Three out of the four teams traveling to Fargo, ND know one thing. Their fan bases will probably be in limited quantities as the North Dakota fans will probably be out in full force since they are just 70 miles south of their home base in Grand Forks. For Quinnipiac,...
I'm sure many are confused as to why Notre Dame gets to host this regional on their campus site, and if I understood it completely I would shed some light on the subject. However, This is a regional that sees the top overall seed and the Atlantic Hockey auto bid go...
It is every college hockey fan's favorite time of year, NCAA tournament time. Over the next three days I will be previewing all four regionals, who I think makes it out of them, things to watch for, and give a little bit on how each team got there. Today I will be...
This weekend at the NCHC Frozen Faceoff might have been a possible Frozen Four preview if St. Cloud didn't get shipped off to Fargo with North Dakota and Denver to Providence with Miami. However, the fact that we could possibly see rematches from games this weekend in...
In the second edition of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Target Center in Minneapolis, we have three of the four teams who were there last season back again to try and win the tournament. North Dakota, Miami and Denver all fought for the tournament crowd last year and we...
For roughly 80 years, the University of North Dakota embraced the nickname of "Fighting Sioux" for their athletics program as a tribute and an honor to all of the Sioux tribes as the university saw them as great warriors and strong willed people. Four years ago, the...
With the long term injuries to Jason Zucker, Ryan Carter, and Matt Cooke, the Minnesota Wild needed to fill some shoes for the stretch run. So Tuesday, GM Chuck Fletcher made another splash in the trade market and this time turned to the Florida Panthers to make a...
It was no secret that the Minnesota Wild were going south, and fast, after their first ten games of the season, and would hit rock bottom just before the All-Star Break. However, GM Chuck Fletcher would shake up the locker room, acquiring goaltender Devan Dubnyk, and...
Rivalry is one word that gets thrown around in the sports world a lot, but no rivalry is better, well maybe for the fans, then the rivalry on the ice between the University of North Dakota and the University of Minnesota. Although things have parted ways on the men's...
The past month and a half have been a great struggle for the Minnesota Wild. Since December 1st, Minnesota has a record of 5-14-0, including only two wins in their past 14 games played. The team is also currently on a six game losing streak as well. Nothing can seem...
Each week, I will take a look back at some of the biggest moments in Minnesota Wild history and discuss the importance of that event. So since this is the very first one, I will go way back to 1997, when Commissioner Gary Bettman awarded the city of St. Paul, and the...
It would seem after a few injury plagued seasons for Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom, he is now healthy and ready to contend for the number one job in Minnesota once again. The task will be tough to take the net from Darcy Kuemper right now, but in...
As if things in Minnesota couldn't get any tougher after facing Central Division foe, St. Louis, in a grudge match this past weekend, Minnesota now has a very tough four games ahead of them, three of which are against division leaders. First on the schedule, Montreal,...
Over the past few seasons, Minnesota Wild General Manager, Chuck Fletcher, has acquired many young stars for Minnesota, including Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle, Nino Niederreiter, and Darcy Kuemper. It is no secret what Minnesota was trying to do once Fletcher took...
It is no secret that the Minnesota Wild are a team with a lot of potential this season, but being in a tight knit Central Division, they will have their word cut out from them if they are going to make it back to the playoffs. Right now, Minnesota is finding many...
