https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/31/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/eight-seconds-into-overtime-breck-upends-warroad-for-class-a-title/In its section final against Orono over a week ago, Breck needed only 92 seconds of overtime before scoring the winning goal to send it to the State Tournament.   On Saturday afternoon facing an overtime against top-seeded Warroad for the state championship, Breck wanted to beat that time from th...4239Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/jimmy-butler-out-with-a-right-meniscal-injury-return-unclear/After leaving Friday's game in Dallas with an apparent knee injury, Jimmy Butler left Wolves fans fearing the worst.   After a negative X-ray on Friday and an MRI on Saturday, good news came in.   The MRI revealed Butler suffered a "right meniscal injury" on Friday, though the official press rel...4237Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-23-recap-granlund-almost-nets-a-hat-trick-in-victory-over-rangers/The script has been flipped on the whole “Minnesota Wild are a good home team and are awful on the road” narrative.   At least for now.   They swept their three-game New York road trip with a 4-1 win against the New York Rangers (27-30-5) at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, getting all six...4236Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-23-recap-minnesota-embarrassed-in-happy-valley/Before the game the Roar Zone, Penn State’s student section, unveiled a giant banner that showed a Nittany Lion chasing a Gopher and said “Ski-U-Meh.”     “Meh” might be kind.   Alex Limoges was able to tap a Roar Zone poster of an “easy” button against the glass when he scored his team’s...4234Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-23-recap-jimmy-butler-goes-down-in-wolves-loss-to-rockets/With the Houston Rockets looking like they were starting to pull away from the Minnesota Timberwolves midway through the third quarter of Friday night’s game, things quickly went from bad to worse for Minnesota.   In a 120-102 loss to Houston on Friday at Toyota Center in the first game since the...4233Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:26:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2018-mshsl-girls-hockey-tournament-recap-day-3-class-a-aa-semifinals/Semifinal Friday is always an exciting one! Let's see the results! Class A Semifinals   No. 2 Breck 6, Proctor/Hermantown 0   Five Mustangs players had at least two points, with three of them -- Luci McGlynn, Olivia Mobley and Emily Zumwinkle -- having three-point games. Goaltender Uma Cornie...4227Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-justin-patton-and-anthony-brown-allegedly-received-extra-benefits-while-amateurs/The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the messy underbelly of the NCAA's recruiting process and the roles of NBA agents. Most notably, these extensive cases cost former Louisville head coach Rick Pitino his job.   Thus far, the cases have led to 10 arrests -- four assistant coaches and s...4225Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-23-pregame-wild-look-for-perfect-road-trip-against-rangers/The Minnesota Wild look to close out their three-game road trip to the New York-New Jersey area tonight as they play the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. No Rick Nash for the Rangers tonight, as he will be out of the lineup amid trade talks before Monday's deadline.   Onto the notes:  ...4224Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2018-mshsl-girls-hockey-tournament-class-aa-jersey-rankings/Day two is in the books, which means we have to rank the big schools' jerseys! Let's see how they fare.   8. Hill-Murray     There is a lot to unpack here. Green stripes run from the shoulders all the way down the arm until they get cut off by black stripes. Why? Also, the black under the arms...4223Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-nhl-trade-deadline-translator/'Tis the season for shrouded front office speak. Everyone, it's the trade deadline. This weekend you'll likely hear lots of different terms thrown around that may or may not make sense at the time, so it involves a little reading between the lines. Here are some standards and misconceived labels t...4219Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2018-mshsl-girls-hockey-tournament-recap-day-2-class-aa-quarterfinals/Thursday the big schools took center stage in St. Paul, as the Girls' Class AA quarterfinals were held. Let's check in on the highlights...   No. 2 Centennial 2, Lakeville South 0   Allison Pitlick scored in the first and Anneke Linser -- who also had 13 shots on goal -- added an insurance goal...4218Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-22-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-new-jersey-devils/The hockey focus this week has been on Team USA in the Olympics, especially with the women’s team -- full of Minnesotans -- beating Canada in a shootout for the gold medal less than 24 hours ago. The men’s team saw their Olympic run end in a shootout earlier this week.   Still, there is NHL hocke...4213Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2018-mshsl-girls-hockey-tournament-class-a-jersey-rankings/For the first time, the MSHSL Hockey Tournament Jersey rankings comes over to the girls' side. Let's check in with the Class A teams from the first day of the 2018 tournament.   