Paul Fenton was hired as general manager of the Minnesota Wild on Monday, after 20 seasons in the front office with the division rival Nashville Predators.
Jacob Trouba, Bryan Little, Brandon Tanev and Joel Armia scored in the first 11:59 and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 5-0 on Friday night to win a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.
A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.75 million to a former women's hockey coach who sued University of Minnesota Duluth for alleged discrimination and retaliation.
The Golden Gopher women's hockey team won its seventh WCHA Final Faceoff title and earned the league's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament with a 3-1 win over No. 1 Wisconsin Sunday.
Eric Staal and Zach Parise scored in the second period and Jason Zucker added two late goals in the Wild's 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.
Scott Reedy, Rem Pitlick, and Casey Mittelstadt notched four goals and eight points for the Maroon & Gold, but it wasn’t enough as Minnesota fell 6-5 at Penn State on Saturday.
A late empty net goal by Penn State broke up a third period rally by Minnesota as the Gophers fell to the Nittany Lions 5-3 in the opening game of this weekend’s Big Ten quarterfinal series on Friday night.