Wild Top Avalanche

In a particularly dry winter, with barely any accumulation on the ground, it seems fitting that the Wild stop the Avalanche before they can start.

Backstrom had 37 saves for his third shutout of the season and 25th of his NHL career as the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 in Denver.

Greg Zanon played the hero for the wild, scoring the winning goal with 13:56 left in the first period. The goal, only Zanon's second of the season, came off an icing by Colorado. Kyle Brodziak won the faceoff to Dany Heatley, who slid the puck to Zanon. Zanon skated through the center of the zone before nailing the goal.

Colorado didn't go away easy. The Avalanche recorded 17 shots in the final frame. Ryan Wilson hit the post with 15 minutes left when Colorado was swarming the Minnesota end.

The Wild needed a win, coming off a couple shocks in recent games. Hopefully they can start stringing together wins again.

Koivu Returns, Wild Lose Seventh Straight

The Minnesota Wild continued to play their lethargic offense with a 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at the Xcel Energy Center. Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Cal Clutterbuck provided the only offense for the Wild each scoring a goal.

There was some good news for the Wild, as the team captain, Mikko Koivu, returned after being sidelined the past two weeks with a leg injury. Koivu played well, even scored an assist, but his return was not enough to stop the Avalanche.

Minnesota Wild Look to Beat Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche are in town and are looking to end a division skid against the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are thinking otherwise.

The Avalanche have been in a serious slump the past two weeks and have watched their early season success completely evaporate to a 8-9-1 record. The Minnesota Wild are the Northwest Division leader and are hosting the Avalanche tonight at the X.

I'm picking the Wild to win this one 4-2. Your thoughts?

Minnesota Wild Host Colorado Avalance on Tuesday, March 8th

The Minnesota Wild will host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, March 8th at the Xcel Energy Center. The Minnesota Wild need two key points in this game, as the Avalanche are 26-31-8 for 60 points. After making the playoffs last season, the Colorado Avalanche have regressed this season and suffered some growing pains with a young team. Young star winger Matt Duchene continues to impress but needs some more help. The Colorado Avalanche have several Minnesotans on their roster, including Erik Johnson, Ryan Stoa, and Peter Mueller who are all from Bloomington. Purchase your Minnesota Wild tickets with Ticket King!

Minnesota Wild Fall to Buffalo Sabres In Overtime

The Minnesota Wild rallied to send the game into overtime against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night. However, Drew Stafford of the Sabres quickly netted the overtime game winner, just 46 seconds into overtime. The Buffalo Sabres went up 2-0 after a Rob Niedermayer goal early in the 2nd period. However, Warren Peters scored his first goal of the season and Marek Zidlicky scored a powerplay goal to notch the game at 2-2 going into the 3rd period.

A scoreless 3rd period meant overtime at the Xcel Energy Center. Drew Stafford, a Wisconsin native who played at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, netted the game winner. He played collegiately at North Dakota. Next up: the Minnesota Wild host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, March 8th.

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Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks

On Saturday, January 22nd, the Minnesota Wild will look to extend their 3 game winning streak against the San Jose Sharks. The Minnesota Wild are currently 24-18-5, 1 point from the coveted 8th spot in the playoffs. They trail the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks who sit at 54 points. San Jose is tied with the Minnesota Wild at 53 points. The Minnesota Wild are 13-7-3 this season on the road and will look to improve that mark in San Jose. Get your Minnesota Wild tickets today with Ticket King!

Colorado Avalance at Xcel Energy Center Friday, January 14th

The Colorado Avalanche are taking on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center on at 7 PM Central Time tonight, Friday, January 14th. The Colorado Avalanche come into the game with a 22-16-6 record for 50 points. The Minnesota Wild are 21-17-5 for 47 points. Both are division rivals in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Earlier today, it was learned that Patrick O'Sullivan of the Minnesota Wild was placed on waivers. Also, Jose Theodore and Niklas Backstrom are both hurt with hip injuries so Anton Khudobin is expected to start with Matt Hackett backing him up. Purchase your Minnesota Wild tickets with Ticket King today!

Can the Minnesota Wild Make A Playoff Push?

