January 13, 2012 The Minnesota Wild lost 5-2 at Chicago Thursday night. Dave Bolland scored 2 goals for the Blackhawks. Devin Setoguchi and Kyle Brodziak each scored a goal for the Wild. Josh Harding had 17 goals but 4 goals allowed and was benched in favor of Matt Hackett. Hackett forced 8 shots with 8 saves.
January 12, 2012 The Minnesota Wild will play the forseeable future without wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard because of another suffered concussion. Bouchard took an inadvertent elbow to the head a week ago against Vancouver. He missed a combined 104 games over 2 seasons from 2009-2011 because of a previous concussion. Bouchard says he's not able to exercise until is current headaches subside.
January 11, 2012 The Minnesota Wild downed San Jose 5-4 in an overtime shootout Tuesday night. Mikko Koivu scored the game-winning goal in the shootout. Matt Cullen scored a goal in regulation and one in the shootout. Cal Clutterbuck had a goal and an assist and Casey Wellman had 2 assists for the Wild. Josh Harding had 34 saves for Minnesota.
January 11, 2012 The Minnesota Wild will play without Pierre-Marc Bouchard again after he was diagnosed with another concussion. Bouchard was scratched from Tuesday night's game against San Jose. He missed all but 1 game in the 2009-2010 season with a severe concussion. Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher says Bouchard's symptoms this time are "nowwhere near as severe" as 2 years ago.
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December 30, 2011 The Minnesota Wild ended their 8-game winless streak with a 4-3 home win over Edmonton Thursday night. Niklas Backstrom improved to 16-0 against Edmonton at home in his career. He had 27 saves. Marek Zidlicky had 3 assists and Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley, Jordan Palmer, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard each scored a goal for the Wild.
December 29, 2011
December 27, 2011 Colorado scored 3 unanswered goals in their 4-2 win over Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The loss is the 7th straight for the Wild. Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Cal Clutterbuck each scored a goal for the Wild and Niklas Backstrom had 28 saves. Dany Heatley had 2 assists.
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