Your daily dosage of Wild news, in addition to other intriguing stories from around the NHL.
That’s Wild
- The Wild lost Game 2 since of a great deal of factors, however the one glaring option was to not have Filip Gustavsson in internet and select Marc-Andre Fleury. The stakes were simply too expensive to not let the red-hot netminder get his 2nd video game in. [Hockey Wilderness]
- Head coach Dean Evason calls out the decoration originating from the Dallas Stars. “We do not dive.” [Pioneer Press]
- On Friday, the first-place Minnesota Twins will be dealing with the Washington Nationals at Target Field, the Minnesota Timberwolves will be playing in Game 3 at Target Center, and a couple of miles separated from that, the Wild will be playing their own Game 3 at The X. It is a Minnesota triple-header to start the weekend. [StarTribune]
- Star legend and Wild executive Mike Modano has some conflicting sensations about this first-round match. [The Athletic]
Off the path…
- Believe it or not, the origin of the NHL playoff beard can be traced to Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum, even prior to the New York Islanders won their very first Stanley Cup. [The Hockey News]
- The Toronto Maple Leafs got their vengeance and their wild fan base can relax for a 2nd. They made a definitive Game 2 triumph to connect the series. [Yahoo Sports]
- Winnipeg Jets forward Morgan Barron was overwhelmed by the assistance he received after overcoming 75 stitches in his face after he got cut with a skate. [Sportsnet]