8. Proctor/Hermantown     Sorry, but a green and blue mixture here is not a good look.   7. Marshall     The dia...4210Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2018-mshsl-girls-hockey-tournament-recap-day-1-class-a-quarterfinals/No. 2 Breck 9, Marshall 2   Gabby Billing had four points while Carly Bienek, Olivia Mobley and Luci McGlynn all tallied a pair of goals for the Mustangs. The score was 7-0 before Marshall got on the board in the third, as it added a pair of its own for some window dressing. Proctor/Hermantown...4207Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/sharrif-floyd-in-contract-dispute-with-the-vikings/Sharrif Floyd filed a grievance last September against the Minnesota Vikings, and is still waiting for a settlement, according to Ben Goessling of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.   Floyd was placed on the non-football injury list at the beginning of the season by the Vikings as a result of nerve da...4202Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-gophers-reflect-on-nate-masons-career/While the final two regular-season games carry very little meaning for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, losers of nine straight, there will still be emotion Wednesday night for Nate Mason as he gets honored during Senior Night at Williams Arena before the Gophers home finale against Iowa.   The poin...4201Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/grading-the-gophers-h-y-p-r-r-elite-uniforms/Following the best recruiting class in years for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the next logical accomplishment for the program was revamping the look of the team in 2018.   Now in year two of the P.J. Fleck era, the Gophers will be making more additions to the wardrobe.   The uniforms were pre...4199Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/highlights-gophers-lose-late-lead-fall-to-wisconsin/The Golden Gophers lost their ninth straight game Monday night in heartbreaking fashion, falling to the Wisconsin Badgers 73-63 in overtime, their second overtime loss in the last five games.   Minnesota (14-15, 3-13) took a seven-point lead at 58-51 with 5:58 to go but did not hit a field goal f...4194Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-19-recap-zucker-scores-a-pair-as-wild-win-on-the-road/It’s been blasted time and again this season: The Minnesota Wild (32-20-7) are a good home team and bad road team.   They flipped that script with a 5-3 matinee road victory against the New York Islanders on Monday, led by forward Jason Zucker’s two goals.   After losing an 11-round shootout at...4192Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-19-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-new-york-islanders/The Minnesota Wild kick off a three-game set out east with another matinee on President’s Day Monday. The puck will drop shortly after noon as they face the New York Islanders.   The Wild (31-20-7) are 5-3-0 in their last eight games against the Islanders and 5-6-0 all-time in New York. The Wild...4188Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/butler-sits-while-towns-notches-double-double-in-2018-nba-all-star-game/The NBA All-Star game is meaningless outside of the fun for the fans and the break for (most of) the players, but the game's participants can get pretty into it.   Some of them, anyway.   Four-time All-Star Jimmy Butler sat out for the entirety of the 2018 All-Star game despite being present at...4185Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-prepare-to-face-a-pair-of-minnesota-products-in-battle-with-badgers/Monday night was supposed to feature a pair of Big Ten border rivals battling to bolster postseason resumes as the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers faced off in Madison.   Instead, it showcases one club that's lost nine of 12; another that's dropped eight in a row.   The Badgers an...4182Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-vikings-hire-todd-downing-as-senior-offensive-assistant/Just over a week after hiring offensive coordinator John DeFilippo, the Minnesota Vikings have added another member to their offensive coaching staff.   As first reported by former ESPN insider Adam Caplan, former Oakland Raiders offensive coordinator Todd Downing has been brought on as Minnesota...4180Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-17-recap-gopher-senior-day-ends-in-tied-goaltender-duel/Neither goalie would budge, even when the game was officially over.   Minnesota goaltender Mat Robson and Ohio State goaltender Sean Romeo matched one another for 65 minutes. Each allowed one goal as the two top-10 teams finished Saturday afternoon tied 1-1.   OSU (19-8-5, 12-8-2-1 Big Ten) ear...4178Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2-17-recap-wild-drop-homestand-finale-to-ducks-in-shootout/The Wild came into the third period Saturday with a 19-2-3 record when leading after two periods. They were up 2-1 for the final 20 minutes against the Anaheim Ducks but ultimately lost 3-2 in an 11-round shootout, the longest in franchise history.   Unfortunately, the Wild (31-20-7) chose about...4176Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000