Tag: Hockey
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Wild offense struggles again as they go 1-2 on the week
2/13 vs Florida 26-22-6 Loss 2-1 in a shootout The offense has struggled to get going lately and this is no different in the 2-1 loss in a shootout. Gustavsson stopped 33 of 34 and has been the hot goalie of late. I still believe he should be the number 1 goalie for the Wild.…
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Wild start the week slow and end it with a win going 1-3
2/6 @ Arizona Loss 3-2 Coming out of the break the Wild needed a hot start and they needed a victory or two to keep pace. This was not the start they needed as they lost 3-2 to a very beatable team. Fleury was in the net and stopped 33 of 36 shots. The defense…
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Wild split the week…again and go 2-2
1/8 vs Blues (19-18-3) loss 3-0 Simply put the offense couldn’t get anything going as they were shut out. Gustavsson did what he could stopping 21 of 23. The Wild lost for the first time in eight games this season against an opponent on the second half of a back-to-back set of games. The game…
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Wild struggle in net, go 2-2 on the week
12-4 @ Dallas WIN 6-5 S/O The Wild picked up right where they left off with a shootout victory over Dallas. The Wild were up 5-1 entering the 3rd period so we shouldn’t have needed a shootout or even OT. The defense and Fleury let the Wild down in the 3rd period. Luckily they were…
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Wild go 3-0 on the week
Nov 27 vs Arizona win 4-3 The Wild started the week off right with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Coyotes. Kirill continued his scoring streak, bringing it to a career-high point in 9 straight games. He had a goal and two assists. Fleury saved 20 out of 23 shots faced. Minnesota is 13-2-0 in…
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Wild split the week with 1 win and 1 loss
The Minnesota Wild had a light week and only played two games which helped get guys rest and get Marc-Andre Fleury back in the line-up. Let’s take a look at the two games they had this week. 11/23 vs Winnipeg 6-1 Wild winThe first period was dominated by the Wild, at one point they were…
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Another tough week for the Wild
Another disappointing week for the Minnesota Wild. They did manage to put one in the win column but overall terrible goal-tending and defense caused this week. Let’s take a look at the games and week: 10-17 vs. Colorado Avalanche Once again the Goalie position was terrible, I was beginning to wonder if the goalies knew…