(St. Paul, MN) -- Joel Eriksson Ek scored the only goal in a 2-1 Wild loss to the Stars in their final preseason contest. Jesper Wallstedt made 16 saves as Minnesota dropped the final three games of the exhibition schedule. The Stars won all four games they played...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Wild made another round of cuts on Thursday as they prepare for tonight’s preseason finale against the Dallas Stars. Reily Heidt, Hunter Haight, Ben Dexheimer and Rieger Lorenz were amongst the final cuts that will report to the Iowa...
Jon Bittner, the longtime Crookston coach who also served a decade as the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association’s Executive Director, has been named the winner of the MHCA’s Cliff Thompson Award for long-term outstanding contributions to the sport of hockey in...
The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with Bonfe, announced that a winter gear drive will be held on Friday, Sept. 25 when it hosts the Dallas Stars at 7:00 p.m. at Grand Casino Arena. New or gently used winter gear such as coats, scarves, hats, gloves, snowpants, etc....
(St. Paul, MN) -- Day three of Minnesota Wild training camp will bring with it the first preseason game as tonight the Wild host the Chicago Blackhawks. It will be mostly a younger line up featuring rookies Charlie Stramel and Riley Heidt but will also have some...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Wild opened training camp yesterday at TRIA Rink in St. Paul as they prepare for another season. Yesterday, there were two groups on the ice. Both groups practiced separately and also scrimmaged against each other. Max Shabanov got...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed Head Coach John Hynes to a multi-year contract extension. Hynes is entering his fourth season as Head Coach of the Minnesota Wild,...
The Minnesota Wild, Let’s Play Hockey, and Minnesota Hockey announced the organizations will partner for the annual Used Hockey Equipment Drive. AAA Movers will collect the drop-off boxes from select rinks on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Thousands of pieces of donated...
The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with Minnesota Hockey, the Minnesota Hockey Officials Association and USA Hockey, today announced the 2026 Level 1 Hockey Referee Seminar and Clinic will be held at the Minnesota Wild Executive Offices on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 9...
The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with the American Red Cross, announced they will host a blood drive at Grand Casino Arena on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register and for more information on donor eligibility, please click the following link or...
The Minnesota Wild’s 2026-27 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule was released today. The Wild opens the season on the road on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. against the Nashville Predators. The 2026-27 schedule consists of 84 games - 42 home contests and...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed goaltender Filip Ruzicka to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2026-27 season. Ruzicka, 18 (3/24/08), played in...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed forward Caedan Bankier ($850,000/$100,000) and defensemen Carson Lambos ($850,000/$110,000) and David Spacek ($850,000/$110,000)...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Roman Schmidt to a one-year, two-way contract ($850,000/$100,000) for the 2026-27 season. Schmidt, 23 (2/27/03), tallied...
The Minnesota Frost announced that goaltender Marlène Boissonnault has been re-signed to a one-year Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Standard Player Agreement for the 2026-27 season. The signing brings the Frost roster up to 15 players under contract for the...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Daemon Hunt to a one-year, $900,000 contract for the 2026-27 season. Hunt, 24 (5/15/02), established career highs in...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired forward Blake Coleman and defenseman Olli Määttä from the Calgary Flames in exchange for defenseman Jake Middleton, a third-round...
Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League has re-signed defenseman Zach Bogosian to a one-year, $1,250,000 million contract. Bogosian, 35 (7/15/1990), collected six points (2-4=6), 18 penalty...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Wild were busy trying to fill holes in their line up yesterday in Day 1 of N-H-L Free Agency. They signed 34 year old goaltender Calvin Pickard to a one year, $1 million contract plus former Wild draft pick Mason Shaw to a two way contract to...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Free Agency begins this morning at 11 A-M in the National Hockey League and the Minnesota Wild should be rather busy. The Wild are on the prowl for a top line center and their main target is said to be Detroit captain Dylan Larkin who has requested a...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Former Gopher and Wild defenseman Stu Bickel has been named the new head coach for the Iowa Wild. Bickel spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach in the American Hockey League including four years with Coachella Valley. He now takes over...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The N-H-L Draft wasn’t the typically busy weekend for the Minnesota Wild as they only made three selections over the two days. They went into the draft with no picks in the first and second round and only five picks total. But after trading up a...
(St. Paul, MN) -- While the Wild were quiet last night during the first round of the N-H-L Draft, they did make news when Bill Guerin was named the 2025-26 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award recipient. Minnesota ranked seventh in the N-H-L in points during...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Wild currently owns five picks in the N-H-L Draft. The draft will be held tonight and tomorrow at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The Minnesota Wild Hockey Operations Staff will conduct draft activities from the team’s facility at...
The Minnesota Frost has selected defender Sara Swiderski from The Ohio State University in the first round (9th overall) of the 2026 PWHL Draft. Swiderski played four collegiate seasons split between Clarkson University (2022-24) and Ohio State (2024-26), Her breakout...
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) today announced its award winners for the 2025-26 regular season during the 2026 PWHL Awards presented by Ally Financial. The event was held Tuesday evening in Detroit. 2026 PWHL AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-STAR TEAMS Forward of...
PWHL Hamilton announced that forward Abby Hustler has been signed to a two-year Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Standard Player Agreement ahead of the team’s inaugural 2026-27 season. Hustler, who was under contract with the Minnesota Frost, has signed a new...