The Minnesota Wild will play the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL play-in playoffs as part of the NHL restart in Edmonton. The opening series is best of 5 with the winner advancing to the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. The Wild are a slight underdog as a #10 seed while Vancouver is the the #7 seed.
The Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 Wednesday behind 5 shutout innings from starting pitcher Rich Hill. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. Jim says the Twins would happily take 5 innings with 2 or less runs allowed with any starts from Hill.
Major League Baseball is back! The Twins played against the Cubs in an exhibition game Wednesday night in preparation of their regular season opener against the White Sox Friday night (7 p.m., WJON).
Kevin Falness of the Minnesota Wild Radio Network joined WJON's "Hang Up and Listen" Tuesday to discuss the details of the league's re-start and the Wild's moves during the shutdown, including the hiring of Dean Evason and the signing of top prospect Kiril Kaprizov.
Ovie and The Franchise is a podcast featuring Dave Overlund and Jay Caldwell and is recorded every Thursday. The show can also be heard on "Hang Up and Listen" Thursday afternoons from 1-2 p.m. on WJON.
The Minnesota Wild took the interim tag off of Dean Evason and hired him as their full-time head coach this week. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Evason's 2-year contract is low risk and if the Wild need to move on from Evason in a couple of years there always seems to be an experience coach looking for work.
The Minnesota Wild will start their best of 5 series against Vancouver August 2 in Edmonton. The Wild start camp today in St. Paul but many of the players have been skating and getting ready for the return for weeks now. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.
The Minnesota Wild announced the hiring of Dean Evason as its full-time head coach. Evason was previously the interim head coach following the firing of Bruce Boudreau in mid-February.
The NHL plans to return to play starting August 1. Edmonton and Toronto appear to be the hub cities when play resumes. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. Jim says the Wild and the rest of the Western Conference will likely be headed for Edmonton.