https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/29/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-13-pregame-colorado-avalanche-vs-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild are probably sick of hearing about the obvious storyline ahead of Tuesday’s matchup with the Colorado Avalanche. The Wild were absolutely crushed in their past two games in Colorado, losing 7-2 and 7-1 this winter.   For the mathematicians out there, the Wild have been outscore...4380Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-sign-veteran-guard-tanisha-wright/While the Minnesota Lynx have as much veteran leadership and championship pedigree as anyone in the league, they decided to go out and get some more.   The team signed 12-year WNBA veteran Tanisha Wright to a contract on Tuesday, with terms of the deal not yet disclosed.     Wright won the...4378Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-case-keenum-agrees-to-deal-with-denver-broncos/According to multiple NFL reporters, quarterback Case Keenum has agreed to sign a deal with the Denver Broncos, ensuring that the Minnesota Vikings will have a new quarterback for the 2018 season. The deal is expected to be signed when free agency opens on March 14.     The Broncos' senior...4375Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:29:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-11-recap-towns-leads-timberwolves-to-pivotal-win-over-defending-champs/In many ways, Jimmy Butler got the Timberwolves to the spot they're in right now.   On a number of occasions, especially early in the season, he put the team on his back for wins. He'd keep his teammates accountable on defense. He set a culture that helped give his team good position to finish wi...4363Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-10-recap-wild-lose-in-edmonton/The Minnesota Wild game in Edmonton on Saturday night was not nice.   Well, at least the result wasn’t.   The Wild (39-23-7) saw a three-game winning streak end with a 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers (30-34-4). One of the NHL’s best scorers, Connor McDavid, scored a pair of second-period goals...4362Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-10-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-edmonton-oilers/The Minnesota Wild will go for victory No. 40 in game No. 69 of the season. A win in Edmonton on Saturday night would be the Wild’s fourth in a row and ninth in 11 games.   The third-place Wild (39-22-7) have an eight-game winning streak going in Edmonton going back to Feb. 21, 2013, good enough...4360Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-9-recap-moorheads-own-cullen-shines-for-wild-during-minnesotas-hockey-weekend/Maybe Matt Cullen was feeling nostalgic. With the Minnesota state boys’ high school hockey tournament happening this week, it’s understandable that Cullen might flash back to his preps days as a Moorhead Spud and put the puck in the net.   Cullen, still the oldest player in the NHL at 41 years o...4358Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-9-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-vancouver-canucks/Yet another set of back-to-back road games as part of March Madness for the Minnesota wild. They’ll start this set with a game out west in Vancouver.   Just like last weekend, the Wild have another couple of games against teams ranked lower in the standings. The Wild (38-22-7), still in the third...4356Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-8-recap-lack-of-jimmy-butlers-influence-quickly-overtakes-rose-storyline-in-loss-to-celtics/In a game that started as a one-man show surrounding a former All-Star, the narrative quickly changed into a tragedy about a team missing its current All-Star.   Yes, Derrick Rose is now officially a member of the Timberwolves. He warmed up with the team, cheered on his team from the bench and ta...4352Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-first-camp-cuts/Spring training is in full force, and the Minnesota Twins announced their first wave of camp cuts on Wednesday morning from Fort Myers.   Left-handed pitcher Dietrich Enns and righty Felix Jorge were sent to Triple-A Rochester. Enns came over from the New York Yankees last season in the Jaime Gar...4344Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:20:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/boys-hockey-class-1a-quarterfinals-mahtomedi-takes-care-of-business-this-time/Mahtomedi boys’ hockey has been to the state tournament in three of the past four years. In the past, they’ve been known to show up at the tournament with bleached-blonde hair.   Not this year, unfortunately, said senior Charlie Bartholomew. Coach Jeff Poeschl was a little more serious.   “We’re...4343Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-6-recap-wild-beat-carolina-with-4-goals-in-record-time/Well, that game escalated quickly. But in a good way, for Minnesota Wild fans.   The Wild (38-22-7) set a franchise record for the fastest four goals in team history when they tallied four in a span of 3:28 early in the second period as part of a 6-2 home victory over the Carolina Hurricanes (29-...4333Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-acquire-danielle-robinson-in-trade-for-2018-first-round-pick/The Minnesota Lynx have their main group from last year’s championship club, but that hasn’t stopped them from continuing to build ahead of the 2018 WNBA season.   