Pierre-Marc Bouchard

NHL Playoffs: Sharks rout Canucks, 5-2, to take 3-0 lead in series

2013-05-05 22:34:00

Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture each scored twice to spoil Cory Schneider's return to the nets for Vancouver and the San Jose Sharks won their third straight game to open the playoffs, beating the Canucks, 5-2, on Sunday night in San Jose. Pavelski...

Minnesota Wild: Free agent Bouchard wants more ice time, not money

2013-05-12 01:14:02

Pierre-Marc Bouchard has spent 11 years in Minnesota, playing for three head coaches and two front office regimes while battling concussions that sidelined him for almost 150 games over four seasons. The Wild's second ever first-round draft pick and...

Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher: It's time for some continuity

2013-05-12 01:14:02

Chuck Fletcher was staring at the ceiling at 3:30 a.m. early Saturday morning. He couldn't sleep. The Minnesota Wild general manager doesn't sleep much anyway, he said, but this time something was keeping him up. Fletcher was running different offseason...

Minnesota Wild: Season over after 5-1 loss to Blackhawks

2013-05-10 00:54:03

The cheers started early in the third period and crescendoed as the final seconds approached and the "We want the Cup" chant broke out. Then it was over -- a handshake line signifying the end -- and the Minnesota Wild skated off the ice, by then...

Tom Powers: 4 Wild players get another playoff shot, 5 years later

2013-04-30 00:44:02

The last time the Wild were in a playoff game, Jacques Lemaire was behind the bench, Brian Rolston and Marian Gaborik were leading the attack, and Kim Johnsson was the top blue liner. "And obviously I was a lot younger," said Mikko Koivu. Well, it's...

Minnesota Wild like the four lines they'll use vs. Blackhawks

2013-04-30 00:44:02

Even though winger Dany Heatley remains sidelined by a shoulder injury, the Wild hope to put four strong and somewhat balanced lines on the ice when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series that begins Tuesday,...

Pominville appears set to return

2013-04-30 00:44:02

The Wild should get a much-needed boost for Game 1 of its first-round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks with the return of right winger Jason Pominville. Pominville, who missed the final two regular-season games after being elbowed in the...

Wild vs. Blackhawks: Wild ready to take their shot at conference's top seed

2013-04-29 01:14:02

Not a half-hour after clinching the franchise's first playoff berth in five years, Wild coach Mike Yeo was asked about the next challenge. His team had just overcome a poor month of hockey and hung on in the final game of the regular season to advance...

Blue Jackets 3, Predators 1: Heartbreaking

2013-04-28 09:34:02

For two-plus periods in a packed and pulsating Nationwide Arena, it appeared the closely monitored goings-on in games at Dallas and Denver might not matter to the Blue Jackets. These formerly doormat Jackets, improbably in the thick of a postseason race...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Charley Walters column

2013-04-28 00:54:03

DRAFTING THREE PLAYERS -- Sharrif Floyd, Xavier Rhodes and Cordarrelle Patterson -- in the first round, even though they were picks Nos. 23, 25 and 29, will cost the Vikings about $12 million in signing bonuses. "We'll do what it takes to get a winner...

Wild take some time to celebrate after earning first playoff appearance in five years

2013-04-28 00:54:03

The music in the visiting locker room was thumping. Louder and louder it grew behind the control of Devin Setoguchi. The celebration was just getting warmed up. Pierre-Marc Bouchard, the man who has played more games in a Wild sweater than any other...

Wild notes: Backstrom recovers from tough loss

2013-04-28 00:54:03

The Wild slid into the eighth spot in the Western Conference by the skin of its chattering teeth. Hanging on for dear life in a tense third period, the Wild rebounded from a five-goal home annihilation Friday night with a 3-1 win over the Colorado...

Wild right wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard (96) celebrates a first-period goal.

2013-05-05 00:00:00