(The Associated Press) Jussi Jokinen scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Sunday to end a 14-game winless streak. The Hurricanes' second shooter in the shootout, Jokinen went to his backhand and lofted the puck above the glove of Niklas Backstrom. When Michael Leighton stopped Marek Zidlicky on the Wild's final chance, the Hurricanes had...
via Tarik El-Bashir of Capitals Insider, Mike Knuble suffered a broken finger late in the first period and will need surgery, a team official said. He is expected to miss three to four weeks. The first line right wing was injured when he was shoved from behind and crashed headfirst into the net by Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky. It’s unclear exactly how Knuble was hurt, but he went hurdling over...
Cal Clutterbuck and Mikko Koivu scored first-period goals and the Minnesota Wild held on to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Saturday night. Marek Zidlicky also scored for the Wild, which has won three of four. Loui Eriksson scored twice on the power play for the... Minnesota Wild - Dallas Stars - Loui Eriksson - Mikko Koivu - Power play
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Cal Clutterbuck and Mikko Koivu scored first-period goals and the Minnesota Wild held on to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Saturday night.Marek Zidlicky also scored for the Wild, which has won three of four.Loui Eriksson scored twice ...
Penguins -Sidney Crosby might want to avoid fighting given the injuries to teammates like Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar . -Speaking of Crosby and fighting, his opponent in Saturday's bout, Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky ( above, with Crosby ), admitted that he didn't have his jersey tied down . -Does Alex Goligoski merit some consideration for the United States' Olympic roster ? -A reader sends...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins finished October as one of five teams in NHL history to rack up 12 win in October. -The Star Tribune's recap . The WIld has won back to back games for the first time this season. -The Pioneer Press' recap . It was Nicklas Backstrom's ( above, with Sidney Crosby ) night. -The Associated Press' recap . The WIld is 3-0 against the...
I am not a subscriber to the ESPN Insider service, but I did notice that they posted an article today that was titled "Wild Preparing for Fire Sale". It doesn't take rocket scientists or title insurance examiners to figure out that this may be the case sooner rather than later. If the team doesn't start playing better, GM Chuck Fletcher is going to start trading away players who will become...
Nick Schultz tied the game late in the third period and Marek Zidlicky netted the deciding goal in the shootout... as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Colorado Avalanche... 3-2... at Xcel Energy Center. from ABC 7 News
Marek Zidlicky scored the shootout winner over Peter Budaj's glove, and Nick Schultz scored the tying goal with less than two minutes left in regulation in the Wild's 3-2 victory over the Avalanche.
Marek Zidlicky scored the shootout winner over Peter Budaj's glove, and Nick Schultz scored the tying goal with less than two minutes left in regulation in the Minnesota Wild 's 3-2 shootout victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Marek Zidlicky scored Minnesota's tying goal from mid-ice when San Jose goalie Brian Boucher made a humiliating blunder on the puck, and Mikko Koivu scored his second goal with 13.3 seconds left in overtime in the Wild's 4-3 victory over the Sharks on Thursday. Zidlicky completed Minnesota's comeback from a three-goal deficit with 7:37 left in regulation when his dump-in backhand...
Sharks backup goaltender Brian Boucher, between the pipes in relief of the injured Evgeni Nabokov, gaffed and let in this fluky goal by Wild defensemen Marek Zidlicky during the third period of last night’s tilt between San Jose and Minnesota. Zidlicky’s goal tied the game 3-3 as the Wild came back from a 3-0 deficit [...]
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