Newly-appointed general manager Cheryl Reeve and the Lynx announced Tuesday that they have acquired three-time All-Star Danielle Robi...4330Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-6-pregame-carolina-hurricanes-vs-minnesota-wild/Minnesota Wild forward Eric Staal, as well as Matt Cullen, will get a chance to show off against their former team when the Carolina Hurricanes visit St. Paul for a game Tuesday night.   Carolina drafted Staal second overall in the 2003 NHL draft and played 909 games over 12 seasons (2003-16) wit...4327Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/potential-iowa-wild-call-ups/Luke Kunin's ACL injury was unfortunate for the Wild, as they finally had cleared cap space at the Feb. 26 trade deadline to get him back up with Minnesota.     Kunin had spent just over three months in Iowa -- Minnesota's AHL affiliate -- where he was selected to the AHL All-Star Classic in la...4326Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lenz-figuring-out-the-twins-final-rotation-spot/Here we are about a week-and-a-half into spring training and I wanted to take a minute to address the starting pitching outlook for the Minnesota Twins.   Recently, Twins manager Paul Molitor mentioned breaking camp with a four-man rotation which would be an interesting move as we wait for Ervin...4323Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/luke-kunin-out-for-remainder-of-season-with-torn-acl/The Minnesota Wild announced Monday that rookie forward Luke Kunin will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee.     Kunin was just in his second game back with Minnesota on Sunday -- after spending three-plus months in Iowa -- when he suffered the injury against D...4321Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-4-recap-back-home-seeler-fight-sparks-wild-victory/When the Minnesota Wild put Chris Stewart on waivers, they may have had their reasons. In turn, though, they lost a veteran forward and resident tough guy. Maybe defenseman and Eden Prairie native Nick Seeler can fill that void.   Seeler has played in just 11 games with the Wild and has two ass...4310Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-4-recap-minnesota-wins-wcha-final-faceoff-championship/Only once the puck crossed the red line and into the empty net was Minnesota able to celebrate Sunday.   With Minnesota holding on to a one-goal lead against the top-ranked Badgers, Wisconsin spent nearly two minutes in the Gopher end before Nicole Schammel sealed the game by skating in alone and...4309Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-4-pregame-detroit-red-wings-vs-minnesota-wild/How quickly things can change for the Minnesota Wild. It was a five steps forward, two steps back kind of situation when they beat up on the St. Louis Blues at home 8-3, then lost – badly – on the road to a couple teams below them in terms of record and standing.   Now back in fourth place in the...4307Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-3-recap-gophers-advance-to-wcha-final-faceoff-championship/Needing a win, Minnesota got its biggest victory of the season. The Gophers will continue theirs.   Freshman Grace Zumwinkle scored both goals Saturday in a 2-0 win over Ohio State. Minnesota (23-10-3) will face Wisconsin for the WCHA Final Faceoff championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA...4303Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-3-recap-penn-state-holds-on-knocks-gophers-out-of-big-ten-conference-tournament/The Gophers, having likely done enough over the first 34 games to earn an at-large bid when the 16 team field is announced on March 18, will enter the NCAA Tournament on a four-game losing streak, all to the Nittany Lions and all at Pegula Arena.   The latest loss came Saturday when Penn State ca...4302Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-2-recap-wolves-ride-emotional-rollercoaster-in-loss-to-jazz/With three-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter, Taj Gibson took a dribble to his right and spun back over his right shoulder for a lefty hook -- classic post-up whirling from the 32-year-old. So classic that Rudy Gobert knew it was coming. A split-second after Gibson released the shot, Go...4298Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-2-recap-penn-state-takes-game-1-against-minnesota/Fifty-five seconds near the end of the second period changed the course of Friday’s Big Ten quarterfinal opener.   With the game tied at two and 1:12 remaining, Penn State’s Denis Smirnov and Andrew Sturtz each scored before the second-period buzzer sounded to leave the Gophers in a two-goal hole...4297Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-2-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-colorado-avalanche/It’s amazing how one loss can seem like a pretty big setback. The Minnesota Wild saw their winning streak come to an abrupt halt with a 5-3 loss in Arizona on Thursday. They’re still in third place in the playoff picture, but losing to the worst team in the league for the second time this season i...4296Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000