https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/46/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/preview-gophers-clash-with-wildcats-is-a-surprisingly-top-level-matchup/Following a statement win over Nebraska, the Minnesota Golden Gophers now head out on the road to face off against a new-look Northwestern Wildcats team.   After a rough 2-3 start, the Wildcats looked to be regressing and taking steps back from their 7-6 season in 2016. However, Northwestern's re...3388Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1115-preview-what-the-timberwolves-can-learn-from-their-season-opening-loss-to-the-spurs/After the Timberwolves' season opener concluded in San Antonio on Oct. 18, the level of fan optimism wasn't high. Definitely not as high as it ended up being a month later. Of course, the opening game of an NBA season brings a slew of emotions, some of which can be irrational.   The hopes of a ne...3385Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1114-recap-philadelphia-flyers-vs-minnesota-wild/Maybe it doesn’t matter that the Minnesota Wild’s scoring has gone cold. As long as Devan Dubnyk keeps turning in efforts like the last three games, only one goal will do.   The Wild (8-7-2) extended their winning streak to three games -- a season-high -- with a 3-0 home victory over the Philadel...3383Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/breaking-paul-molitor-wins-al-manager-of-the-year/It's awards season, and the man in charge of the team that made a 26-game improvement in the standings is bringing home some hardware, as Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor has been named the American League Manager of the Year, as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America.   Moli...3381Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:49:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1114-pregame-philadelphia-flyers-vs-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild will take the ice back home again riding the momentum of a two-game winning streak on the back of Jason Zucker’s six consecutive goals.   This is the second game of the home-and-home series between the Flyers (8-7-2) and Wild (7-7-2), after they met in Philly over the weekend a...3377Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1113-recap-timberwolves-get-back-on-track-in-road-win-over-jazz/This was a game they needed.   After a pair of bad losses – one expected against Golden State, and one unacceptable against Phoenix – the Timberwolves looked focused and ready on both ends of the floor, as their 109-98 win over the Utah Jazz felt like a complete win.   Mostly, anyway.   The ent...3374Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1113-road-recap-gophers-down-providence-86-74-in-first-road-test/Richard Pitino didn't seem too sentimental about returning to his alma mater. Conversely, he was nervous about the team that awaited his Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.   The Providence Friars, like No. 15 Minnesota, lost in their first NCAA Tournament game a year ago, were r...3370Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-iowa-wild-finally-hitting-their-stride/It nearly took a month, but the Iowa Wild are finally hitting their stride.   Coming out of the month of October, Minnesota's AHL affiliate was just 2-5-2 and at an all-too-familiar place at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. The results had been more of a byproduct of Minnesota need...3367Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-forward-jason-zucker-named-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker was named the NHL's first star of the week on Monday for the week of Nov. 6-12.   During that week, Zucker tallied six goals and an assist, with the caveat that the six goals have been the last six goals the Minnesota Wild have scored, period. Per Elias Sports...3364Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/college-football-weekend-recap-nobody-looks-like-a-no-1-team/Plenty happened this weekend in college football, as more turnover took place at the top of the rankings. The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell while No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide nearly slipped up. Who was great, who stunk and what went down?   This is your weekend rec...3363Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/top-10-weekly-nba-tidbits-rockets-the-team-to-beat-the-warriors/The Minnesota Timberwolves seem to be coming back to earth, the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to struggle and The Beard is still making 3s -- lots of them. Here are the top storylines in the NBA, along with who and what to watch this week:   Upcoming Timberwolves Games: Nov. 13 - @ Utah N...3360Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/facebook-live-vikings-win-fifth-straight-move-to-7-2/Sam Ekstrom, Arif Hasan and Luke Inman break down Minnesota's 38-30 win over the Washington Redskins on Facebook Live, via 93X.  3359Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1111-recap-minnesota-hangs-on-to-tie-michigan/Yost Arena was eerily quiet in the third period before the comeback.   Before another comeback.   