Yahoo! Sports

Wild Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:16:07 PST

Sometimes, all it takes is a little positive imagery.

When former Wild forward Marian Gaborik would slump, he'd watch his own highlights to get his mojo back.

Though Gaborik is gone, that idea is still going strong in Minnesota.

In an attempt to revive his first season with the Wild, right wing Martin Havlat sat alone in front of a television watching some of his goals from last season's career year in Chicago.

"It's not the start I wanted, or we wanted as a team. We win together and lose together," said Havlat, who entered Saturday's game against Dallas with one goal and six assists in 13 games. "But individually, this is probably the worst start I ever had, so it can only get better.

Wild get fast start, hang on to beat Dallas (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:05:11 PST

The present and past combined for the Minnesota Wild's first complete game of the season. Cal Clutterbuck and Mikko Koivu scored first-period goals, the Wild played strong defense, and held on to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Saturday night. Marek Zidlicky also scored for the Wild, who have won three of four.

The 10 most brutal NHL injuries of the last decade (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:59 PST

(No, the first decade of the 21st century doesn't technically end until 2011. Save your bellyaching.

Puck Previews: The battle for the basement; Hedman hurt (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:50 PST

Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general...

Leafs, Hurricanes in dubious battle (CBC.ca)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:11:30 PST

The two worst teams in the NHL will square off on Friday night in Carolina when the Hurricanes host the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Puck Headlines: Empty seats for Avs; Lil' Brooks to Olympics (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:30 PST

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in...

Hordichuk, Pettinger give Canucks surprising offence in 5-2 win over Wild (The Canadian Press)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:00 PST

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Vancouver Canucks are so banged up, they will take offence from anybody these days.

Unlikely scorers lift Canucks over Wild (AP)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:28:49 PST

The Vancouver Canucks are so banged up, they will take offense from anybody these days. That's just what they got against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Tough guy Darcy Hordichuk and newly signed Matt Pettinger each scored their first goals of the season, forming an unlikely pair to lead the short-handed Canucks to a 5-2 victory.

Canadiens stay perfect in extra time (CBC.ca)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:40 PST

Carey Price denied three Boston Bruins in the shootout after stopping 42 of 43 shots in regulation and overtime to lead Montreal to a 2-1 victory Thursday night, the Canadiens' seventh non-regulation win of the season.

The 5 best and 5 worst NHL jerseys of the last decade (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:55 PST

(No, the first decade of the 21st century doesn't technically end until 2011. Save your bellyaching.

Photo Expedition: Halloween frights from NHL players, arenas (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:46 PST

"Oh yeah, and go where, Jonathan? Where are we gonna go?" "I'll tell you where, Adam.

What We Learned: It's a moral conundrum about star injuries (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:47:36 PST

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events...

Saturday's Three Stars: Pavelec stops 50; Tambellini's trick is treat (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:44:16 PDT

No. 1 Star: Ondrej Pavelec, Atlanta Thrashers If Kari Lehtonen thought his gig as Atlanta's No.

Backstrom makes 34 saves in 2-1 win over Penguins (AP)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:10:51 PDT

Niklas Backstrom finally stole a win for the Minnesota Wild on the road, and in the most unlikely of places. Backstrom made 34 saves and the Wild won an away game for the first time this season, beating the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night. "Backy was great," said Eric Belanger, who had the winning goal.

Friday's Three Stars: OT heroes; Reinprecht's natural trick (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:28:22 PDT

No. 1 Star: Tim Connolly, Buffalo Sabres The Sabres moved to 8-1-1 on the season with a 3-2 overtime win over the...

Sykora leads Wild to first regulation win (AP)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:58:43 PDT

Petr Sykora tried to act as if it wasn't a big deal. Minnesota coach Todd Richards, however, saw a motivated player. Two days after being banished to the press box as a healthy scratch, Sykora had a goal and to help Minnesota win for the first time in regulation this season, 3-2 over the New York Rangers on Friday night.

Puck Headlines: Hockey HOF ghost; NBA in, NHL out for Vegas? (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:26:49 PDT

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in...

Sexism and the NHL third jersey: Female fan's plight, fight (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:09:53 PDT

The NHL's retail relationship with female hockey fans hasn't exactly been storybook over the last few...

Wednesday's Three Stars: Sid's trick; Preds win on shorty (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:21:05 PDT

No. 1 Star: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Amid questions about his offensive output early this season, Sid...

Smithson's short-handed goal leads Nashville (AP)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:54:52 PDT

The Minnesota Wild know they're letting the young season slip away. Already last in the Western Conference, Minnesota fell behind by a pair of goals early and gave up a short-handed goal late in the third period in a 4-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. The loss ended a streak of 13 consecutive games at Xcel Energy Center without a regulation loss and dropped the Wild to 3-9-0...

Puck Headlines: Gaborik's injury; swine flu sweeping NHL (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:17 PDT

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in...

Harding hurting, Wild call up goalie Khudobin (AP)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:01:40 PDT

The Minnesota Wild have recalled goaltender Anton Khudobin (koo-DOH'-bin) from the minors while backup Josh Harding recovers from an injury. Khudobin was recalled Tuesday from Houston of the AHL. He's 4-2 with a 1.77 goals against average in six games for the Aeros. Khudobin was a seventh-round pick in 2004 by the Wild out of Kazakhstan.

Stunning Numbers: Scoring droughts and attendance woes (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:45 PDT

Stunning Numbers is an occasional look at stats and figures from around the NHL. Anze Kopitar and Marian...

Minnesota's Koivu latest victim of embarrassingly awful bobblehead (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:55:23 PDT

Last season, we blogged about some of the most embarrassingly awful bobblehead dolls in recent hockey history,...

Monday's Three Stars: Leafs win! Leafs win! Leafs win! (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:01:51 PDT

No. 1 star: Niklas Hagman, Toronto Maple Leafs Just in case you were thrown off by the subtle headline, once...

Kane leads Blackhawks to 3-1 win over Wild (AP)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:57:46 PDT

Just when the Chicago Blackhawks think Patrick Kane has performed every possible stick-on-puck magic trick, he does something seemingly impossible to amaze them yet again. Kane's spectacular, unassisted goal -- just 3:25 after Minnesota had made it a one-goal game -- helped the Blackhawks to a 3-1 victory Monday night and dropped the Wild to 0-8 on the road.

Brent Seabrook: (Concussion) Out Monday (RotoWire)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:32:00 PDT

Puck Previews: Havlat back in Chicago; Kovalchuk out month (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:25:13 PDT

Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general...

What We Learned: Grading the weekend's dirtiest hits (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:45:13 PDT

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events...