Tag Archives: NHL

A done deal: Winnipeg gets its hockey back

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Hayden Goethe

The National Hockey League is returning to Manitoba. An agreement is in place between True North Sports and the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers to move the team to Winnipeg for next season. The city has been without the NHL … Continue reading →

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Let’s return to the blog on a pleasant note

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Hayden Goethe

I’m back from vacation today. I haven’t been to work in 10 days, and during that time the Minnesota Twins have not won a game. So there’s plenty to talk about there, but let’s leave the nine-game losing streak alive … Continue reading →

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NHL would benefit greatly from TV deal with ESPN

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

ESPN is reportedly prepared to make a run at the National Hockey League’s TV rights, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Here’s a link to the Mediaweek report. Like a lot of sports fans, I live in one of … Continue reading →

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Rounding the bases on various topics

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

Time to touch on a few different topics in a pretty busy sports week. Where was this San Francisco Giants offense all season? Twenty runs in the first two games of the World Series against Texas Rangers pitching, notably Cliff … Continue reading →

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Canucks player likely to be suspended after altercation with Wild fan

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

For those of you who didn’t see last night’s Minnesota Wild-Vancouver Canucks game, there was an incident involving a Wild fan and Vancouver’s Rick Rypien. Rypien was heading down the tunnel toward the locker room after getting ejected when he … Continue reading →

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Modano talking to Wild about return to Minny

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

No shocker here. Mike Modano and the Minnesota Wild are discussing a contract to bring the 40-year-old back to Minnesota. I was wondering last week whether or not the Wild would pursue this. There were rumors Modano was going to … Continue reading →

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On the radio today

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

I make my weekly appearance on "Sports Talk" today from 1-2 p.m. on 970-AM WDAY radio. Today, Kerry Collins and I will be talking to NHL free agent Matt Cullen, who finished last season with the Ottawa Senators. The Moorhead High School grad will discuss … Continue reading →

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Winnipeg returns on NHL radar

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

I have to say this story surprised me a bit this morning. But it only surprised me because I thought this was a done deal. The deal a Jerry Reinsdorf-led group had in place to purchase the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes – which … Continue reading →

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Timberwolves, Wild seasons mercifully wind down

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

Baseball season couldn’t come soon enough for most sports fans in this area. That’s because the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Wild are wrapping up dreadful seasons. The Wild are 37-34-6 and are toast in the Western Conference. I heard one Wild fan … Continue reading →

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Are the A’s doomed again?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

The Athletics are baseball’s nomads. They’ve relocated to three different parts of the country in over 100 years of play, and they could be doomed to relocating again. I don’t normally link too many stories from Deadspin, but I think this … Continue reading →

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