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Wild recalls three players
With the All-Star break over, three familiar faces will return to Minnesota today
By mikerusso
January 30, 2012 at 4:05PM
With the All-Star break over, the Wild resumes practice this afternoon at Xcel Energy Center at 2 o'clock. I'm hearing Chad Rau, Jed Ortmeyer and Matt Kassian, who were part of the Wild's two-game winning streak over Dallas and Colorado before the break, will all return.
Hopefully we'll get injury updates on Mikko Koivu, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Guillaume Latendresse later, too.
The Nashville Predators, who were absolutely sizzling hot before the break, also will practice in Minnesota today. The Preds have won 9 of 10 and their goalie, Pekka Rinne, was just named Second Star of the Week in the NHL. He's won only nine in a row -- allowing two goals or fewer in each start.
Talk to you after practice. You can also follow along on Twitter at www.twitter.com/russostrib.
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Owen Young is one of three U22 Initiative players on the Loons roster, joining Nicolás Romero and Sang Bin Jeong.
