1390 THE FAN » Minnesota Wild http://1390thefan.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:30:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pominville May Try and Play Tonight http://1390thefan.com/pominville-may-try-and-play-tonight/ http://1390thefan.com/pominville-may-try-and-play-tonight/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 18:43:31 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=125891 Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville skated with the Wild this morning and play try and play tonight. Pominville sustained a head injury 2 weeks ago and hasn't played since. Pominville tried to practice before the playoffs began but was determined not ready to play.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/pominville-may-try-and-play-tonight/feed/ 0 Getty Images Wild Blanked By Blues 2-0 http://1390thefan.com/wild-blanked-by-blues-2-0/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-blanked-by-blues-2-0/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:23:00 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=121820 The Minnesota Wild lost 2-0 at home to St. Louis Thursday night. Minnesota has been shutout in 3 of their last 4 games.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-blanked-by-blues-2-0/feed/ 0 Getty Images Wild Send Granlund to Houston http://1390thefan.com/wild-send-granlund-to-houston/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-send-granlund-to-houston/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:15:29 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=116895 The Minnesota Wild have sent prospect Mikael Granlund to Wild minor league affiliate, the Houston Aeros of the AHL. Granlund had 1 goal and 5 assists while playing in 19 games for the Wild this season.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-send-granlund-to-houston/feed/ 0 Getty Images Second Period Rally Sends Wild Past Wings http://1390thefan.com/second-period-rally-sends-wild-past-wings/ http://1390thefan.com/second-period-rally-sends-wild-past-wings/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:36:42 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=113669 The Minnesota Wild used a big second period to come from behind and beat the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night in St. Paul.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/second-period-rally-sends-wild-past-wings/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild Top Preds In Overtime Saturday http://1390thefan.com/wild-top-preds-in-overtime-saturday/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-top-preds-in-overtime-saturday/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:05:56 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=112292 Devin Setoguchi's power play goal in overtime gave the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

Paul Gaustad scored halfway through the first period gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at the first intermission

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-top-preds-in-overtime-saturday/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild Clobbered By Canucks Thursday http://1390thefan.com/wild-clobbered-by-canucks-thursday/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-clobbered-by-canucks-thursday/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:24:45 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=111996 The Minnesota Wild fell below .500 with a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center Thursday night in front of 18,352 fans.

Vancouver (6-2-2) scored two goals in each of the first two periods for a 4-0 lead that held up until Tom Gilbert scored for the Wild (4-5-1) at 7:25 of the third

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-clobbered-by-canucks-thursday/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild Road Struggles Continue In Phoenix Monday http://1390thefan.com/wild-road-struggles-continue-in-phoenix-monday/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-road-struggles-continue-in-phoenix-monday/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:30:25 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=111249 The Minnesota Wild remain winless on the road this season after losing 2-1 at Phoenix last night in front of just 9,508 fans. Zack Parise was the lone goal scorer in the loss for the Wild (4-4-1).

Phoenix got a first period goal from Lauri Korpikoski and another seven minutes into the second from Martin Hanzal before Parise scored halfway through period number two

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-road-struggles-continue-in-phoenix-monday/feed/ 0 Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Wild Trade Powe And Palmieri To Rangers For Rupp http://1390thefan.com/wild-trade-powe-and-palmieri-to-rangers-for-rupp/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-trade-powe-and-palmieri-to-rangers-for-rupp/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:13:09 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=111180 The Minnesota Wild have traded Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri to the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Mike Rupp.

Powe, 27, played 90 games over two seasons for the Wild and contributed six goals and seven assists

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-trade-powe-and-palmieri-to-rangers-for-rupp/feed/ 0 Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Wolves And Wild Are In Action Monday Night http://1390thefan.com/wolves-and-wild-are-in-action-monday-night/ http://1390thefan.com/wolves-and-wild-are-in-action-monday-night/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:59:48 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=111046 Tonight the Wild are at Phoenix with face-off scheduled for 8:00 PM (1390-The Fan, pregame at 6:30). The Coyotes are 3-4-2 this season and are coming off of a 2-0 shutout of Dallas on Saturday.

The Wild are looking for their first road win of 2013, but are 4-3-1 overall

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wolves-and-wild-are-in-action-monday-night/feed/ 0 Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Wild Lack Firepower In Anaheim http://1390thefan.com/wild-lack-firepower-in-anaheim/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-lack-firepower-in-anaheim/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:36:04 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=110788 The Minnesota Wild were defeated by the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Friday night in Anaheim, CA. Ducks forward Kyle Palmieri scored two goals on his 22nd birthday to lead the way in the victory.

