http://98country.com Sat, 18 May 2013 01:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://98country.com/wild-introduce-parise-suter-at-press-conference/ http://98country.com/wild-introduce-parise-suter-at-press-conference/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:19:14 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=116547 The Minnesota Wild officially welcomed free agent signees Zach Parise and Ryan Suter at a press conference at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Monday. 

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]]> http://98country.com/parise-and-suter-signings-trigger-ticket-sales/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/parise-suter-decision-could-come-today/ http://98country.com/parise-suter-decision-could-come-today/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:31:45 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=115338 The Minnesota Wild could find out today according to sources whether they will land top free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. 

]]> http://98country.com/parise-suter-decision-could-come-today/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-comes-through-st-cloud/ http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-comes-through-st-cloud/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:33:26 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=113567 The Minnesota Wild road tour came through St. Cloud Wednesday.  Current players Nate Prosser and Jason Zucker and radio announcers Bob Kurtz and Tom Reid stopped at MAC to sign autographs and meet the public. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-comes-through-st-cloud/feed/ 0 http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-in-st-cloud-today/ http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-in-st-cloud-today/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:35:18 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=113252 The Minnesota Wild Road Tour will be stopping in St. Cloud today from 11am-1pm at the MAC.  Current Wild players Nate Prosser and Jason Zucker and the radio broadcast team of Bob Kurtz and Tom Reid will be on hand for the event

]]> http://98country.com/wild-road-tour-in-st-cloud-today/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-re-sign-harding-to-3-year-contract/ http://98country.com/wild-re-sign-harding-to-3-year-contract/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:28:04 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=111272 The Minnesota Wild signed goaltender Josh Harding to a 3-year $5.7 Million contract extension Tuesday.  Harding would have become a unrestricted free agent next month. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-re-sign-harding-to-3-year-contract/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-sign-top-prospect-granlund/ http://98country.com/wild-sign-top-prospect-granlund/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:17:38 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=103634 The Minnesota Wild have signed top prospect Mikael Granlund to a 3-year $2.7 Million contract.  The contract includes $90,000 in bonus money annually. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-sign-top-prospect-granlund/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-sign-stoner-to-2-year-contract/ http://98country.com/wild-sign-stoner-to-2-year-contract/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:28:04 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=100301 The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Clayton Stoner to a 2-year contract extension worth $2.1 Million. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-sign-stoner-to-2-year-contract/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-players-nate-prosser-and-jason-zucker-are-coming-to-st-cloud/ http://98country.com/wild-players-nate-prosser-and-jason-zucker-are-coming-to-st-cloud/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:23 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=99644 The Minnesota Wild have announced that current Wild players Nate Prosser and Jason Zucker will be coming to St. Cloud Wednesday June 27 as part of the Minnesota Wild road tour. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-players-nate-prosser-and-jason-zucker-are-coming-to-st-cloud/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/kings-blanks-wild-4-0/ http://98country.com/kings-blanks-wild-4-0/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:35:01 +0000 http://wjon.com/?p=79527 The Minnesota Wild lost 4-0 at home against the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night.  The Kings scored 3 first period goals.  Niklas Backstrom had 11 saves for the Wild.  Minnesota outshot Los Angeles 26-15. 

]]> http://98country.com/kings-blanks-wild-4-0/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-trade-schultz-zanon/ http://98country.com/wild-trade-schultz-zanon/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:24:39 +0000 http://wjon.com/?p=79216 The Minnesota Wild traded defenseman Nick Schultz to Edmonton for defenseman and Minnesota native Tom Gilbert.  Schultz is the all-time leader in games played for the Wild with 743. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-trade-schultz-zanon/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-edge-sharks-4-3/ http://98country.com/wild-edge-sharks-4-3/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:14:13 +0000 http://wjon.com/?p=78918 The Minnesota Wild won 4-3 at home against San Jose Sunday night.  Matt Cullen and Jed Ortmeyer each scored a goal in the 3rd period to go from down 3-2 to leading 4-3. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-edge-sharks-4-3/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-down-florida-in-overtime-shootout/ http://98country.com/wild-down-florida-in-overtime-shootout/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:36:53 +0000 http://wjon.com/?p=78404 The Minnesota Wild downed Florida 3-2 in an overtime shootout Thursday night.  Erik Christensen and Matt Cullen each scored a goal in the shootout and Florida failed to score a goal in the shootout. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-down-florida-in-overtime-shootout/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-blank-boston-2-0-re-sign-brodziak/ http://98country.com/wild-blank-boston-2-0-re-sign-brodziak/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:11:26 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=77129 The Wild downed Boston 2-0 Sunday afternoon to end their 7-game losing streak.  Chad Rau and Matt Cullen each scored a goal for Minnesota and Niklas Backstrom had 48 saves for the Wild to get the shutout in net.  Minnesota was outshot 48-29.

]]> http://98country.com/wild-blank-boston-2-0-re-sign-brodziak/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/jets-beat-wild-4-3-in-overtime-shootout/ http://98country.com/jets-beat-wild-4-3-in-overtime-shootout/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:58:13 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=76429 The Minnesota Wild scored 3 goals but lost 4-3 to Winnipeg in an overtime shootout Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. 

]]> http://98country.com/jets-beat-wild-4-3-in-overtime-shootout/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/wild-recall-scandella-host-ducks-tonight/ http://98country.com/wild-recall-scandella-host-ducks-tonight/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=75289 The Minnesota Wild have recalled defenseman Marco Scandella and forward Kris Foucault from the Houston Aeros of the AHL. 

]]> http://98country.com/wild-recall-scandella-host-ducks-tonight/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/canucks-beat-wild-5-2/ http://98country.com/canucks-beat-wild-5-2/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:31 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=74332 The Minnesota Wild lost 5-2 Thursday night to Vancouver at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.  Dany Heatley gave the Wild a 1-0 lead scoring just :13 seconds into the game.  That sets a franchise record for quickest goal

]]> http://98country.com/canucks-beat-wild-5-2/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/columbus-down-wild-3-1/ http://98country.com/columbus-down-wild-3-1/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:20 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=73704 The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Columbus to the Blue Jackets Tuesday night.  Nate Prosser scored the lone Minnesota goal and Niklas Backstrom had 34 saves.  The Wild were outshot 37-29.  The Wild failed to score on the power play while Columbus had 2 power play goals.

]]> http://98country.com/columbus-down-wild-3-1/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/stars-beat-wild-in-overtime-shootout-2-1/ http://98country.com/stars-beat-wild-in-overtime-shootout-2-1/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:26:45 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=72836 The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout Saturday night to the Dallas Stars.  Jamie Benn scored the game-winning goal in the shootout for Dallas.  Kyle Brodziak scored the lone goal for Minnesota in regulation

]]> http://98country.com/stars-beat-wild-in-overtime-shootout-2-1/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://98country.com/predators-rally-past-wild-5-4/ http://98country.com/predators-rally-past-wild-5-4/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:36:13 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=71822 The Minnesota Wild suffered a devastating loss at home to Nashville 5-4 Tuesday night.  Minnesota took a 4-1 lead early in the 3rd period but Nashville came stormin’ back to tie the game at 4 with 3 minutes left and scored the game-winner with :24 seconds remaining

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