The Green Knights are planning to play in the Hockeytown Holiday Classic, Dec. 26-28, in Warroad, Minn., coach Larry Vieira said. “I'm always trying to attract student-athletes to Notre Dame,” Vieira said, “and in order to do that, we want to have a product that stimulates the kids, No. 1, and No. 2 gets them ready for us and the next level.” Brainstorming led him to Minnesota, where the state hockey championships routinely draw big crowds to Xcel Energy Center, home of the NHL's Wild. Vieira said he made a few calls and wound up lucking into a spot in this tournament ..read more

Wild wing Matt Boldy is among the first 15 players 2024 U.S. Men's National Team that will compete in the IIHF Men's World Championship, May 10-26, in Ostrava and Prague, Czechia. Boldy, who finished last season with 29 goals and 69 points in 75 games, is joined by D Seth Jones, F Brady Tkachuk, D Zach Werenski, F Trevor Zegras, F Luke Kunin, F Johnny Gaudreau, F Dylan Larkin, F Cole Caufield, G Alex Lyon, D Luke Hughes, F Shane Pinto, D Alex Vlasic, D Jake Sanderson and F Joel Farabee. Wild head coach John Hynes was named the team's coach last week. “We've got an outstanding start to our ros ..read more

Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon's No-Movement Clause (NMC) will turn into a Modified No-Trade Clause (M-NTC) this offseason, meaning the Wild have more flexibility with his cap hit than in previous years. Spurgeon is a beloved player in the “State of Hockey” who has played a top-four defense role for 14 years. Many fans feel he should be untouchable, but the Wild aren't in a Stanley Cup winning window right now. Spurgeon has three years remaining on his seven-year contract, and less term means the Wild should be more equipped to trade him ..read more

Tye Kartye tipped in a slap shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand for the tiebreaking goal with 2:40 remaining, and the Seattle Kraken held on to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night to wrap up the regular season for two teams that missed the playoffs. Brock Faber answered Yanni Gourde's empty-netter with 1:46 left by scoring for the Wild on a 6-on-4 power play with 1:05 left and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury pulled, but Kraken goalie Joey Daccord — who had 21 saves — and the defense held up ..read more

The Stanley Cup Playoffs started on Saturday, and for the second time in 12 years, the Minnesota Wild had already cleaned out their locker room. The players gave their media debriefings and went their separate ways for the summer. Fans in the State of Hockey are now left to either adopt another NHL team, or perhaps the Minnesota Timberwolves, to vicariously glom their championship dreams onto. In between, all eyes will be on Bill Guerin to see if he can get the organization on track for next year ..read more

It's quiet in Minnesota as the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin this weekend. Fleury had told the media that he wanted to play another season, but only if it was in Minnesota. With two goalies at the NHL level now locked in for next season, the attention now turns to what the Wild plan to do with prized prospect Jesper Wallstedt ..read more

What a year its been for Bettendorf’s Luke Toporowski.. Toporowski became the first hockey player from the Quad Cities to sign an NHL contract with the Boston Bruins. In mid-March, Toporowski was traded from the Bruins AHL team in Providence to the Iowa Wild,- affiliate for the Minnesota Wild, becoming the first from Iowa to ..read more

Pat Maroon didn't waste time making his presence felt early in Bruins-Leafs Game 1 ..read more

The Wild would have enormous capacity to improve their team this offseason if it weren't for that meddling dead cap space. In the meantime, general manager Bill Guerin believes he still can make his team a contender in 2024-25. “We want to win now,” Guerin said Friday, a day after the 2023-24 season officially ended with a 4-3 loss to Seattle at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild had been eliminated from the postseason for a little more than a week by then, marking the second time in 12 seasons they had missed the playoffs ..read more

Drouin got hurt when he tripped in the second period Thursday against Edmonton ..read more