https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/48/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-crack-top-25-in-first-ncaa-basketball-poll/The Minnesota Golden Gophers have high expectations for the upcoming basketball season, and the national pundits seem to agree.   Head coach Richard Pitino's team is ranked 15th in both the Associated Press and Coaches Poll, the first time they've cracked a preseason poll since 2009, when they we...3274Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-day-montreal-canadiens-vs-minnesota-wild/Seeing a Montreal team that’s struggled early on this season come into town could be a cure for what ailed the Minnesota Wild after a tough loss last time out. However, timing could mean everything: Montreal had a streak of seven games without a regulation win but has won three of its last four ga...3273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reviewing-the-olympic-hockey-jerseys/Last week, the 2018 Olympic hockey jerseys were released by Nike.   As you heard on the latest Giles and the Goalie podcast, there were some very strong opinions on these jerseys. Basically this cries out "The 90's era of jerseys are coming back!"     So, let's try and get after it and review...3272Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/everson-griffen-earns-nfc-defensive-player-of-the-month/Everson Griffen has earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Month honors, repeating an achievement he earned in 2014, also for the month of October. Griffen notched 6.0 sacks in five games, with at least one sack in each one of those games.   That statistic doesn't come as much of a surprise to Vi...3271Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-outlast-boogie-attack-beat-pelicans-104-98/Despite a post-Halloween onslaught by the one they call "Boogie", and despite just 2 points from foul-plagued Karl-Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves looked like a team that deserved its third straight win.   DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis were as devastating as ever, but the slim pickings the p...3268Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/showdown-in-blue-town-michigan-vs-minnesota-football-preview/Buckle up everyone who likes a high-paced, spread offense that runs a mile-per-minute while putting up staggering amounts of points and yardage, this is a throwback Big Ten game.   All-time, the Michigan Wolverines have dominated the Minnesota Golden Gophers, with the Wolverines taking a stunning...3267Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-minnesota-wild-october-in-review/With the calendar flipping to November, it's time to reopen an old segment from a previous site. At the end of every month, we will recap the month with best players, plays, etc.   October was not a great month for the Minnesota Wild. An injury-ravaged squad limped through October, with most of t...3265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/usa-hockey-unveils-2018-olympic-jerseys/With 100 days left until the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, USA Hockey unveiled their new hockey jerseys for the Olympic/Paralympic games.   http://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/news_article/9258/5877/3Up_USA_vh16__1_.jpg   Those are...uh...quite the designs.  ...3263Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/latest-game-is-no-treat-for-wild-in-2-1-loss-to-jets/It’s not a new narrative for the Minnesota Wild, though it hasn’t shown up much yet this season. Yes, that would be slow starts for $100, Alex.   The Wild fell back to the .500 mark with a 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets (6-3-2) on Tuesday at Xcel Energy Center. After scoring six goals in a victory...3261Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/dear-internet-wild-columnist/I'm going to try something here, so stick with me. There have been so many wonderful advice columns and mailbags throughout the years, Dear Abby, Dear Anne, Dear Faux Pelini.....so I figured it could be something Wild fans would enjoy. I solicited questions about the Wild and anything else on soci...3260Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-day-winnipeg-jets-v-minnesota-wild/Grab the candy and get ready for the second half of the Minnesota Wild homestand.   The Wild (4-3-2) look to push their winning streak to three games in their second matchup of the season against the division-rival Winnipeg Jets (5-3-2) in St. Paul for a spooky Halloween game. The Jets won the fi...3254Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-nino-niederreiter-joins-swiss-cooking-show/Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter returns to the lineup for tonight's game against the Winnipeg Jets. Niederreiter, 25, has been out since Oct. 12 after suffering a high ankle sprain in that game against the Chicago Blackhawks.   To celebrate the return of Niederreiter, here was the Swiss...3253Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/team-effort-and-a-bit-of-luck-lets-timberwolves-escape-miami-with-a-win/In the last 10 seasons prior to the start of the 2017-18 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves had a terrible record in games that entered clutch time.   