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No. 59 with a mullet: Rookie Addison brings big hair to Wild blueline
With the curly, shoulder-length brown mullet, plus a wisp of a mustache, Calen Addison would fit right in on the state tournament All-Hockey Hair Team.
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Gophers men move up, women down in latest college hockey polls
A pair of shutouts on the road boosted the U men's hockey team; being swept at home dropped the women from the No, 2 spot they'd held.
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Wild-Los Angeles game preview
The Wild returns to play after having six games postponed since Feb. 3 because of COVID-19 on the team.
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Souhan: A dozen dreams of better times for Minnesota sports teams
Better times are ahead, and in sports as well as life, better times require health and normalcy. Here's a list of what could make 2021 an uncommonly good sports year.
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Wild needs Greenway's growth into an NHL force to continue
Leading up to the stoppage, Jordan Greenway was on the best run since his debut with the Wild in 2018.
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Wild now faces challenge of making up lost time, and lost ground
The Wild's mission coming out of a weeklong layoff because of COVID-19 protocols is to tighten the gap in a competitive division
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Several regulars still sidelined but Wild has 'turned the corner'
Only 16 players skated Friday during the Wild's first practice since the NHL suspended the team's season and shuttered its facilities after a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Matt Dumba back for Wild, and Mats Zuccarello is close
Jared Spurgeon and Marcus Johansson still have injuries that will keep them out longer.
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Wild's Darby Hendrickson remembers a Richfield hockey treasure
The Wild assistant coach paid tribute to Jake McCoy, the longtime Richfield and Minneapolis coach who died last week at 79.
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With 12 players sidelined, Wild will go back to work Friday
The team will hit the ice at Xcel Energy Center to get ready for a return to action Tuesday after having six games postponed.
Colleges
College hockey takes step toward more diversity, equity and inclusion
A group of 27 NCAA Division I players, coaches and administrators have been meeting, seeking ideas and proposals to bring about the change they desire.
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Two more players added to Wild's COVID list; one player comes off
Defenseman Jonas Brodin and goalie Cam Talbot were the latest to be placed in the virus protocols as the team's shutdown continued.
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With games becoming a grind, Koivu decides its time to retire
Mikko Koivu joined Columbus after 15 seasons in Minnesota. He could become the first Wild player to have his number retired.
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Gold medal-winning Lamoureux twins hang up their skates
The Grand Forks, N.D., natives, who spent one season with the Gophers, helped Team USA win Olympic gold in 2018.
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U men's hockey drops to 5th in poll; women still No. 2 behind Badgers
The Gophers men's team was at No. 2 before getting swept against Wisconsin by scores of 4-1 and 8-1 last weekend.
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Wild has two more games postponed, two more players sidelined by COVID
With 11 players unavailable, the Wild is one of the teams most impacted by the virus since the NHL season began almost a month ago. Six other clubs have been stalled.
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Wild now has nine players out due to NHL virus protocols
Defenseman Brad Hunt is the newest addition to the list, which has resulted in the Wild being idled and having four games called off.
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Scoggins: Some pandemic-driven changes in sports are worth keeping around
Some rule changes in sports in response to COVID-19 have improved the product, so much so that some should be permanent, not temporary, when life returns to "normal."
Gophers
Eight-goal burst gives Badgers sweep over Gophers, spot in first place
A pair of first-period power-play goals staked Wisconsin to a two-goal lead, and the 11th-ranked Badgers went on to hammer the No. 2 Gophers 8-1 and sweep the Border Battle series.
Gophers hockey swept by Wisconsin after Saturday night drubbing
A pair of first-period power-play goals staked Wisconsin to a two-goal lead, and the 11th-ranked Badgers went on to hammer the No. 2 Gophers 8-1 and sweep the Border Battle series.
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Around the NHL
- NHL free agency shows teams in states with no income tax have an advantage
- Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken
- Stanley Cup champion Panthers sign deal to move local broadcasts from Bally to Scripps Sports
- Analysis: Big spenders across the NHL made winners out of free agents across the league
- AP weekly global sports photo gallery
- Predators add Stamkos, Marchessault in blockbuster moves; NHL teams drop $1B in free agent frenzy
- NHL reinstates Bowman, Quenneville after being banned for their role in Blackhawks assault scandal
- Wild add grit with Trenin as dead cap space for Parise-Suter buyouts keeps them on bargain hunt
- Sam Reinhart agrees to $69 million, 8-year deal to stay with Cup champion Panthers, AP source says
- 'Unpredictable' free agency is on tap around the NHL as part of a fast-tracked offseason
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