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May 24, 2015
Blackhawks prevail in double overtime

Blackhawks prevail in double overtime

Patrick Kane's power play tally in the third period tied the game at four and set the stage for Antoine Vermette's game-winner in double overtime as Chicago tied the series with Anaheim 2-2.
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May 23, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning center Tyler Johnson

NHL playoffs star Johnson was first noticed by Wild

Tyler Johnson might be the "one that got away," but that doesn't mean the Wild didn't try to sign him when they took a long look at him a few years back.
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May 22, 2015
Tampa Bay Lightning center Tyler Johnson (9) reacts after scoring his second goal of the game during the first period of Game 2 of the Eastern Confere

Tyler Johnson: The one that got away from the Wild

The Tampa Bay Lightning star and NHL's leader in goals this postseason was once a possibility to sign with the Wild.
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May 22, 2015
Anaheim Ducks celebrate the team's first score against the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals of th

Ducks edge Blackhawks in Game 3

Ducks 2, Blackhawks 1 - The Ducks defeated the Blackhawks to take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference Finals. Anaheim's Simon Despres netted the go-ahead score late in the second period.
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May 19, 2015
Dave Hakstol

Hakstol leaves UND for Flyers; assistant named as replacement

Dave Hakstol announced his resignation as University of North Dakota hockey coach Monday morning to become the new head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Brad Berry will succeed him at UND.
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May 18, 2015

Rare route from NCAA to NHL

Dave Hakstol became only the third coach in NHL history to climb directly from the college ranks to the NHL. A look at the other two:
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May 15, 2015
Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Wild's offseason: What happens next?

Happy Offseason everybody. If you didn't see the end of the year articles from last weekend and Monday's availability, here are the links:
May 13, 2015
What if the NHL hadn't realigned and the Wild was in its old division?

What if the NHL hadn't realigned and the Wild was in its old division?

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May 13, 2015
1000 people were expected to stop by the Xcel Energy Center during the Minnesota Wild Season Ticket Holder "paint the ice" opportunity on Wednesday, M

Minnesota Wild Season Ticket Holder "paint the ice"

Minnesota Wild Season Ticket Holders inscribed messages, memories and simply signed their names on the Xcel Energy Center ice, before it is taken out for the summer.
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May 13, 2015
Len Boogaard, who encouraged his son Derek Boogaard's hockey career, next to Derek's jersey, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 30, 2011.

Boogaard still searching for answers in son's death

Former Wild player Derek Boogaard died four years ago Wednesday from a drug and alcohol overdose. But his father is continuing an often-solitary quest to find what extenuating factors might have led to his son's death.
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May 13, 2015
Anaheim Ducks left wing Patrick Maroon celebrates after Corey Perry's game winning goal during overtime in Game 5 of an NHL hockey second-round playof

Souhan: NHL winning a playoff mismatch against NBA

The NBA's clutch-and-grab tactics have hurt the sport while hockey has soared.
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May 12, 2015
The Wild plays softball: Watch Kyle Brodziak rob Marco Scandella

The Wild plays softball: Watch Kyle Brodziak rob Marco Scandella

The Wild held a team softball game at Target Field on Monday, and Brodziak had the highlight of the night
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May 12, 2015
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom

Wild faces decision with goalie Niklas Backstrom

The Wild's all-time leader with 194 wins and 409 games has one year left on his contract, but the 37-year-old goalie last played on Jan. 13 and was scratched every game in the playoffs but one, when Darcy Kuemper was ill.
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May 12, 2015
Abrupt ending to season is slow to sink in for Wild

Abrupt ending to season is slow to sink in for Wild

Wild players and team officials are having trouble coming to grips with the fact that after months of hard work, their season came to such a sudden end.
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May 12, 2015
At the Xcel Energy Center where players and coaches packed up for the offseason, goalie Devan Dubnyk took questions from reporters.] Richard Tsong-Taa

Wild wants Dubnyk to stay, and vice versa

Both sides see team as ideal fit for the free-agent goalie, and hope to strike deal before July 1.
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May 11, 2015

Russo: Injury revelations; Brodziak, Stewart on futures; Backstrom to be bought out?

Here is the first blog from today's season-ending Wild wrapup
May 11, 2015
With limited options, don't expect major changes from Wild

With limited options, don't expect major changes from Wild

In listening to General Manager Chuck Fletcher and head coach Mike Yeo field questions Monday, it sounds as if there will be no dramatic changes for the Wild.
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May 10, 2015
Zach Parise (11) and Mikko Koivu (9) skated off the ice at the end of the game. Chicago beat Minnesota by a final score of 1-0. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgon

Hartman: Wild not as far off as sweep indicates

Lou Nanne believes the team could have beaten the Blackhawks with only a few breaks along the way.
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May 10, 2015
Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) with a first period save of a breakaway shot by the Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews (19) Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER � je

Wild will balance status quo with unknown this offseason

What can be done to improve on what has already been accomplished by the team?
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May 10, 2015
Minnesota Wild right wing Jason Pominville (29), defenseman Ryan Suter (20), left wing Zach Parise (11) and defenseman Matt Dumba (55) were dejected a

Scoggins: Wild needs to find a scorer or raise one

There's an obvious gap between the Wild and Chicago, the team that's eliminated Minnesota from the playoffs three consecutive years.
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