COLUMBUS, Ohio Wild coach Bruce Boudreau spelled out the issue to his players.

Literally.

He wrote the statistics that illustrated his teams woes on the road on the white board for all to absorb, a tactic that underscores just how glaring these struggles have become especially in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio How the picture of perfection was ruined hasnt been forgotten.

We were doing a really good job in the first period, then we had the dumb giveaway, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau recalled. Next thing you know its in the back of our net.

But the uniqueness of the event never ...

The Fort Wayne Amateur Hockey Association announced it will have a 3-day hockey camp and coaches clinic featuring Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau, a former coach and player with the Komets, June 15-18 that will have a maximum of 160 players.

Registration will be in February at ...

TAMPA, Fla. As more games are logged, providing clearer definition to each teams case to be included in the NHLs postseason, the Wilds outlook only seems to get murkier.

After the teams six-game point streak expired Thursday via a 6-3 letdown against the Penguins in Pittsburgh, the Wild ...

PITTSBURGH – Amid an up-and-down season in which losses have been almost as common as wins, the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t consistently skated as the powerhouse that became reigning back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

But they certainly did Thursday night in a 6-3 victory over the Wild in ...

Wild winger Zach Parise isn’t a “big believer” in analytics. Don’t expect the 33-year-old to give you much insight into Corsi percentage or high-danger shot opportunities.

But there’s at least one statistic Parise thinks is important when it comes to evaluating scorers and how well teams ...

The Wild hasnt played a game in almost a week, but plenty has changed since the last time it suited up.

Just ask coach Bruce Boudreau.

I did a lot of swearing at home, Boudreau said. I just wish they would have done it earlier than instead of giving me hope and waiting until the last ...

The Komets’ three-man goaltending situation is no more. The NHL’s Arizona Coyotes have reassigned Sean Maguire, sending him from Fort Wayne to Utah of the ECHL. Maguire had played only twice with the Komets, going 0-2-0 with a 4.78 goals-against average and a .842 save percentage.

Maguire ...

The sound bites from Wild coach Bruce Boudreau in the midst of a drill during practice are brief directions from center ice as players fan out on each side of him.

Go to the net.

Lets go.

Get there.

When hes at the whiteboard plastered on the boards, his soliloquy is ...

Reintroducing winger Zach Parise to the Wild lineup immediately upgrades the teams top-nine look even if it will take time for the 33-year-old to get up to speed after missing the seasons first 39 games because of a herniated disc and subsequent back surgery.

But Parises return Tuesday ...

Had the order been reversed and the Wild closed out the week and 2017 with a pair of wins after beginning it with a loss, the sentiment would be different.

Youd be feeling pretty good right now, coach Bruce Boudreau said. But when you get two in this world, you get greedy. You want three, ...

NASHVILLE – A three-day timeout from hockey certainly looks like it galvanized Wild winger Mikael Granlund — what with four goals, including a hat trick and game-winner Friday, and seven more shots on goal Saturday among his contributions since the Wild reconvened after the Christmas ...

Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said ahead of his teams rematch with the Wild on Friday that he was trying to forget the 6-4 blow-up loss the Predators last month at Xcel Energy Center.

It was a very frustrating loss for us, he said. But were past that now.

Unfortunately for ...

Even if the Wild didnt evolve into the franchises most successful version through the regular season a year ago a surge that only seems to validate a culture insistent on excellence expectations in the aftermath would have been the same.

The actual goal is to be best at everything, coach ...

TAMPA, Fla. Coach Bruce Boudreau doesnt forget about the late-game collapses that have haunted the Wild this season.

Instead, he catalogs them tallying up the missed opportunities and how theyve affected the teams position in the NHLs pecking order.

I know exactly how many points ...

SUNRISE, FLA. The pregame take on the Panthers was that they like to throw pucks on net, more than most in the NHL.

But Wild goalie Alex Stalock wasnt just fighting off rubber.

A wave of pressure that included traffic at the net and a few collisions around it culminated in a ...

SUNRISE, FLA. - When Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk was sidelined with injury last week, coach Bruce Boudreau figured the absence of his starter wouldn’t be felt immediately.

“The teams get by the first week or two because they play above what they’re capable of because they know great players ...

OTTAWA – After watching defenseman Matt Dumba operate last season and make the most impact he has ever had offensively on the Wild, coach Bruce Boudreau believed Dumba could accomplish much more.

“He’s a potential 20-goal scorer on defense,” Boudreau said.

Dumba wasn’t on pace to ...

Zach Parise huffed and puffed as he entered the Minnesota Wild locker room after Friday’s practice, the first time he has fully worked out with the team since surgery more than seven weeks ago to remove a herniated disk.

“There’s still a ways to go,” Parise said. “I think it’s getting ...

CHICAGO The loss of defenseman Jared Spurgeon to a groin strain last month put the spotlight squarely on the teams blue line and whether it could withstand the absence of a top-pairing minute muncher.

But instead of exposing a weakness, the adversity uncovered better depth an asset that ...

Never in his NHL career has goalie Alex Stalock been on the brink of regular, uninterrupted action like this, a shuffle of the hierarchy caused by an injury to No. 1 Devan Dubnyk.

But the influx of playing time hasnt changed Stalocks outlook.

Instead, hes approaching the ...

Just when it looked like the Wild was inching closer to trimming its injured list, another key player joined the mix — the latest blow to a team that’s been hounded by adversity all season long.

“We’ve handled it so far,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “So hopefully we’ll continue to do ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. A reign of dominance over the opposition isnt a prerequisite for admission to the playoffs, but stringing together wins certainly doesnt hurt.

And amid a staccato start to the season for the Wild, a run longer than its season-best four-game win streak seems to be just the ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Joel Eriksson Ek is still quite shy with the media. The 20-year-old Swede is extremely soft-spoken, usually keeping his answers short and to the point.

That doesn’t matter to the Wild, though, as long as Eriksson Ek does his talking on the ice. The Wild called the ...

LOS ANGELES — With the Minnesota Wild still scrapping for points as they work they way back to relevance in the Central Division standings, coach Bruce Boudreau was hopeful a three-game West Coast road trip resulted in six points.

Well, the Wild started off on the wrong foot with a 5-2 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. When hes back among the palm trees, sandy beaches and ocean breezes, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau doesnt have a favorite spot to revisit.

But he still reminisces.

Boudreau flashes back to the people and experiences that filled the parts of five seasons he spent leading ...

LOS ANGELES It wasnt a set play scripted ahead of time.

Defenseman Matt Dumba ended up with the puck because goalie Devan Dubnyk turned aside a slapshot from Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, and Dumba was able to redirect in the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over the Blues on Saturday ...

As the Wild has cut back on the amount of pucks that have burrowed into its net recently, another number has been on the rise.

Points from defensemen.

And while the former is vital to this team playing up to its potential, the latter is also key.

You cant win without it, coach ...