Matt Cullen

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...

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...

Thursday was turning into Friday as Wild forward Zach Parise finally stood up from his stall in the visitors' locker room at the United Center in Chicago, just a stone's throw from the Blackhawks' muted celebration down the hall. Parise, still...

Those July 4 fireworks that shook the Twin Cities seem an eternity ago. Expectations were gigantic on that balmy summer day when the Wild persuaded Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to spurn other suitors and sign with Minnesota. That was the boom. On...

Ding, ding, ding! Time's up! The Wild's search for an identity now must carry over to the 2013-14 NHL season. After 48 games during the regular season and five in the playoffs, at least we know what the Wild aren't. They aren't an offensive team,...

Bob Naegele Jr., who sold the Minnesota Wild to Craig Leipold in 2008 and resides in Naples, Fla., was in St. Paul for Sunday's 3-2 overtime victory over Chicago, watching from a suite. "I had forgotten how electric that place is," said Naegele, who...

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...

The Wild boarded a chartered aircraft for a relatively quick flight to Chicago Midway International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. It was the first time the team gathered since blowing its chance to even the Western Conference quarterfinals at two...

When Matt Cullen won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006, the Hurricanes lost their starting goalie before the team played its first road game in the playoffs. They got "spanked," Cullen said, in Games 1 and 2. The starter, Martin Gerber, was sick...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Josh Harding stood in the crease and flexed his left leg while play continued moments after the Wild goaltender collided with Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews. Harding, starting in place of the injured Niklas Backstrom, made it...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The day and the win were five years in the making. The Wild had not played a postseason game in front of their home fans since April 2008. The celebration didn't last a fraction as long as the wait. "We haven't done much,"...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The State of Hockey erupted into a state of frenzy. Jason Zucker ripped a shot from a sharp angle past Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford in overtime to give the Wild a 3-2 victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference...