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The Dallas Stars begin a four-game road trip tonight in Minnesota, where they will battle the Wild at Xcel Energy Center.

Preview: The Wild, 4-1 at home, resumes playing after winning its first road game in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Eric Belanger has moved up in the Wild's scheme of things. The lithe center with jet-propelled skates has shed a recurring role as defensive specialist under Jacques Lemaire to become a prime scoring threat under Todd Richards.

Justin Bourne mentioned the other day in his blog that there is nothing worse than a player playing well after he has been benched.

In Wednesday's loss to the Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild head coach Todd Richards sat Czech sniper Petr Sykora in favor of fan favorite enforcer Derek Boogaard.

A national TV audience got a chance Monday night to see a pretty good Hockey team.

4 Times this season the Wild's both scored the first goal and led after one period.

Don't break out the champagne yet, but the Wild invaded the home of the Stanley Cup champions Saturday night and came away with a victory.

Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist, and Eric Belanger and Antti Miettinen also scored to help the Minnesota Wild win for the first time in regulation this season, 3-2 over the New York Rangers on Friday night.

Wild wing Petr Sykora wasn't thrilled to find himself glued to the bench during much of his team's 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

Things didn't end well for Martin Havlat with the Chicago Blackhawks. His beginning with the Minnesota Wild hasn't been too good, either.

The Wild are the first team in 13 years that failed to notch a point in any of their first eight road games.

That way, you're pulling away from people." He noted that players forechecking aggressively need to believe that teammates will jump in for support, causing turnovers.

CHICAGO - Patrick Kane scored a spectacular third-period goal just 3:25 after Minnesota had made it a one-goal game and the Chicago Blackhawks went on to win 3-1 Monday night, dropping the Wild to 0-8 on the road.

Chicago's Cristobal Huet was able to get on track last time out versus a team that has struggled to score goals all season.

Mikko Koivu congratulates Martin Havlat on his second period goal against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center on September 29, 2009 in Philadelphia.

The change from the crippling system of Jacque Lemaire to the aggressive, open style of Todd Richards was not going to happen overnight.

Mikko Koivu struck a blow for his own captaincy Wednesday night. With the Wild on the verge of yet another loss, Koivu was on the verge of being lumped in with a couple of other captains: Edward J. Smith and Max Pruss.

While the Minnesota Wild have yet to win on the road this season, the St. Louis Blues have more wins in Europe than they do in North America.

He made an impression because every time he took the ice he hammered an opposing player, forcing that player to make an impression on the sideboards.