Archive for November 21st, 2009

Minnesota Wild – Minnesota Wild Recalls Nathan Smith – OurSports Central

HOUSTON – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled center Nathan Smith from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Wild also placed center/left wing Benoit For more info click here

But with the Winter Olympics, general managers around the league are going to have to do their homework earlier than usual to work around the Olympic break from Feb. 15-28. The Minnesota Wild are amongst a handful of teams who look to be major For more info click here

When Michael Leighton stopped Marek Zidlicky on the Wild’s final chance, the Hurricanes had their first win since Oct. 9. Leighton made 28 saves in his second start of the season and Ray Whitney, Jokinen, Joe Corvo and Brandon Sutter scored in For more info click here

Minnesota Wild Hockey – NHL roundup – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NHL roundup – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Stars 3, Red Wings 1 — Alex Auld made 31 saves, and Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen and Loui Eriksson scored in visiting Dallas’ victory over Detroit. Brad Richards and James Neal each had two assists for the Stars. Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit

Wild – Minnesota Wild – Chicago Tribune

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Malone Continued

Nolan delivered again Friday night, blocking a big shot on a New York Islanders power play with the score tied 2-2 late in the third period, then calmly knocking down a pass, spinning and sweeping in the winning goal with just 1:07 remaining to give Continued

Wild – Nolan’s 2 goals give Wild 3-2 win over Islanders – KOB.com

(AP) ST. PAUL, Minn. – Owen Nolan’s goal with 67 seconds remaining, his second of the game, sent the struggling Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Nolan had been dragged down in front of Islanders goalie Read more about this article

Phoenix never trailed but the Coyotes saw the Wild rally twice from one-goal deficits. Minnesota lost its fourth in a row. The Wild forged a 2-2 tie on a wrist shot by Antti Miettinen with 4:58 remaining. It took Phoenix just 19 seconds to regain the Read more about this article

After three full seasons playing for the Wild ’s Houston affiliate in the American Hockey League, Irmen put together a decent training camp in the fall but — again — was dispatched to the Aeros. At 25, he had to wonder if he’d ever make it to the Read more about this article

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Ryan Potulny and Patrick O’Sullivan scored third-period goals and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 last night. After Sam Gagner pulled the Oilers within one with 16 seconds Read more about this article