Former NHL player and Minnesota Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers died Monday after a battle with lung cancer, the team and University of Minnesota-Duluth said. He was 58.
Mattias Janmark had his first career hat trick in what might have been the most important home playoff game in the Golden Knights' four-year history, a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 7 of their opening-round series.
Between hard hitting, fast skating, a torrid pace, spectacular goaltending — Game 1 of the first-round series between the Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday had everything but a goal in regulation.
The National Hockey League now has four teams paused for virus-related reasons after the Minnesota Wild were shut down through at least Tuesday. The Wild now have six players on the league’s COVID-19 list and had their next four games postponed.
Mikko Koivu’s extraordinary career with the Minnesota Wild is over. The team says it will not resign the 37-year-old Finn, whose contract is expiring. Koivu is the only full-time captain the club has had.
Four days into a most unusual Stanley Cup tournament, it's clear that playoff hockey is still playoff hockey, even without the roar of the crowd. The Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks have proven as much with jawing and hitting back and forth.
Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before Saturday's opening playoff game. “Racism is everywhere, and we need to fight against it,” he said. “We will fight against injustice. … Hockey is a great game, but it could be a whole lot greater, and it starts with all of us.”
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The team announced the news Friday morning. The move comes after the Wild blew a two-goal lead Thursday night and lost in a shootout to the visiting New York Rangers.
The Wild struggled in Paul Fenton’s first year. He traded away several popular players and the team missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
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