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The 3rd ranked Gopher men’s hockey team defeated St. Cloud State 3-2 Saturday night to complete a sweep of SCSU.  Saturday night’s win over SCSU for Minnesota came in St. Cloud.  Sam Warning scored the game-winning goal for the Gophers to break a 2-all tie in the 3rd period.

The Minnesota Wild downed Colorado 3-2 in Denver Tuesday night to take a 2-game winning streak into the NHL All Star Break.  Carson McMillan scored the game-winning goal breaking the 2-all tie in the 3rd period.

The Minnesota Wild lost 4-1 at Toronto Thursday night.  Minnesota has lost 15 of their last 17 and is 22-18-7 overall.  Nick Johnson scored the lone Wild goal after they fell behind 4-0 in the 3rd period.

The Minnesota Wild lost 5-1 at Philadelphia Tuesday night.  Minnesota has lost 14 of their last 16 games and is 22-17-7 this season.  Darrell Powe scored the lone Wild goal and Josh Harding had 29 saves.  Minnesota was outshot 34-26.

The Minnesota Wild will play the next 4-6 weeks without center and captain Mikko Koivu.  He sustained a separted shoulder in Saturday’s game at St. Louis.

The St. Cloud State men’s hockey team won 5-4 in overtime at Colorado College Saturday night to earn a split in the weekend series.  Jordy Christian scored the game-winning goal for the Huskies in overtime.  David Eddy had a goal and an assist for SCSU.

The Minnesota Wild lost 5-2 at Chicago Thursday night.  Dave Bolland scored 2 goals for the Blackhawks.  Devin Setoguchi and Kyle Brodziak each scored a goal for the Wild.

The Minnesota Wild downed San Jose 5-4 in an overtime shootout Tuesday night.  Mikko Koivu scored the game-winning goal in the shootout.  Matt Cullen scored a goal in regulation and one in the shootout.

The Minnesota Wild will play without Pierre-Marc Bouchard again after he was diagnosed with another concussion.  Bouchard was scratched from Tuesday night’s game against San Jose.

St. Cloud State hockey is reportedly losing another player.  Wing Cam Reid is leaving the Huskies to play for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League.

The Minnesota Wild lost 3-0 at Vancouver Wednesday night and Minnesota has lost 10 of their last 11.  Roberto Luongo had 28 saves to earn the shutout in net for the Canucks.  Josh Harding had 32 saves for the Wild.  Minnesota was outshot 35-28.

The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Nashville Wednesday night.  Dany Heatley scored the game-tying goal with 3:59 left in regulation.