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The Minnesota Wild struggled to score goals despite acquiring forward Jason Pominville from Buffalo. The Wild were shut out by Los Angeles 3-0 at Staples Center Thursday night. The loss was Minnesota's third straight, and puts them in sixth place in the Western Conference with 44 points...

Former St. Cloud Cathedral standout defenseman Nate Schmidt has signed a pro contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League.

The St. Louis Blues snuck past the Wild 4-1 in a hard-fought game that saw Minnesota outshoot their opponent 25-24. Mikko Koivu took an unpenalized high stick to the eye and missed most of the first period before returning. Matt Cullen left the game with a lower body injury suffered late in the second period and did not return...

SCSU forward and Little Falls native Ben Hanowski has been traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins along with a first round pick to Calgary Flames for a future Hall of Famer.

The Minnesota Wild topped the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 in overtime Wednesday night for their seventh straight win. The Wild are now 20-12-2 and are in 3rd place in the Western Conference with 40 points. Despite goals from Torrey Mitchell and Matt Cullen, the Wild trailed 3-2 with 1:00 left in regulation...

The WIld won their fourth straight game Wednesday night in Detroit.

The Minnesota Wild gained some breathing room in the Northwest Division Monday night with a win north of the border.

The Wild scored early and fought often in a win over the Avalanche Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

It appears that Jason Zucker was not seriously injured after taking a vicious hit to the head from the elbow of Anaheim's Corey Perry Tuesday night.

The Wild controlled play for most of the first and second periods but had trouble scoring in a loss to Anaheim.

The Minnesota Wild showed plenty of fight in a win over the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center Sunday night.

The Minnesota Wild scored first in Chicago Tuesday but could not survive a barrage of Blackhawk goals late in the first period.