Jared Spurgeon

Game Recap: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets | 12/31/23

After a tough loss in Winnipeg, the Minnesota Wild played the Winnipeg Jets once more in a back-to-back, home-and-home weekend series. The Wild looked much better during this game, with a noticeable increase in energy right at puck drop. That may have come from this game being Marc-Andre Fleury’s 1000th game. After an unexpected injury […]

Game Recap: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets | 12/30/23

In the first game of a back-to-back, home-and-home series, the Minnesota Wild had trouble showing their progress since the beginning of the season. Even though captain Jared Spurgeon drew back into the lineup, Part of the trouble was the inability to get anything going five-on-five due to a string of penalties by both teams. Quick […]

Keeping Up the Hot Streak: MN Wild-Red Wings Game Preview

The Minnesota Wild entered the NHL holiday break on a three-game win streak. Since Head Coach John Hynes took over on November 27, the Wild are 10-3-0. They look like a completely different team from the one that started the season. This is on top of more injuries to significant players, more AHL call-ups that […]

Wild Recall Another Forward From Iowa

General Manager Bill Guerin announced this afternoon that the Wild have recalled forward Jake Lucchini from their AHL affiliate team, the Iowa Wild. This was done under emergency conditions. The left-shot skater is on a one-year, two-way contract with the Wild that he signed on July 1, 2023. This season, Lucchini has put up 20 […]

BREAKING: Wild Place Forward on LTIR

After the Minnesota Wild’s big overtime win against the Boston Bruins last night, they’ve shown that they can play decently without the injured players. However, this afternoon, the Wild unexpectedly announced that they were placing Mats Zuccarello on Long Term Injured Reserve. While Zuccarello traveled with the team on their back-to-back road trip, he was […]

Injuries Force Wild to Lean Heavily on Rookie

The Minnesota Wild played their last two games at home, and both of them ended in a shootout win. Now that they’re playing a back-to-back on the road, it’s crucial they win in regulation. The Wild have been down two of their best defensemen, and they’ll be without Jonas Brodin for the foreseeable future. He […]

MN Wild Win Despite Injury Setbacks

The Minnesota Wild started their game against the Calgary Flames already at a disadvantage. With two of their best defensemen out with injury, they would have to rely heavily on Jake Middleton, a surprise on the first pairing, and Brock Faber, a rookie. Add to that the firing of the Wild’s Assistant General Manager along […]

Another Injury for Wild’s Defensemen

It was reported yesterday that Captain and top pair defenseman Jared Spurgeon was not practicing. Head Coach John Hynes said after the practice that it was a maintenance day for Spurgeon and that he should be able to play against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. The Minnesota Wild ended up recalling two defensemen (Dakota […]

Can the Wild Survive Without Jonas Brodin?

The beginning of the Minnesota Wild’s 2023-24 season has been full of injuries. Captain Jared Spurgeon was hurt during the preseason. Matt Boldy was out for seven games. Freddy Gaudreau was injured in a hit by Ryan Reaves. Alex Goligoski was out with a lower-body injury for over a month. Recently, Zach Bogosian missed a […]

The Rookies Who Could Beat Bedard for Calder

There is no doubt that Connor Bedard is a generational talent. If he takes after generational stars like Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, he has years of hockey success in front of him. But is Bedard a shoo-in for the Calder Trophy at the end of this season? Here’s the case for two Minnesota Wild […]