The Minnesota Wild won the Northwest Division in the 2007-2008 season. It was a great season that unfortunately ended prematurely to the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs. The last 2 seasons, the Minnesota Wild have just missed the playoffs. They have teased us at times playing well for long stretches and then falling just short. Is this season going to be the same? Or is the team going to make a push and qualify for the playoffs? Let me know your thoughts.

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Colorado Avalanche 7, Minnesota Wild 4

The Minnesota Wild were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche 7-4 on Saturday night. Scoring for the Minnesota Wild were Antti Miettinen, Matt Cullen, and Kyle Brodziak (twice). The Colorado Avalanche used a 4-0 second period to take a 5-2 lead heading into the 3rd period. It was a deflating loss for the Wild, who had a nice victory on Friday afternoon against the Nashville Predators. The Minnesota Wild will play the Calgary Flames on Monday in Calgary.

Skills Competition raised $34,446!!!

The Wild's Skills Competition this past weekend raised so much money for the Minnesota Wild foundation and brought in more than 8,000 fans! The foundation's proceeds go to children's medical facilities, education programs and spreading the joy of hockey all across the state, so this is really a great cause. Good job hockey fans! If you missed out on the competition, the highlights are on the Wild's website

On a side note, the Wild's game vs. the Red Wings was intense last night! My friend is in the ROTC through the U of M and was the guy who handed of the hockey stick and flag. It was his first game EVER (crazy...i know) so I'd say he had a great first impression! Wild are playing the Avalanche tonight. I expect you to watch and report back!

Future of the Minnesota Wild

I watched last night's Minnesota Wild game and came to the conclusion that by the NHL All Star Break, the Minnesota Wild is going to be a solid team that contends for a NHL Playoff spot. Last night, during the game versus the division leading Colorado Avalanche, the Minnesota Wild showed flashes of GREAT hockey! The new system is both much more fun to watch as well as much more effective in the new NHL. Don't panic yet Wild Fans, the Minnesota Wild has too much talent to not adapt to the system of Todd Richards and become a very competitive team. GO WILD!!!

MN Wild hit the road for a tough series of games

The MN Wild are hitting the road for some tough match-ups that will put the new "up-tempo" hockey style the Wild are playing to the test.

This Friday the MN Wild cross the boarder to play the Edmonton Oilers, then they take on Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Both of these teams have been playing well and the MN Wild are going to have to skate hard if they want to come home with wins.

The Wild roster and coaches will be back in the Twin Cities next week for a huge game against rivals the Colorado Avalanche. MN Wild Fans are eager to play against the Avalanche and are hoping to start the season off with a big win against conference rivals.

MN Wild Tickets are available online for all of these games but as the home game gets closer they are sure to go fast!

Wild Avalanche Game Intense

I went to the Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche game on St Patricks Day – the Wild won in a shoot-out – whew! The overall intensity of the game was high. In the first period, the Wild were crashing the net like crazy, but just couldn’t get anything to go in. The overall play was pretty physical, but the refs didn’t let the punches fly and there were hardly any penalties. Just a lot of clean checking. Derek Boogaard almost got a goal, but he is so damn slow that the goalie had time to put his pad down in front of it in the corner of the crease. I could tell Boogie was disappointed (I was sitting right behind the goal).

The Wild looked slower in the second period, but came back in the third and tied the game up 2-2 with less than two minutes on the game clock. The crowd went crazy and no one went home early. I was nervous when the Wild couldn’t put anything together in overtime and had to go to a shootout. Colorado Avs players are known for their precision shooting. I screamed out, “Show us why you make the big bucks Backstrom.” He did (for the most part) and our Wild shooters proved to be more precise after all.

Still just barely out of the playoffs . . . come on hockey gods, be kind!

Wild need to score to win

The Minnesota Wild is on a dangerous slippery slope. The Wild have lost three of four games since their illustrious 6-0-1 start. It’s not because of goal tending that’s for sure. In fact, the Minnesota Wild is the best in the NHL right now with just 25 goals allowed. The problem is offense and scoring. The Minnesota Wild has managed seven goals in the last four games.

