Sturm will be back in the lineup after missing just one game due to illness. The veteran forward has been struggling offensively, going 13 games without a goal while generating a mere two helpers.

When the non-Olympic Wild players return from their 12-day break, assistant coach Jack Capuano will run practices in St. Paul ...

More than just about any major sport, rust seems to be a factor in hockey. If a player goes two days without hitting the ice, the results can be rough; for a time anyway. So, it’s not at all ...

Other than a post-overtime shootout, pitting skater versus goalie, perhaps nowhere is hockey more a game of man-on-man skill than in the faceoff circle. In fact, his historical prowess at winning ...

NHL players haven't gone to the Olympics in 14 years. That makes weighing whether to play through an injury in Milan even ...

Minnesota went 2-1-0 on the just-concluded trip, and improved to 6-2-2 in its last 10 road games despite missing five veterans from the lineup. According to coach John Hynes, forwards Joel Eriksson Ek ...

The Minnesota Wild held morning skate on Monday at TRIA Rink in St. Paul. Following the skate, head coach John Hynes and ...

VANCOUVER — This wasn’t going to be a piece of cake for the Wild. These weren’t slam-dunk wins. “Those days are over,” two-time Stanley Cup champion Nico Sturm said. “There’s as much parity in the NHL ...