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Polls
December 7, 2016
Poll: Who is your favorite Twin Cities play-by-play announcer?

Poll: Who is your favorite Twin Cities play-by-play announcer?

Wild
December 7, 2016
Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (11). ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com - November 23, 2016, St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center, NHL, Minnesota Wil

Insisting he's healthy, Wild's Parise battles scoring drought

Zach Parise, who entered this season with 105 goals in 259 games with the Wild, has four goals and five assists in 17 games this season.
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December 7, 2016

Preview: Wild at Toronto

The Wild is 1-1-2 on its five-game, 12-day trip that ends Wednesday in a city where the team is 3-6 all-time.
Wild
December 6, 2016
Minnesota Wild's Charlie Coyle (3), Nino Niederreiter (22) and Eric Staal (12) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of

Wild sticks with shuffled top lines from win against Edmonton

The Wild, which beat Edmonton in overtime on Sunday, looks to end the road trip on a winning note Wednesday against the Maple Leafs.
Wild
December 6, 2016
Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau in the third period. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com - November 23, 2016, St. Paul, MN, Xcel Ener

Wild coach/movie buff Boudreau has quite the bucket list

The Wild coach loves popcorn almost as much as he loves movies -- and he really, really loves movies.
Wild
December 5, 2016
April 2, 1977 Slap Shot A tense moment for their usually inept hockey team is observed by Ned Braden (MICHAEL ONTKEAN) and Reggie Dunlop (PAUL NEWMAN)

Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on movies ...

His favorite is "Shane" (1953). "I used to watch it with my dad [Norm] all the time when it came on TV, and it was his favorite movie. Alan Ladd was in it. That was his favorite actor. He loved Westerns."
Wild
December 5, 2016
Wild beats Oilers 2-1 on Koivu's fifth career OT goal

Wild beats Oilers 2-1 on Koivu's fifth career OT goal

The captain scored on a pretty deke and backhander after Charlie Coyle set him up to tie Brent Burns with a team-record fifth career overtime goal.
Gophers
December 5, 2016
The Wild's first-round draft pick in 2016, Wisconsin center Luke Kunin (center), is on the preliminary 27-player roster for the U.S. national junior t

Six Minnesotans, two Wild draft picks on Team USA junior roster

The team will be pared to 23 players before the world junior tournament in Canada.
Wild
December 5, 2016
Minnesota Wild's Charlie Coyle (3), Nino Niederreiter (22) and Eric Staal (12) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of

Wild's Devan Dubnyk compiles Carey Price-like stats

Devan Dubnyk loves that his statistics have been mentioned in the same breath as NHL standard-bearer Carey Price, but the Wild goalie stops anybody short who wants to compare the two any further.
Wild
December 5, 2016
Minnesota Wild's Charlie Coyle (3), Nino Niederreiter (22) and Eric Staal (12) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of

Wild-Edmonton recap

The three stars and key numbers from Sunday's 2-1 OT victory by the Wild.
Wild
December 5, 2016
Minnesota Wild's Mikko Koivu (9) controls the puck as Edmonton Oilers' goalie Jonas Gustavsson (50) looks for the shot during the first period of an N

Postgame: Koivu delivers much-needed win

With an overtime win in Edmonton, the Wild improved to 1-1-2 on a five-game trip that ends Wednesday in Toronto.
Wild
December 4, 2016

Gallery: Wild 2, Edmonton 1 (OT)

The Wild beat the Oilers 2-1 in overtime in Edmonton on Sunday night.
Vikings
December 4, 2016
The stadium seemed to be full of Dallas fans, including this guy who was looking for a ride home. ] Minnesota Vikings -vs- Dallas Cowboys, U.S. Bank S

More of the same from Gophers football, Vikings, Wolves and Wild

The Vikings, Wild, Wolves and Gophers football teams change each year, so why do things not seem to change?
Wild
December 4, 2016
Toronto Maple Leafs' Leo Komarov (47) and Nikita Zaitsev (22) try to stop Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) during second period NHL hockey action

Wild looks to stymie McDavid and the Oilers

The Wild will be looking for its first win of the road trip tonight in Edmonton.
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December 4, 2016

Preview: Wild at Edmonton

The Wild is still looking for its first victory in a five-game road trip, but the team has had success in Edmonton.
Wild
December 4, 2016
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid

Oilers captain Connor McDavid's mind as quick as his legs

Connor McDavid is already among the league's elite at age 19.
Wild
December 3, 2016

Coach Bruce Boudreau says Zach Parise is 'fine'

Wild
December 3, 2016
Wild left wing Zach Parise

Boudreau says Parise is "fine," meets with members of top line

The Wild's searching for its first win on the road trip Sunday in Edmonton.
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December 3, 2016

Game recap: Calgary 3, Wild 2 (SO)

A quick look at Friday's game.
Wild
December 3, 2016
Wild rallies to tie before losing to Flames in shootout

Wild rallies to tie before losing to Flames in shootout

Boudreau gets point but seeks more from stars.