Jacques Lemaire defensive coaching style is drowning out the offense and stifling players that like to score. I would have expected a few more goals from Pierre-Marc Bouchard and even James Sheppard this season. They have both been disappointing.


Tonight the Minnesota Wild play in Denver vs the Colorado Avalanche and it will be more than just Andrew Brunette with something to prove. Come on boys, let’s get some pucks between the pipes.

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Insult to Injury!

I thought that I was as depressed as I could get after the Minnesota Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche in six games. That was until the Avalanche were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in four games in the Western Conference Semifinals. How does a team (Avalanche) and a goalie (Theodore) play so well against the Minnesota Wild and so Poorly the next week against the Red Wings? Give me a break, the Avalanche lost 8-2 in game four!

This is further proof that the Minnesota Wild is jinxed in the NHL Playoffs and may never again advance out of the first round. Could someone please email me and help talk me down off the ledge?

Am I Being a Baby?

I feel like I am being a baby but I am not sure. I watched the Red Wings vs. Avalanche game last night and I couldn't help but feel sorry for myself as well as the whole "Wild Nation." First of all, how does the often injured Peter Forsberg last the entire series versus the Wild yet misses the first game versus the Red Wings? Second of all, how does Jose Theodore play like the second coming of Ken Dryden versus the Wild yet gives up four goals and gets yanked in the first game versus the Red Wings? I can't help but think that if either of these things occurred in the Wild series, there would have been a totally different outcome. However, maybe I am Just being a baby?

2008 Wild Season a Disappointment!

I just spent a few minutes reflecting on the 2008 Minnesota Wild Season and I came to the conclusion that it was a total disappointment. I tried very hard to look at the positives but whenever I did, my mind went straight back to the first round NFL Playoff loss to the Colorado Avalanche. I as a Wild fan (freak), was not looking for moral victories like winning the division because at the beginning of the year I thought this team would contend for the Stanley Cup. It is going to be a long summer for the Minnesota Wild and the fans of the Minnesota Wild because of the early NHL playoff exit. If the team doesn't take the next step next year, the Minnesota Wild may have issues continuing their sell-out streak and Minnesota Wild tickets will no longer be a coveted item.

What More Can the Wild Do?

I wasn't lucky enough to be at the Xcel Energy Center last night for the Wild game but I did watch every minute of the game on TV. I came away from the game being extremely disappointed with the loss but I was also very happy with the Minnesota Wild effort. I think that last night's game was one of the best five games that the Minnesota Wild has played this year. The score could have easily been 5-2 in favor of the Minnesota Wild. Instead they lost 3-2 because Jose Theodore, the Colorado Avalanche Goalie, played as well as I have ever seen a goalie play. The Play of Theodore was eerily similar to the play of Jean-Sebastien Giguere when the Anaheim Ducks knocked the Minnesota Wild out of the 2002-2003 NHL Playoffs.

Even though the Minnesota Wild lost the game, I still have hope that they can pull this series out if they continue to play the way they played last night. Just imagine how different this series would be if Marian Gaborik wasn't a -3 with no goals or assists. Maybe he will be a factor on Saturday in Colorado.

What Happened to the Wild?

Can someone please email me and give me some sort of explanation as to what happened to the Minnesota Wild. They played one of their best ten minutes of hockey this year last night during the overtime period versus the Colorado Avalanche. They played with crazy amounts of intensity and completely outplayed Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche. Tonight they seem to have decided that the series was already won and the have plated flat and on their heels while giving up three first period goals to the Avalanche. How does this team come out flat in the NHL Playoffs and why didn't Jacques Lemaire call a timeout after the second goal? More importantly, what the hell is going on with my favorite NHL team?

Gaborik Where Are You?

Why is it that Marian Gaborik disappears when it is time for the NHL Playoffs? He can't call himself a "Superstar" until he is a factor in the NHL Playoffs. So far, in this series versus the Colorado Avalanche, he has been a complete disappointment. Not only has he not scored, but Derek Boogaard has had more legitimate scoring chances than Gaborik has. The Minnesota Wild have zero chance of winning this series if Gaborik doesn't score and Gaborik should have zero chance of getting an even bigger contract after next year if he doesn't show up this series.