenders Ahead Of Game 5 In Chicago Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 9, 2013 Niklas Backstrom, Josh Harding and Darcy Kuemper probably won’t decide who starts, who is on the bench and who is in the press box in Thursday night’s Game 5 against…
Marco Scandella: Pleasant Playoff Surprise For Minnesota Wild Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 7, 2013 The Minnesota Wild enter tonight’s Game 4 match-up against the Chicago Blackhawks full of optimism after Jason Zucker’s overtime strike made it a 2-1 series on Sunday afternoon. While Josh…
The Minnesota Wild Need to Play With Jason Zucker’s Energy Ryan Smith | May 6, 2013 It has been, dare I say, a wild beginning to the Minnesota/Chicago first round playoff series. Niklas Backstrom’s freak lower-body injury during warm ups prior to Game 1 seemed to…
Minnesota Wild NHL Playoffs Game Three: $14 Million Needs To Step Up Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 5, 2013 The Minnesota Wild fell into a 2-0 hole with a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 on Friday night. After playing a tough and tight opening game,…
Zucker, Coyle and Brodin: Time Is Now For Minnesota Wild Rookies Sebastian Egerton-Read | May 3, 2013 One fact was pretty clear before the start of the Minnesota Wild’s first round series against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Wild would need their rookies to step up and be…
Series Preview, Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild Ton DeFrancesco | April 30, 2013 I will try and refrain from opinion and stick to fact. Below is a comparison of both teams. SEASON SERIES — The Blackhawks did well against Minnesota this year, taking the season…
NHL 2013 Playoffs: Keys to A Minnesota Wild Upset Sebastian Egerton-Read | April 30, 2013 The 2013 NHL playoffs are set to kick off on Tuesday night with the President’s Trophy winning, and top seed in the Western conference, Chicago Blackhawks taking on the eighth…
Minnesota Wild: 2012-13 Regular Season Review Sheng Peng | April 30, 2013 Pre-season projection: Playoff team Final team record: 26-19-3 (8th in Western Conference) Flip a coin. The Minnesota Wild made the playoffs for the first time in five years; they almost…