https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/15/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-hockey-fan-holiday-2018-gift-guide/‘Tis the season, hockey fans, and perhaps loved ones of hockey fans. To kick off the holiday shopping season right, I’ve prepared a list of items that the Minnesota Hockey Fan in your life — or yourself after the holidays when you’ve been disappointed yet again — may want. I started this pre-black...5844Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/thanksgiving-benchmark-is-mixed-bag-for-wilds-playoff-hopes/Professional sports seasons are lengthy, relatively speaking. Baseball, basketball and hockey all span about half a year for a regular season. With that comes arbitrary markers in which to analyze a team’s season.   In the NHL, that marker is Thanksgiving.   Yes, besides a holiday where American...5839Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/three-on-three-a-forgettable-weekend/It was a long weekend for Minnesota sports, and the Wild were no exception. Let's go for a little three on three about what was good and not so good from their back to back losses.   The Good:   With a goal in both games over the weekend -- and now three of his last four games -- Zach Parise con...5832Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/johnson-tyus-jones-is-playing-for-a-new-deal/When the Timberwolves traded for Tyus Jones on draft night in 2015, it just seemed like a nice story.   Then Wolves boss, Flip Saunders, had already selected the year’s prized possession, Karl-Anthony Towns. He then traded two second-round picks for Jones, whom the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted 24t...5831Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-turnovers-mistakes-haunt-vikings-in-loss-to-bears/CHICAGO, Ill. -- With Thanksgiving around the corner, the Minnesota Vikings were in a giving mood against the Chicago Bears, and it likely cost them a shot at the NFC North lead.   Kirk Cousins threw two interceptions, including a pick six, Dalvin Cook fumbled in the red zone, and the Vikings fai...5828Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-bears/Before getting to this week's prediction, here's some pregame reading material in case you missed anything leading up to Vikings-Bears.   A look at how Week 10's results impacted the Vikings while they were on a bye.   An overview of the Bears deep, talented defense after watching all 24 of thei...5827Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-cant-overcome-self-inflicted-wounds-in-loss-to-northwestern/Turnovers and offensive miscues drowned the Minnesota Golden Gophers' chances of walking away with an upset win.   The Gophers fell 24-14 at the hands of the Big Ten West champion No. 22 Northwestern Wildcats on Senior Day at TCF Bank Stadium.   Needing a win to become bowl-eligible, the Gophers...5826Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-you-see-is-what-youre-going-to-get-with-the-post-butler-timberwolves/It’s hard not to notice the difference in the way the Minnesota Timberwolves are playing since Jimmy Butler was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. They’re sharing the ball, they’re playing defense and, most importantly, they won the first three games since his departure.   “Those guys came over wi...5825Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-richard-pitino-disappointed-in-ncaas-decision-to-deny-marcus-carrs-eligibility-waiver/After a drawn-out waiver process that kept Golden Gophers sophomore guard Marcus Carr in limbo, the NCAA officially denied the transfer's appeal to play immediately on Thursday, shelving him for the 2018-19 season.   Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino had been optimistic throughout the preseason...5824Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/weekend-update-windy-city-showdown/No, the title is not referring to Sunday night's Vikings-Bears matchup, but to the Wild and Blackhawks of course!   Another new series coming here to Zone Coverage where every Friday we will highlight various hockey matchups for you to watch over the course of the weekend. This will cover the NHL...5816Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/throwback-thursday-pierre-marc-bouchard-misconduct-penalty/Every Thursday we will take a look into the Minnesota Wild archives and point out an event that happened on this date. The event could be well known, or it could be an obscure occurrence as well. Either way, it's going to get pointed out on this throwback Thursday segment.   To kick off this segm...5812Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-riding-high-after-seven-game-road-trip/The weather in Minnesota brought an early dose of winter this month. For those who need frigid temps to get into hockey season, now is about the perfect time to jump on the Minnesota Wild bandwagon -- for multiple reasons.   The Wild returned home after a very successful, franchise-long seven-gam...5797Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-joe-mauer-to-retire/According to LaVelle E. Neal III and Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Joe Mauer will announce his retirement from baseball after 15 MLB seasons, all with the Minnesota Twins.   