For a second consecutive evening, the Gophers could not hold onto a large lead on the road against Michigan and ended up tying Saturday, 6-6.   Minnesota was ahead 4-0 in the second period, having...3358Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1111-recap-timberwolves-collapse-to-embarrassing-loss-in-phoenix/The Phoenix Suns entered Saturday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a record of 4-9. They had lost five straight games, the last three of those at home, and came off a sizable loss to Orlando on Friday night. Their 112.7 defensive rating was second-worst in the NBA.   This jugg...3357Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1111-recap-zucker-and-dubnyk-lead-wild-to-1-0-win-over-flyers/Welcome to the Jason Zucker show. Well, and Devan Dubnyk, too.   It was Zucker’s goal and Dubnyk’s effort that propelled the Minnesota Wild (7-7-2) to their second shutout in as many games with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers (8-7-2) Saturday night. The victory puts the Wild on a mini...3356Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1111-iowa-recap/The season is still young, but the Iowa Wild had yet to win two games in a row this year. Entering Saturday, they were coming off a 5-3 win on Thursday in front of an Iowa record crowd of 13,422, looking to do just that -- win a second consecutive game.   They did so very convincingly.   Iowa (5...3355Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1111-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-philadelphia-flyers/The Minnesota Wild start a home-and-home series with the Philadelphia Flyers, starting with a game in Philly to wrap up the Wild’s four-game road trip. The Flyers will visit St. Paul on Tuesday.   The Wild (6-7-2) have a chance to win back-to-back games for just the second time this season after...3351Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/this-week-in-hockey-1112-edition/Another week of hockey in the books, and surprisingly, the Minnesota Wild made it out of the week where everything wasn't truly terrible. This week aims to be an exciting one, as we get to see the Hockey Hall of Fame enshrine some new members on Monday night.   Away we go!   Minnesota Wild week...3350Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/michigan-completes-comeback-bounces-minnesota-in-overtime/Michigan's Alex Roos took a puck to his helmet that was a punch to the gut of Minnesota.   The thwack of a puck bouncing off plastic saved Roos’ noggin. As a consequence, it ricocheted into the back of the net for a 5-4 defeat for the Gophers at Yost Ice Arena. His overtime power-power play goal...3349Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/recap-jordan-murphy-scores-career-high-as-gophers-pull-away-in-opener/Taking on a USC Upstate Spartans team that underwent a coaching change just over a month ago and was ranked by Sports Illustrated as the 300th best Division I team out of 351, the Minnesota Golden Gophers didn't need to put forth their best effort to win their regular season opener.   While there...3348Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-insane-high-school-football-finish/Leading 27-10 with one minute to go, the St. Michael-Albertville Knights were preparing to celebrate a trip to the Minnesota state football semi-finals. What happened next was pure insanity as the Maple Grove Crimson pulled off one of the wildest comebacks you'll ever see.   Here's the video.  ...3345Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/119-recap-zucker-nets-first-career-hat-trick-as-wild-shut-out-canadiens-3-0/In a game the Wild badly needed to win, Jason Zucker and Devan Dubnyk answered the call.   Zucker registered his first career hat trick and Dubnyk made 41 saves to give the Wild (6-7-2) their first win over the Montreal Canadiens (7-9-1) at the Bell Centre. The win was Minnesota's first victory s...3339Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/nebraska-vs-minnesota-preview-last-chance-for-big-ten-victory/The Minnesota Golden Gophers take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in what could very well be the last chance for a Gophers victory. From this point on, the Gophers face teams above .500, which adds a bit of desperation to Saturday's game for the home team.   After a demoralizing loss to Michigan, in...3338Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/119-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-montreal-canadiens/The Minnesota Wild face night two of a back-to-back series north of the border. The goal is to break a three-game losing skid.   Just one week ago, the Wild (5-7-2) beat the Montreal Canadiens (7-8-1) at home by a 6-3 score. The Wild have a six-game winning streak against the Canadiens dating bac...3335Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/through-the-wire-heyman-suggests-twins-could-be-interested-in-top-tier-pitching/It comes as no surprise that the Minnesota Twins are in a position to augment their pitching staff after a surprising 85-win season which was largely on the heels of a drastic offensive improvement.   But if Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports is to be believed, the Derek Falvey-Thad Levine regime might...3331Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:33:28 +0000