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Wild
August 2, 2020
Sarah McLellan's letters: 14 days in Canadian quarantine

Sarah McLellan's letters: 14 days in Canadian quarantine

Daily letters from hockey writer Sarah McLellan to her father from her 14 days of quarantine in an Edmonton hotel room.
Wild
August 2, 2020
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman

Souhan: Props to Bettman and the NHL for saving the season

Six months ago, the NHL seemed a long shot to become a model for COVID protocols. In an upset, the NHL is now winning the dangerous game of responsibly returning to action.
Wild
August 1, 2020

Series preview: How the Wild and Canucks match up

A look at key players and stats for the opening round series.
Wild
August 1, 2020

Wild vs. Vancouver: Schedule for best-of-five play-in series

After last playing in mid-March, the Wild is finally resuming its 2019-20 NHL season. Game 1 is Sunday.
Wild
August 1, 2020
Day 15: Finally there's wind and sun in Edmonton

Day 15: Finally there's wind and sun in Edmonton

The Wild beat writer for the Star Tribune had to serve a 14-day quarantine before she could cover the NHL postseason in her hometown.
Wild
August 1, 2020
Minnesota Wild coach Dean Evason talks with goalie Devan Dubnyk before practice started at the NHL hockey team's training camp Monday, July 13, 2020,

Wild coach Evason 'always has the right attitude'

After shedding the interim coach label with the Wild, Dean Evason has the team headed into the NHL postseason.
Wild
August 1, 2020
Colorado Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer (31) makes the save as Minnesota Wild's Jordan Greenway (18) and Avalanche's Nikita Zadorov (16) look for t

This is awkward: Wild, rivals sharing the same hotels in Edmonton

"It'll be a little awkward if we've got an elevator full of Vancouver guys. I don't know if I'm going to be getting in it," winger Jordan Greenway said
Wild
July 31, 2020
Reilly Smith (19) of the Vegas Golden Knights skates during warm ups before the game against the Arizona Coyotes in an exhibition game prior to the 20

NHL primer as the season resumes

The NHL resumes play after being shut down for more than four months by the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some things to know as the postseason begins Saturday
Wild
July 31, 2020
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Day 14: Quarantine ends and our hockey writer has a plan

Sarah McLellan is so ready to leave the Edmonton hotel room where's she's been quarantined. She's already planned her Saturday and her Sunday is planned for her: "I have a Wild game to cover."
Wild
July 31, 2020
The Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek, left, and Vancouver's Tyler Toffoli will renew acquaintances beginning Sunday night in the qualifying series.

Playoff hockey is arriving. Time to embrace it, warts and all

An August postseason is far from normal for the NHL, but the simple fact that hockey has returned is something to savor. And we'll know soon enough if the Wild is in it for the long haul.
Gophers
July 31, 2020
St. Thomas athletic director Phil Esten.

St. Thomas hockey, CCHA begin working toward 2021-22 start

Now that the Tommies have found a conference home for their men's hockey team, the heavy lifting begins for their debut as a Division I program.
Wild
July 31, 2020
Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon (29) is stopped by Minnesota Wild goalie Alex Stalock (32) as Mikko Koivu (9) and Jonas Brodin (25) defend durin

Career backup Stalock prepared to be Wild's starting postseason goalie

Although Alex Stalock is short on playoff experience, it wouldn't be unrealistic for the Wild to thrust him back into goal when the Wild resumes play Sunday night.
Wild
July 30, 2020
Day 13: Quarantine tips ... phone charger, Netflix and comfortable slippers

Day 13: Quarantine tips ... phone charger, Netflix and comfortable slippers

Make no mistake, I am still looking forward to waking up Saturday morning and stepping outside my room for the first time in two weeks. But quarantine hasn't really been that bad.
Wild
July 30, 2020

Instagram Q&A with Wild's Marcus Foligno: How's life in the bubble?

Wild reporter Sarah McLellan talked with Wild forward Marcus Foligno about living in the bubble, playoffs, playing against his brother and getting high-sticked earlier in the day.
Wild
July 30, 2020
Coach Jeff Boeser and his Tommies men's hockey team have been a Division III power.

St. Thomas men's hockey team to join CCHA in 2021-22

The Tommies will join MSU Mankato, Bemidji State and others in the newly formed conference.
Wild
July 29, 2020
In this Nov. 27, 2015, file photo, Wild left wing Zach Parise talks with defenseman Ryan Suter. The two are linked as the players who lifted the Wild

Wild 'running out of chances' for playoff run in Parise-Suter tenure

Ryan Suter and Zach Parise signed identical 13-year, $98 million contracts with the Wild in 2012. But after seven postseason appearances in eight years — including the play-in series against Vancouver that begins Sunday — the Wild is still vying to be more than a participant
Wild
July 29, 2020
Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon (29) is stopped by Minnesota Wild goalie Alex Stalock (32) as Mikko Koivu (9) and Jonas Brodin (25) defend durin

Avalanche edges Wild 3-2 in exhibition game in Edmonton

The power play emerges as an area available for improvement.
Wild
July 29, 2020
Whitecaps forward Allie Thunstrom was congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal last season.

Whitecaps update: NWHL pushes start of next season to January

The women's hockey league was scheduled to begin play in mid-November, but the coronavirus pandemic prompted a new, 20-game schedule, which will end with the playoffs in March.
Wild
July 29, 2020
Jared Spurgeon

Spurgeon settles into leadership role as Wild resumes play

The veteran defenseman and his team will play an exhibition game this afternoon as resume the season on Sunday night in a best-of-5 series vs. Vancouver.
Wild
July 29, 2020
Day 12: Quarantine's end near … but I'm finally a social distancing expert!

Day 12: Quarantine's end near … but I'm finally a social distancing expert!

Being sequestered is preparing hockey writer Sarah McLellan for the challenges she'll face at Rogers Center in Edmonton covering games for the first time in months.