The late-summer return by the NHL after it was stalled by the pandemic has presented veteran defenseman Ryan Suter with an unconventional opportunity: getting to embark on the playoffs recharged.
Mark Pavelich appeared before a judge via video feed for a hearing to review an order that committed him to the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter.
Wild beat writer Sarah McLellan is serving a 14-day quarantine in Edmonton before she can cover the NHL postseason, and here's what she hears during the day in her hotel room.
Wild players and coaches have yet to get a feel for what it'll be like playing inside Rogers Place in Edmonton as part of a jam-packed daily slate of games in the NHL's return-to-play tournament.
00:47Wild beat writer Sarah McLellan is serving a 14-day quarantine in Edmonton before she can cover the NHL postseason, and here's what she hears during the day in her hotel room.
Without fans, the NHL's return is going to sound completely different than what we're used to hearing. NHL hockey writer Sarah McLellan thinks about that in the silence of her Edmonton hotel room.
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After an uneven start in which his minutes declined and he was demoted down the defensive depth chart, Matt Dumba had rebounded to be among the Wild's top players when the season was stopped.
Wild athletes will have it much more comfortable as they embark on this great coronavirus-era experiment than did the North Stars, as they were launching Minnesota into the NHL as an expansion team 53 years ago.
The Wild's beat writer for the Star Tribune, Sarah McLellan, is serving a 14-day quarantine before she can cover the NHL postseason in Edmonton, the city where she was born.
Walt McKechnie was a 20-year-old forward when he first trained with the Stars in Haliburton in 1968. Five decades later, he's serving a third term on city council.
A two-week quarantine in Edmonton should pass quickly for Star Tribune NHL writer Sarah McLellan. It's her hometown, and there is hockey to look forward to
The 23-year-old Russian star had a news conference with Twin Cities media via Zoom on Wednesday. "I am looking forward to this," he said of coming to Minnesota.
In a pair of moves that make the team's future clearer, the Wild removed coach Dean Evason's interim label and locked up coveted prospect Kirill Kaprizov with a two-year contract.
The Wild's owner never reached a point where he thought Monday's franchise-altering development might not happen, but Craig Leipold admits he had moments of real concern.
General Manager Bill Guerin said Sunday that 23-year-old Kirill Kaprizov would benefit by participating in training camp and going to Canada with the Wild for the playoffs.