One of the most thankless jobs in professional sports is the referee. Their job is to officiate the game in front of them to their best ability within the confines of the rules. In hockey there’s two different types of…
Jordyn Leopold, the daughter of NHL defenseman Jordan Leopold, got her wish today when the Columbus Blue Jackets traded her dad and a draft pick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Justin Falk. The eleven-year-old’s wish came in the…
The Minnesota Wild have lifted the suspension of goaltender Josh Harding and immediately placed the 30-year-old on waivers with the intent of sending him to the team’s AHL affiliate in Iowa. The last 10-12 months have been difficult and a…
The NHL saw fireworks in early July as the Minnesota Wild signed the summer’s hottest free agents in Ryan Suter and Zach Parise. The matching long term deals sent Wild fans into a frenzy as they began to look forward…
It’s that time of the year when GM’s like Chuck Fletcher and other front office personnel decide which current players to keep or let go on the free agent market come July 1. For the Minnesota Wild and their goaltending…
It’s still early in the season, but I think we may have found an early favorite for shootout goal of the year. Last night, Patrick Kane dazzled and amazed fans with his shootout goal against Niklas Backstrom of the Minnesota…
HWB is participating in “Movember” to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Make a difference, make a donation. From the department of “Things you’d have to see to believe”, the Minnesota Wild was without a backup goalie this afternoon prior to…
Lately, the Minnesota Wild have been on a hot streak. They have won 8 of their last 10 games. But today the team expected the type of fire no one wants, a real fire. The team is on a road trip, where…
As the NHL season rapidly approaches the halfway point, teams are starting to take stock of where they are in relation to the competition and what needs to be done in order to make a serious run at the Stanley…
It may have seemed like a normal preseason game for Levi Patton. One in which his favorite team, the Dallas Stars, were taking on the Minnesota Wild. He wore his favorite player’s jersey to the game, sporting the Alexander Radulov…