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Wild goalie Backstrom has sports hernia surgery
Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom has undergone sports hernia surgery.
The team announced that Backstrom's operation went as planned on Thursday morning in Philadelphia. The procedure was done by Dr. William Meyers.
The 35-year-old Backstrom aggravated the injury while warming up before Minnesota's first game of the Western Conference quarterfinal series at Chicago...
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Brad Ratgen: The "Better Late Than Never" Season Ending Blog - Minnesota Wild
From the âbetter late than neverâ side of life, here is my season ending blog regarding the Minnesota Wild.
On the positive side of life, the Wild made it back to the playoffs. Barely. But, they made it in. Hindsight being 20-20, the more interesting stories would have resulted from the Wild not making the playoffs as I believe heads would have rolled and Brian Burke...
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Blackhawks fan goes into labor at Game 5, stays to watch
Donna Lebano is a big Chicago Blackhawks fan. She celebrated this Mother’s Day with her new baby boy, Owen Michael. Lebano went into labor one month ahead of schedule while she was watching the Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild at Chicago’s United Center last Thursday night. But she just couldn’t leave the game, even though she was having contractions.
Wild summer ahead or not? An autopsy of the Wild's 2013 season
"He said, Son I've made a life, out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what the cards are by the way they held their eyes, so if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces, for a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice. So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow, bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light...
After year of constant change, Wild want continuity
ST. PAUL, Minn. With the Minnesota Wild struggling to the finish of the regular season, Mike Yeo didnt have his head in the sand.
Minnesotas second-year coach heard the rumblings about his job security, but knew he couldnt get wrapped up in the unknown while his team was fighting for its first playoff berth in five years and then facing the Presidents Trophy winners in the first...
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Will the Minnesota Wild dump Dany Heatley?
The Minnesota Wild face some tough roster choices with the NHL salary cap shrinking for next season.That factor, combined with the production addition of winger Jason Pominville, led many experts to believe the team will ditch winger Dany Heatley.But general manager Chuck Fletcher noted how much the team missed Heatley after he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury April 3....
Wild goalie Backstrom headed to surgery for sports hernia
ST. PAUL, Minn. Goaltender Niklas Backstrom was practicing for the Minnesota Wild in the playoffs, trying to return from an injury and aid the team he helped push to the playoffs for the first time in five years.
After Thursday's season-ending loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, what Backstrom was trying to fight back from was discovered.
Backstrom, who tied for the league-lead...
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Wild lament early exit but note improvement
Making the playoffs for the first time in five years should count as progress. For the Minnesota Wild, that step forward wasn't firm enough.
Despite producing only the fourth postseason appearance in the franchise's 12-year history, Wild were palpably disappointed as they met for the final time of the season on Saturday. Not only because of the early exit, in five games...
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Hall: Wild's offseason equally as important as last
ST. PAUL, Minn. When the Minnesota Wild won the NHL's offseason by signing the two top prized free agents in Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, they had designs on winning in the postseason as well.
Minnesota likely ends the season feeling unfulfilled following Thursday night's 5-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks and 4-1 loss in the first-round series.
In giving Parise and Suter...
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Wild sign 2012 second-rounder Bussieres
ST. PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Wild added to their stable of young prospects Thursday by signing 2012 second-round pick Raphael Bussieres to an entry-level contract.
Bussieres, the No. 46 overall pick in last year's draft, had 29 goals and 39 assists with a plus-27 rating in 60 games for Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season. A 6-foot-1, 197...
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Minnesota Wild Recall C Mikael Granlund From Minors
The Minnesota Wild have called up their #1 prospect Mikael Granlund from the minors. Mikael was unspectacular in his rookie season with the Wild but has some tremendous offensive skills. He may need a couple of full seasons to let his game catch up to NHL speed but the Wild are hoping he can provide a spark for the playoffs.
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Jason Zucker wins it for the Wild
After blowing a 2-1 lead late in the third period, the Minnesota Wild were back on their heels at the start of overtime. But, Wild forward Matt Cullen made an awesome play from his stomach to not only keep control of the puck but to get it to Jason Zucker. Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford was down early and that gave Zucker some room up top to shoot. Despite his horrible...
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