Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Simon Johansson to a two-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season. Johansson, 22 (6/14/99), recorded 32 points (8-24=32) including two power-play goals, a plus-6 rating, 177 shots on goal and 20 penalty minutes (PIM) in 58 games […]
Wild Stun Stars in Overtime
(Dallas, TX) — Freddy Gaudreau scored his first career O-T winner 1:40 into overtime to lift the Wild over the Stars 3-2. Gaudreau took a perfect pass from goaltender Marc Andre Fleury before finishing his 12th goal of the season and lifting the Wild back into a tie with the Blues for second place in […]
Wild Clip Caps in D.C.
(Washington, DC) — The Minnesota Wild scored the first four goals of the game in their 5-1 win over the Capitals in D.C. Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring in the first period, and he had another goal in the second to lead the Wild. Tyson Jost, Marcus Foligno, and Nicolas Deslauriers also scored for […]
Wild sign 2019 draft pick Firstov
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Vladislav Firstov to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season. He will report to the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) on an amateur tryout (ATO) for the remainder of this season. Firstov, 20 […]
Wild Woes Continue Against Stars
(St. Paul, MN) — Despite a good start and a frantic finish the Wild fell 6-3 to the Stars on Sunday afternoon in St. Paul. Nico Sturm opened the scoring with his ninth of the season midway through the first period but the Stars responded with four consecutive goals including two on the power play. […]
Wild Skid Continues With Fourth Straight Loss
(St. Paul, MN) — The Wild trailed for nearly the entire game in a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Xcel Energy Center. Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk scored less than two minutes into the game, and Andrew Mangiapane the eventual game-winning goal later in the first period. Minnesota got a goal from Marcus […]
Matthews Scores Twice and Beats Wild in Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario) — Auston Matthews scored twice including the game winner midway through the third as the Leafs beat the Wild 3-1 in Toronto. Freddy Gaudreau scored the only Wild goal at 8:37 of the second but just :27 seconds later Matthews tied the game with his 35th of the season and then picked rookie […]
Wild Continue Canada Road Trip Tonight in Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario) — The Wild and their tour of Canada will continue tonight when the Wild find themselves in Toronto for spot number three of their four game journey. The Wild split the first half of their road trip with a 7-3 win in Edmonton on Sunday followed by a 4-3 loss in Ottawa on […]
Wild Blanked in Winnipeg ((AUDIO))
(Winnipeg, MB) — The Minnesota Wild couldn’t solve Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck in a 2-0 loss to Winnipeg at Canada Life Centre. The Wild combined for 27 shots-on-goal, but they couldn’t get any past Hellebuyck. Kaapo Kahkonen made 27 saves in a losing effort. The loss snaps a six-game winning streak for Minnesota, which falls […]
Wild Shine at All Star Break; Prepare for Second Half
(Las Vegas, NV) — Both goaltender Cam Talbot and forward Kirill Kaprizov did their part to entertain N-H-L fans at the All Star weekend in Las Vegas. Friday night in the skills competition, Kaprizov impersonated fellow Russian Alex Ovechkin in the breakaway challenge including using a right handed stick and wearing a No. 8 Washington […]