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Minnesota heads to Iowa City looking to break No. 24 Hawkeyes' stranglehold on Floyd of Rosedale
Minnesota and Iowa have played for the Floyd of Rosedale every year since 1935. Floyd has resided with the 24th-ranked Hawkeyes for eight straight years and 18 of the last 22. The Gophers' next opportunity to lay claim to Floyd comes Saturday when they visit Kinnick Stadium.
Twin Cities queer hockey group worries new NHL guideline is shortsighted
Over the summer, the National Hockey League announced that special Jerseys worn during warmups on theme nights — like Pride night — would no longer be allowed. After a handful of players refused to wear them last season, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said it had become a distraction.
Wild beat Panthers 2-0 behind Brock Faber's first NHL goal, 41 saves by Filip Gustavsson
Brock Faber got his first NHL goal in the first period and Filip Gustavsson stopped 41 shots for a season-opening shutout as the Minnesota Wild beat the Florida Panthers 2-0 on Thursday night.
Processing that Twins loss, and other sports news
Sports guys Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer Thursday morning to process Wednesday’s Twins game and talk about what’s next in Minnesota sports.
Astros power past Twins 3-2 in ALDS Game 4
Royce Lewis gave the Twins another big-moment home run — a line smash into the left-field seats with a similar trajectory to the one he hit in his first postseason at-bat in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series sweep over Toronto — but it wasn’t enough to keep Minnesota’s season going.