Minnesota defenseman Marco Scandella got the Wild (4-3-1) on the board with his first goal of the season at 9:44 of the opening period

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-lack-firepower-in-anaheim/feed/ 0 Jeff Gross/Getty Images Wild Snipe Blackhawks In Shootout http://1390thefan.com/wild-snipe-blackhawks-in-shootout/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-snipe-blackhawks-in-shootout/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:53:57 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=110294 The Minnesota Wild handed the Chicago Blackhawks their first loss of the season, 3-2, in a shootout Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center.

The Wild struck first just 1:30 into the opening period when former SCSU Husky Matt Cullen put home a rebound off a Devin Setoguchi shot

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-snipe-blackhawks-in-shootout/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild To Brawl With Blackhawks Wednesday At The X http://1390thefan.com/wild-to-brawl-with-blackhawks-wednesday-at-the-x/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-to-brawl-with-blackhawks-wednesday-at-the-x/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:15:20 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=110069 The Minnesota Wild return to the ice Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center after topping Columbus 3-2 on Tuesday night. The Wild will host the undefeated (6-0) Chicago Blackhawks at the X with faceoff scheduled for 7:00 PM

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-to-brawl-with-blackhawks-wednesday-at-the-x/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild Zip Past Jackets Tuesday http://1390thefan.com/wild-zip-past-jackets-tuesday/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-zip-past-jackets-tuesday/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:41:19 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=110039 The Minnesota Wild snapped a recent winless skid with a 3-2 win over Columbus Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center.

Mikko Koivu got the Wild (3-2-1) on the board at 9:23 of the first with a tough-angle shot that went off Columbus (2-4-1) goaltender Steve Mason's pads and into the back of the net

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-zip-past-jackets-tuesday/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Wild Look To Warm Up Tuesday Against Jackets http://1390thefan.com/wild-look-to-warm-up-tonight-against-jackets/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-look-to-warm-up-tonight-against-jackets/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:06:33 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=109772 The semi-slumping Minnesota Wild return to Xcel Energy Center tonight to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets.  The Wild fell in St. Louis 5-4 on Sunday night in overtime despite Zach Parise's three point night (2G, 1A). Dany Heatle

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-look-to-warm-up-tonight-against-jackets/feed/ 0 Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Wild Stopped In St. Louis Sunday http://1390thefan.com/wild-stopped-in-st-louis/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-stopped-in-st-louis/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:15:56 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=109460 Zack Parise had a three point night for the Wild but it wasn’t enough as Minnesota fell 5-4 at St. Louis last night. The Wild got a game-tying goal from Dany Heatley with just under five minutes left in regulation, but the Blues Vladimir Sobotka scored the winner two minutes into overtime for the St

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-stopped-in-st-louis/feed/ 0 Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Wild Throttled In Motor City Friday http://1390thefan.com/wild-throttled-in-motor-city-friday/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-throttled-in-motor-city-friday/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:09:31 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=109328 The Minnesota Wild were topped by the previously struggling Detroit Red Wings 5-3 Friday night at Joe Louis Arena. Longtime Wild enemy Todd Bertuzzi scored a pair of goals to lead the Wings to their second win of the season

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-throttled-in-motor-city-friday/feed/ 0 Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Preds To Visit Xcel Energy Center Tuesday Night http://1390thefan.com/preds-to-visit-xcel-energy-center-tuesday-night/ http://1390thefan.com/preds-to-visit-xcel-energy-center-tuesday-night/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:01:10 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=108473 The Minnesota Wild look to remain undefeated to start the abbreviated 2013 NHL season tonight when they host the Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center (7 PM, WJON).

The Wild began their season on Saturday with a 4-2 win at home over Colorado, then defeated Dallas 1-0 on Sunday behind 24 saves by goaltender Josh Harding

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The Minnesota Wild defeated the Dallas Stars 1-0 on Sunday night at the Xcel Energy Center to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Forward Zach Parise scored his first goal in a Wild jersey at 8:11 of the first period, and Josh Harding made 24 saves for the shutout victory.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-outshine-stars-sunday-night/feed/ 0 Hannah Foslien, Getty Images Wild Beat Colorado To Win Season Opener http://1390thefan.com/wild-beat-colorado-to-win-season-opener/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-beat-colorado-to-win-season-opener/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:37:59 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=108192 The Minnesota Wild fell behind 1-0 in the first period before scoring 3 straight goals in the 3rd to lead 3-1. Colorado cut the lead to 3-2 before Minnesota scored the final goal in the 3rd period to secure the win.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/wild-beat-colorado-to-win-season-opener/feed/ 0 Getty Images Wild To Open Season Saturday Night At Xcel Energy Center http://1390thefan.com/wild-to-open-season-saturday-night-at-xcel-energy-center/ http://1390thefan.com/wild-to-open-season-saturday-night-at-xcel-energy-center/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:08:59 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=108127 The Minnesota Wild will open the most anticipated season in team history Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center against the Colorado Avalanche (8:00 pm, WJON).

Wild fans all over the State of Hockey rejoiced when Minnesota signed the top two free agents on the market back on July 4th

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