Tom Gilbert

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...

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...

As problematic as the Wild's goalie situation is heading into Game 5 on Thursday night, May 9, it hasn't been their biggest problem. Scoring has. The Wild have six goals in four games in their opening-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the top-...

ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Want to get a sense of the level of urgency facing the Wild on Tuesday night with the defending Stanley Cup champs in town? "This was probably the biggest game I've ever played in for this franchise," Cal Clutterbuck said after the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Flames 4, Wild 1 Flames 4, Wild 1: Joey MacDonald stopped 34 shots and Mikael Backlund scored the winning goal for Calgary, which opened its season-ending four-game road trip with its third straight victory. Defenseman Mark...

Flames 4, Wild 1: Joey MacDonald stopped 34 shots and Mikael Backlund scored the winning goal for Calgary, which opened its season-ending four-game road trip with its third straight victory. Defenseman Mark Cundari opened the scoring with his first...

It is all starting to feel so familiar. Too familiar for Wild fans. The Wild outplayed their opponent. They got the better scoring chances for the first 45 minutes or so. But they gave up the first goal, hit a few posts, failed to put together a 60-...

Blackhawks left winger Daniel Carcillo has been enjoying checking both opposing players and his own teammates on the boards this season. On the ice, he's the team enforcer; protecting his line with such ferocity that the NHL has kept a close eye on...

Whenever they get together, the jokes -- or chirps as they're called in hockey parlance -- come fast and easy between members of the Blackhawks' 2010 Stanley Cup championship team. Such was the case Wednesday when Adam Burish, Brian Campbell, Patrick...