In 2015, the Wild clinched the first wild card spot in the West by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks. Later in the off-season, the Wild traded Martin Havlat for Dany Heatley in another blockbuster trade with the Sharks. Despite a renaissance year from Parise, many key players like Eric Staal and Jason Zucker regressed offensively from the season prior. ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Jonas Brodin to a seven-year, $42,000,000 million contract extension ($6,000,000 average annual value) that begins with the 2021-22 season and goes through 2027-28. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Immediately afterward, they went into a skid, losing the next 13 of 14 games, culminating in the firing of head coach Mike Yeo. Former Wild player Sergejs Žoltoks died from a heart condition during a game in Europe. Nov 25, MIN (9-15) lost to NYR, 2-3 OT, 31. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Mikko Koivu has never been one to tip his hand or show too much emotion. On April 3, 2008, he became only the 11th coach in NHL history to have 500 wins. Zholtok died in the arms of Minnesotan and former Wild player Darby Hendrickson. Jacques Lemaire, head coach of the Wild since the team's inception in the 2000–01 season, resigned at season's end. After a fan poll, the team permanently used "Let's Go Crazy" with the goal horn starting in the 2016–17 season. The Wild were founded on June 25, 1997, but did not start play until the 2000–01 season.The Wild were the first NHL franchise in Minnesota since the Minnesota …

[57], The logo depicts both a forest landscape and the silhouette of a wild animal. [60], In 2008, "Nordy" was introduced as the official mascot of the team.[61]. Data Provided By Or write about sports?

During the 2014 off-season, the Wild signed forward Thomas Vanek as a free agent. There seemed to be a stigma about Jacques Lemaire's defensive system that caused a number of top free agents to avoid the Wild.[28]. The Wild also signed free agents Antti Miettinen and Owen Nolan to multi-year deals. The official Men's Hockey page for the University of Minnesota Gophers. [53] Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wild participated in the best-of-five qualifying round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, but were eliminated in four games at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. All time regular season stats for NHL players born in Minnesota. "I mean, we were done in March, we trained, I haven't taken a week off since March just because you didn't know when you were going to start up again. In the 2019 off-season, the Wild signed free agent Mats Zuccarello to a five-year contract. [36] In November, the team set a franchise record for most wins in one month with 11.

Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The name and numbering on the green jersey would be gold with red outlining while on the white jersey it was red with gold outlining. Notably, the same Anaheim franchise eliminated the Wild in their first playoff year, in the Conference Finals, in 2003.[23]. Hockey-Reference utilizes Official NHL data for current NHL seasons. On April 4, 2017, the Wild honored the Minnesota North Stars by wearing North Stars jerseys for warm-ups, despite the North Stars history belonging to the Dallas Stars. [56] For the 2018–19 season, the team brought back "Crowd Chant" as its goal song and "Let's Go Crazy" became the win song. [11] Minnesota native Darby Hendrickson scored the first-ever home goal for the Wild. The Wild set a franchise record 12-game win streak that was snapped on New Year's Eve 2016 by the Columbus Blue Jackets, a team also on a franchise record win streak at the time. Buy his book. Minnesota Wild, by "Honestly, that was the biggest issue I had with the whole thing from the start," Suter said last week. Finishing eighth place in the Western Conference, the Wild lost in five games to the eventual champions Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 2013 playoffs. [30] Team owner Craig Leipold hired former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher as general manager. Nov 2, MIN (4-10) lost to STL, 3-4 OT, 20. Following the departure of the Minnesota North Stars after the 1993 season,[6] the state of Minnesota was without an NHL team for seven seasons. [3] The Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center. However, the Wild finished in last place again with a record of 26–35–12–6. The Wild are 11-2-1 on Hockey Day Minnesota. The team would then face the defending Stanley Cup champions Chicago, where they were eliminated in six games.

In a season filled with uncertainty, perhaps no Wild players experienced more of it the past year than goaltender Devan Dubnyk. Like Us + Follow Us + Like Us + Also, The Athletic's Dom Luszczyszyn takes a look at other NHL defensemen who played into their late 30s and how Pietrangelo projects. Minnesota native Matt Cullen was signed as a free agent and returned to the Wild to shore up the fourth line (Cullen had previously played in Minnesota from 2010–2013). Most historical data provided by Dan Diamond and Associates.