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| Panthers hold Wild to 11 shots in shootout win (AP) |
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After one period, the Minnesota Wild appeared to be on the way to another easy win over the Florida Panthers. Then they turned in one of the worst offensive performances in franchise history. Cory Stillman scored the winning shootout goal and the Panthers held the Wild to a franchise-tying low 11 shots in a 3-2 win on Tuesday night. |
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| Wild Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
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Millions of fans have passed through the turnstiles to watch Minnesota Wild hockey games since the franchise's inception in the fall of 2000. But among players, coaches, managers, trainers and broadcasters, there's only one who has attended every home game in team history: radio play-by-play man Bob Kurtz, who wore the headset sitting atop a 400th consecutive sellout crowd inside Xcel Energy Center during Sunday's 5-2 loss to Calgary. "They've done something right in the formula, whatever it is, because you haven't made the playoffs every year," said Kurtz, who also worked Minnesota North Stars games in two separate stints. "There was some feeling you couldn't do it based in St. Paul.
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| What We Learned: Why would Olympic fans watch this nonsense? (Yahoo! Sports) |
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Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and...
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| Ovechkin looks to snap out against Stars (CBC.ca) |
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Alex Ovechkin is likely champing at the bit to get a chance to play the porous Dallas Stars, as he is in a season-long drought of six games without a goal.
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| Iginla records hat trick, Vesa Toskala makes 27 saves as Flames beat Wild 5-2 (The Canadian Press) |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Despite being the career leader in goals against the Minnesota Wild, Jarome Iginla hadn't scored one in 10 games. |
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| Sunday's Three Stars: More Iginla mastery; Sabres win in OT (Yahoo! Sports) |
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No. 1 Star: Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames Fun fact: No NHL player has scored more goals against the Minnesota...
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| Iginla's hat trick leads Flames past Wild 5-2 (AP) |
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Despite being the career leader in goals against Minnesota Wild, Jarome Iginla hadn't scored one in 10 games. He certainly broke out of his slump in a big way. Iginla recorded his 10th career hat trick -- his third against Minnesota -- and Vesa Toskala made 27 saves in his first start since being traded to Calgary as the Flames beat the Wild 5-2 on Sunday. |
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| Wild's Boogaard suspended for 2 games (AP) |
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Minnesota Wild forward Derek Boogaard has been suspended for delivering a knee hit on Edmonton forward Ryan Jones. The NHL announced the discipline on Saturday. Boogaard was assessed a minor penalty for kneeing on the play 7:29 into the first period of the Oilers' 2-1 shootout win Friday night. Boogaard, who was suspended for five games on Feb.
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| Flames grind out win vs. Devils (CBC.ca) |
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The New Jersey Devils fell to the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Friday at the Saddledome.
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| Comrie lifts Oilers past Wild (AP) |
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The Edmonton Oilers celebrated Fan Appreciation Night with a rare victory. Mike Comrie scored in regulation and added the shootout winner in the Oilers' 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. The Oilers, last in the NHL, snapped a three-game losing streak with just their fifth victory since Dec 15. |
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| Friday's Three Stars: Deslauriers shines; two highlight-reel goals (Yahoo! Sports) |
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No. 1 Star: Jeff Deslauriers, Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton goaltender starred tonight during a 2-1 shootout win...
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| Comrie scores in regulation, shootout as Oilers down Wild 2-1 to end 3-game skid (The Canadian Press) |
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EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers celebrated Fan Appreciation Night by rewarding their faithful with a rare win. |
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| Bruins hope streak ends against anemic Leafs (CBC.ca) |
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The Boston Bruins are one loss away from tying a franchise-worst home losing streak that has stood for 85 years, but they shouldn't have trouble avoiding that mark if the Toronto Maple Leafs play like they did in their last outing.
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| Infected hand ends Oilers' Souray's season (Yahoo! Sports) |
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The NHL trading deadline passed and Edmonton Oilers veteran defenseman Sheldon Souray didn't change teams.
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| Backstrom, Wild blank Flames (AP) |
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Niklas Backstrom upstaged Miikka Kiprusoff after backing up the Calgary Flames star for Finland in the Olympics. Backstrom made 29 saves for his second shutout of the NHL season and Mikko Koivu and Andrew Brunette each had a goal and an assist in the Minnesota Wild's 4-0 victory over the Flames on Wednesday.
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| Niklas Backstrom makes 29 saves as Wild shut out Flames 4-0 (The Canadian Press) |
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CALGARY - Niklas Backstrom played second fiddle to Mikka Kiprusoff for Finland at the Winter Games, but the Wild netminder took centre stage on Wednesday night. |
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| Wednesday's Three Stars: Booth's revenge; night of goalie failure (Yahoo! Sports) |
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No. 1 Star: David Booth, Florida Panthers It was Booth's first game against the Philadelphia Flyers since...
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| Flames pick up Staios, Toskala (CBC.ca) |
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The last-place Edmonton Oilers dealt veteran defenceman Steve Staios to Calgary on Wednesday for fellow blue-liner Aaron Johnson and a third-round draft pick.
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| Wild deal Belanger to Caps for 2nd-round pick (AP) |
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The Washington Capitals have acquired center Eric Belanger (buh-LAHN'-zhay) from the Minnesota Wild for a second-round draft pick. The deal was done Wednesday, before the NHL's deadline. The 32-year-old Belanger will be a free agent this summer. He has 13 goals and 22 assists in 35 games, ranking seventh in the NHL with wins on 57.6 percent of his faceoffs.
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| Puck Daddy's 2010 NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog, Hour 6 (Yahoo! Sports) |
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(Ed. Note: We're live blogging every hour of the NHL trade deadline until its completion at 3 p.m.
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| Puck Daddy's 2010 NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog, Hour 3 (Yahoo! Sports) |
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(Ed. Note: We're live blogging every hour of the NHL trade deadline until its completion at 3 p.m.
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| Puck Daddy's 2010 Trade Deadline Chatter Box, Day 2 (Yahoo! Sports) |
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Day 1 of the Puck Daddy Chatter Box saw rumors fly about the GM Garth Snow's New York Islanders and the...
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| Maple Leafs trade Ponikarovsky to Penguins (CBC.ca) |
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Alexei Ponikarovsky was traded late Tuesday to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Luca Caputi and defenceman Martin Skoula.
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| Wild sign deals with Zidlicky, Stoner (AP) |
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The Minnesota Wild have signed defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Clayton Stoner to contract extensions. Both Zidlicky and Stoner were to be restricted free agents this summer. Zidlicky signed a three-year extension and Stoner two. Financial terms were not disclosed Tuesday. The 33-year-old Zidlicky has 36 points in 60 games.
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| Puck Headlines: Vokoun on rumors; Ovie talks camera shove (Yahoo! Sports) |
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Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in...
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| Team Canada's motto revealed (CBC.ca) |
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Olympic hockey's fever pitch may be over, but the buzz over Team Canada's victory remains.
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