Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild downed the L.A. Kings in Los Angeles Thursday night to open the season 4-3 in overtime. Rookie Kirill Kaprizov scored the game-winner in overtime for Minnesota. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Kaprizov was the best player on the ice and may be better sooner than expected.

The Gopher men's basketball team is ranked 16th in the AP poll and 17th in the Coaches poll this week in Division I college basketball. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Gopher head coach Richard Pitino has done a great job coaching this team with all the new faces playing key roles on the team.

The Minnesota Wild will not be playing at Target Field this winter.

The Vikings play at Seattle against the Seahawks Sunday night at 7:20, pregame on WJON at 6:00. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON Today. He says for the Vikings to win the game Sunday they'll need some big plays on defense and on special teams.

Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin traded both Ryan Donato and Devan Dubnyk to the San Jose Sharks Monday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Guerin could be positioning himself to make a big move to sign or trade for a veteran goaltender or center or both.

Days after trading for Minnesota native Nick Bjugstad, the Minnesota Wild have agreed to a contract extension with defenseman Jonas Brodin.

The Minnesota Wild fell to the Vancouver Canucks in overtime Friday and have been eliminated from the race for the 2020 Stanley Cup.

The Minnesota Wild were shutout 3-0 in Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference Qualifying round playoff series Thursday afternoon. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Minnesota Wild are on the brink of elimination as they fall to the Canucks 3-0 Thursday afternoon.

The Wild lost 4-3 in Game 2 of their NHL qualifying round best of 5 series Tuesday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. Jim says the Wild appeared to force feed top goal scorer Kevin Fiala too much early in the game. Fiala did score twice late in the 3rd period.