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Kings lose this hunger game to Minnesota, 2-1

2013-04-24 00:00:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Kings' 16-second breakdown is the short, efficient way of describing their 2-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild here on Tuesday night. But it's not the complete version. The Kings allowed goals by Charlie Coyle and Cal...

Ducks place call on emergency goaltender

2013-04-05 19:31:00

The Ducks for the second time this season had to summon an emergency backup goaltender to their bench after Jonas Hiller was ruled out of Friday night’s game at the Honda Center versus the Dallas Stars. The replacement, Rob Laurie of Corona, has a...

Kings blow lead, gasket in 4-3 shootout loss to Wild

2013-03-30 22:00:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Road rage, indeed. The losing goalie, Jonathan Quick, went straight to red hot anger without even stopping for a second at plain-old ire after the Kings blew a two-goal lead, losing to the Minnesota Wild, 4-3, in a shootout on...

Dayton turns to smokers to fill Vikings stadium funding gap

2013-05-17 00:54:04

A bailout of the $977 million Minnesota Vikings stadium by smokers and businesses was proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday as a hedge against the limited success of electronic gambling games that were supposed to help build the sports palace. The...

Column: Sports facility buildings aplenty in Twin Cities

2013-05-14 21:39:00

�The sports facility building boom in Sioux Falls over the past few years is massive. �But not when compared to what has been happening in the Twins Cities. It is a case of millions vs. billions. �With the Minnesota Vikings announcing its specifics...

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...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Sid Hartman column

2013-05-17 00:54:04

Looking back at the past two seasons when the Twins nearly lost 100 games each year, reliever Glen Perkins said this year feels different because of new chemistry in the clubhouse, and that has helped the team get off to a much better start. "There's...

Minnesota Wild: Backstrom wants to stay with team that found him

2013-05-12 01:14:02

This much is certain about the Wild's goaltending riddle: -- Niklas Backstrom wants to remain with the club that plucked him from obscurity in Finland seven years ago and watched him become the best goaltender in franchise history. -- Josh Harding...

Hawks' Saad a Calder Trophy finalist

2013-05-06 16:42:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The news arrived via a call from his agent Monday morning, and the congratulations arrived later via teammates at Xcel Energy Center: Blackhawks rookie Brandon Saad is a Calder Trophy finalist. That done, the 20-year-old left...

Blackhawks' Keith will play in Game 4 after son's birth

2013-05-07 11:05:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Now it's the Chicago Blackhawks, not Duncan Keith and his wife, who are expecting. The Norris Trophy-winning defenseman flew home Monday night for the birth of his son Tuesday morning, but he will return for Game 4 against the...

Power outage for Hawks' top line

2013-05-05 18:16:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Three games into the Blackhawks' first-round series against the Wild, the top line of Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa and Brandon Saad have a combined one goal and one assist. The lone goal came from Hossa during a Game 1 power play...

Sharp stays hot with another 2-goal game

2013-05-07 22:30:00

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It's all over now, the painstaking search for scoring rhythm and relief from the frustrations that missing nearly half a season to injury heap on a player. Patrick Sharp is scoring goals again for the Blackhawks, a bunch of them,...

Chicago Blackhawks fans survey the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota before the start of game 4 of the first round of NHL playoffs between the Hawks and the Minnesota.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding in the first period of game 4 of the first round of NHL playoffs at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Blackhawks fans survey the Xcel Energy Center before the start of game

2013-05-07 00:00:00