Marco Scandella News

For anyone who kept up with the Aeros all season, Tuesday's season-ending loss to the Oklahoma City Barons came as no surprise.

The Wild hope to add one or two top free agents this summer and have plenty of room beneath the NHL salary cap to do so, general manager Chuck Fletcher said at a postseason news conference Monday, April 9, at the Xcel Energy Center.

Wild Send Down Scandella : Marco Scandella was assigned to AHL Houston on Sunday, Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Preview: The Wild, 4-0-1 in its past five overall and winners of five or six at home, will close the season Saturday night against the playoff-bound Coyotes.

Cal Clutterbuck's game-tying tip-in with 3:12 left in regulation and Devin Setoguchi's shootout goal lifted the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.