In other words, NBA.com says the Timberwolves did not know how to win games that were within 5 points in the last five minutes of the game. This s...3251Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/college-football-week-9-recap-no-2-is-cursed/Plenty of madness ensued throughout week nine of college football, with seven top 25 schools taking losses in a loaded week of games. It wasn't a great week for No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions and No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs, both of whom were downed on the eve of the first rankings released by the coll...3243Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-womens-hockey-swept-by-wisconsin-in-overtime-loss/Sidney Peters said it happened both pretty quickly and frustratingly slow.   In an instant, the Gopher goaltender saw Wisconsin’s Baylee Wellhausen celebrate a goal and Sunday’s game all in one. The Badger senior forward scored 1:32 into overtime to hand Minnesota a 2-1 loss at Ridder Arena.   “...3242Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/this-week-in-hockey-1030-edition/This week we already bid adieu to the month of October. As the great Bob McKenzie always reminds us, usually what you see from your team around the four-week mark -- end of October -- is what you're going to get for that season.   With that in mind, let's offer condolences to the following teams:...3241Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/first-reaction-vikings-avoid-scare-versus-browns-move-to-6-2/With his team leading by 14 points in the fourth quarter, Everson Griffen finally got to the quarterback. His sack of DeShone Kizer virtually clinched the game for the Minnesota Vikings and extended Griffen's remarkable sack streak to eight consecutive games.   It also fulfilled a vow Griffen mad...3240Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-seniors-score-first-goals-as-minnesota-gets-first-season-sweep/October closes with a sweep.   Beginning the season with three weekends where No. 7 Minnesota won one game and lost one, the Gophers found some consistency this weekend against No. 9 Clarkson. For the first time this year, the team won twice in a weekend.   Seniors Leon Bristedt and Mike Szmatu...3239Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/koivu-dubnyk-lead-wild-to-victory-over-penguins/Forget the injuries and the wacky schedule to start the season. Maybe it was just a nice long homestand the Minnesota Wild needed to get their winning juices flowing. The latest example was a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions Saturday.   “It’s been a strange start to the year,”...3238Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/offensive-woes-continue-as-gophers-are-dropped-17-10-by-hawkeyes/Another tight loss.   Another close game that was one possession out of reach.   Another offensive blunder to keep the team from a comeback.   The Minnesota Golden Gophers suffered their fourth Big Ten loss in five weeks, this one to the Iowa Hawkeyes, 17-10.   It was a classic Big Ten rivalry...3237Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-women-fall-short-against-top-ranked-wisconsin/Tying the game a third time was one too many for Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.   Trailing top-ranked Wisconsin from the opening minute, the Gophers got back in the game, but were unable to get a lead. The Badgers scored late with a goal by 2016 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Presley Norby and held on fo...3236Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/moleskys-weekly-top-10-nba-tidbits-can-bad-teams-be-fun/In a league that was supposed to be boring and lack competition because of a top-heavy Western Conference, the NBA is sporting some confusing losses for notable playoff teams. After a week of tight games and troubling losses for teams like the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland...3235Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-day-pittsburgh-penguins-vs-minnesota-wild/The defending champs are in St. Paul as the Minnesota Wild look for their first winning streak of the season.   The Wild (3-3-2) won both their games against the Pittsburgh Penguins (7-3-1) last season. Minnesota is coming off a goal-filled 6-4 victory over the New York Islanders, a game which sa...3234Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/everson-griffen-browns-replacement-left-tackle-is-a-little-slower/Perhaps the best matchup of the Minnesota Vikings-Cleveland Browns game was going to be Everson Griffen and Joe Thomas, with an edge-rusher on a sack streak taking on a perennial All-Pro left tackle.   Unfortunately, Thomas' tricep injury will end his incredible streak of consecutive starts and b...3232Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-hockey-freshmen-return-lead-minnesota-over-no-9-clarkson/As a rule, Minnesota men’s hockey freshmen cannot talk to the press during the month of October.   They can, however, let their sticks do the talking.   There is no rule against freshmen contributing on the ice, which was the case Friday for the Gophers in a late October home victory over a to...3231Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000