The Twins have not yet confirmed the announcement, but the expectation is that a press conference will take...5792Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-thank-you-bob-naegele/I was just three-and-a-half years old when the North Stars packed up and left town.   Obviously, it was not old enough to have a memory of the team whatsoever. But it does not take much to see that their leaving left a large hole in Minnesota hockey.   As a kid of the 90s, I spent the latter par...5790Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mailbag-ben-remington-answers-your-questions/Welcome back! After I returned to social media following the election season disgustingness, I asked all of my friends and followers for questions on the Minnesota Wild and existential questions on life, as I do monthly during the season.   Here's what they had to ponder.   https://twitter.com/s...5789Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wilds-defensive-duo-seeler-and-pateryn-playing-well-on-winning-stretch/The Minnesota Wild are rolling as the calendar turns to November, having won seven of their last eight games. They sit at 8-3-2 with 18 points and in second place in the Central as of Tuesday morning.   Along with that, one of the more encouraging signs is that they’re getting help from all over...5777Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/karl-anthony-towns-and-the-wolves-second-unit/“General soreness” was the reason announced for Jimmy Butler’s sudden absence from Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Following Sunday night’s enveloping defeat to the Portland Trail Blazers, it would be an apropos title for the Wolves’ season to date.   Of the team’s first 10 games, seven...5770Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-vikings-blitz-stafford-lions-in-24-9-win/The Minnesota Vikings failed to sack Drew Brees in their 30-20 loss last Sunday. One week later, they delivered one of their most suffocating defensive performances in recent memory in a 24-9 victory against the Detroit Lions to get to the bye week at 5-3-1.   Danielle Hunter, Tom Johnson, Sheldo...5766Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-hockey-swept-in-mankato/Rem Pitlick spent the final 35 minutes trying to make up for a kicked puck. Despite early success and coming close twice more in the closing minutes, the unfortunate play was the deciding one in Minnesota’s third straight loss.   In a night where special teams played a major role, Minnesota State...5765Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/frustration-sets-in-for-gophers-during-5-1-loss-to-minnesota-state/Forty-five seconds remained in an empty Mariucci Arena and Minnesota State fans started chanting “M-S-U” towards the last home fans quickly leaving the building.   They had a good reason. It was a night where the Gophers, as Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko put it, “weren’t a good hockey team ton...5764Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-same-old-song-and-dance-for-the-minnesota-wild/"It's deja vu all over again." - Yogi Berra   The Wild have made the playoffs for six seasons straight, which is a notable accomplishment, but have just two series victories to their credit in that time. They've had some very different regular seasons, sometimes slumping, sometimes streaking, but...5759Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/brandon-hood-caicedo-is-t-wolves-gamings-inaugural-star/Brandon Caicedo averaged 29.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game last season. Now, he's a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization.   It's true – but there's a little bit more to it than that.   Hood Is Glitchy (just Hood for short), the customized player that Brandon create...5749Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:00:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-big-man-eric-curry-undergoes-knee-surgery-out-4-6-weeks/The Minnesota Golden Gophers might be having an unpleasant dose of deja vu Monday afternoon as another preseason knee surgery set back one of their key contributors for the 2018-19 season.   Redshirt sophomore Eric Curry underwent a surgical procedure on his left knee that will cause him to miss...5741Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/saints-squeezed-life-out-of-vikings-with-second-half-efficiency/At first glance, the 30-20 final score might be alarming for those expecting a big defensive performance by the Minnesota Vikings on their home turf.   At second glance, some of the concern should be put to rest. The New Orleans Saints scored 14 points off turnovers and another three points after...5736Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/locker-room-video-stefon-diggs-adam-thielen-and-kirk-cousins/The Minnesota Vikings top three offensive playmakers put up big numbers in Sunday night's game against the New Orleans Saints, but they come with a collective asterisk.   Kirk Cousins finished with 359 yards through the air, Stefon Diggs led the way with 119 receiving yards, and Adam Thielen fini...5734Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000