Minnesota Wild News

The Wild have been clobbered by another concussion. Center Andrew Ebbett suffered a concussion when Phoenix's Ed Jovanovski hit him in the face Monday night, the team announced Wednesday, and will be sidelined for an indefinite period.

The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild are both on a roll as the Northwest Division rivals head into their first meeting of the season Friday night.

Niklas Backstrom made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season, Antti Miettinen scored for Minnesota, and the Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Wednesday night.

Wild players should be able to answer yes to that question after five consecutive wins heading into their game Monday night against the Coyotes in Jobing.com Arena, and most of them were able to do just that.

Two games for Jovanovski Phoenix defenceman Ed Jovanovski checks Minnesota Wild forward Andrew Ebbett as Coyotes forward Robert Lang, right, tries to avoid the collision in the third period during an NHL hockey game on December 7. AP Coyotes defenceman suspended for delivering forearm to head of Minnesota player TORONTO - Published on Wednesday, ...

Stephen Weiss #9 of the Florida Panthers scores the game winning goal in the shoot out against Goaltender Peter Budaj #31 of the Colorado Avalanche on December 2, 2009 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Wayne Gretzky made setting up behind the opponent's net to feed teammates a work of art, while Wild winger Andrew Brunette plies his trade there more like a kindergarten kid with finger paints.

PHOENIX - Scottie Upshall and Taylor Pyatt snapped a scoreless tie with second-period goals 44 seconds apart, Ilya Bryzgalov recorded his NHL-leading fourth shutout and the Phoenix Coyotes won their fifth straight, 2-0 over the Minnesota Wild on Monday night.

The way Todd Richards sees it, adding players such as Chuck Kobasew, Andrew Ebbett and Guillaume Latendresse midseason has been beneficial in two ways.

The Wild roll into Phoenix tonight riding high. They are 6-0-1 in their last seven games, including the fact that they are currently on a five-game winning streak.

Contributions from an array of players have the Minnesota Wild and Phoenix Coyotes playing some of their best hockey of the season.

A general view of action between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings during the NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field on January 1, 2009 in Chicago.

Andrew Brunette scored a power-play goal and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 Saturday night for their fifth straight win.

Guillaume Latendresse scored the winning goal in the shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

The three Minnesota Wild players sidelined by concussions are not expected to return by the end of the calendar year.

The surging Minnesota Wild will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season to four games when they host the Anaheim Ducks tonight at Xcel Energy Center.

's dressing room stall has been a magnet for media people the past few days. Havlat, the Wild 's No.

This article was originally posted at Wild Nation. A Right now, ita TMs looking like Chuck Fletcher might deserve to be locked away for robbery.

The Minnesota Wild on Wednesday announced the team has established a nonprofit organization that will support educational initiatives, children's medical causes and youth hockey throughout Minnesota.

The Minnesota Wild will try for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they welcome the Nashville Predators for tonight's clash at Xcel Energy Center.