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Minnesota Wild Ryan Suter Named Finalist for Norris Trophy as NHL Top Defenseman

Chris Allen — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:03:55 +0000

Congrats to Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild. In his first year since joining the Wild he has been nominated for the Norris Trophy given to the NHL’s top defenseman. Montreal’s P.K. Subban, Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang join him as nominees. Not one of them has been nominated before. Here’s some stats on each from Yahoo! [...]

Chisholm Native Phil Falcone Buys Fredericks Of Hollywood

Steve Tanko — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:53:29 +0000

Even though he was born and raised in Chisholm, Minnesota - a lot of folks in the Northland might not recognize the name Phil Falcone; But on Wall Street and in New York, he's made quite a name for himself. As one of the nation's most-powerful investment bankers, Falcone is the founder of Harbinger Capitol and LightSquared - the company that got involved in Obama's solar-subsidies. He also owns 40% of the Minnesota Wild hockey team. As far as personal finances go, Falcone is ranked as the U.S.'s 188th richest person - with a personal net worth of $2.2 billion.

State Of Hockey Ready For New (Although Shortened) Season, Could This Be The Year

Chris Allen — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:13:54 +0000

Now that the NHL has settled their differences, they are hoping people forgive and forget. Immediately after the agreement NHL teams offered free tickets, scrimmages, and autograph sessions. The Wild will open the season this Saturday at 8pm against the Colorado Avalanche. Speaking of the Wild, Minnesota hockey fans are licking their chops because fo [...]

Minnesota Wild Release their Abbreviated 2012 – 2013 NHL Game Schedule Following the Lockout

Nick Cooper — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:48:00 +0000

After the bitter feud between the NHL owners and players, a new collective bargaining agreement has been ratified and the 2012-2013 season has been saved, in a shortened form. The official schedule was released over the weekend, shortly after players ratified the new 10-year agreement between the league and players. The shortened schedule includes 48 [...]

Minnesota Wild Score Both Big Named Free Agents

Chris Allen — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:49:03 +0000

The Minnesota Wild set off their own fireworks on July 4th. Two big reasons the New Jersey Devils and Nashville Predators got to the playoffs were the two big free agents. Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. Both men are now Minnesota Wild players. You might recognize Zach’s name, he used to play in Minnesota for [...]