nhl hockey

The Wild scored a pair of goals in rapid succession to jump on the Kings, but a pointed LA elbow may be the bigger story.

Charlie Coyle and Cal Clutterbuck scored goals just 16 seconds apart and Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves to earn the Wild a 2-1 win

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild are looking to shake things up as the regular season winds down and the playoffs ratchet up.

Read More|Comment

Any excitement the Wild fans had to see SCSU's Ben Hanowski make his debut at the Xcel Energy Center as a professional was quickly erased in a 4-1 Flames win.

Calgary got on the board first when defenseman Mark Cunardi scored at 13:37 of the opening period on a power play, with assists given to TJ Brodie and Mike Cammalleri

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild fell to the San Jose Sharks 6-1 Thursday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose. The Wild fall to seventh place in the intense race for the Western Conference's eight playoff spots.

Former Wild forward Martin Havlat scored the first period's only goal just over seven minutes in for the Sharks, who lead 1-0 at the first intermission

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild topped the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 Tuesday night at Rexall Place in Edmonton. Kyle Brodziak led the Wild with a pair of goals in the win.

It was Brodziak's goal just a minute into the first period that set the tone for the Wild's offense Tuesday night

Read More|Comment

Less than a week after playing for SCSU in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Little Falls native Ben Hanowski made his NHL debut for the Calgary Flames and scored a goal in a 4-3 loss.

Wearing #58 for the Flames, Hanowski used his size to jam home a puck past Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom at 11:19 of the third period that cut the Wild lead to 4-2

Read More|Comment

The Wild fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

The Wild took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission thanks to a Pierre-Marc Bouchard redirection of a Brett Clark shot at 15:59 of the opening frame

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild lost 2-0 at home to St. Louis Thursday night. Minnesota has been shutout in 3 of their last 4 games.

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild were shut out by the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0 Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Marian Hossa was the lone goal scorer for Chicago.

Hossa intercepted Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner's pass in the Wild end, skated up the middle of the ice, and beat Backstrom at 15:14 of the second period for the 1-0 lead

Read More|Comment

The Minnesota Wild came to life after a scoreless first period and topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 Sunday night.

Wild defenseman Ryan Suter broke the scoreless tie with a power play goal at 3:13 of the second period on a wrist shot

Read More|Comment