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There's no doubt this is a
different hockey club, but
can the Wild make a deep
postseason run?
RUSSO'S RANTS
5 keys to
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or the sake of you, the fan, it sure would be nice if the Wild
can follow its exceptional run to start the season with an
exceptional run to end the season.
By early February, Wild fans were all aboard. As much
as Wild players had bought in to Bruce Boudreau and his
fun way of doing things, Wild fans seemed to be buying in
to the fact that this very well could be a special team.
The best example was Jan. 21—Hockey Day Minnesota—when
the Wild stormed back for three goals in less than two minutes of the
third period to stun Boudreau's former team, the Anaheim Ducks. Not
only were fans engaged every second of that game, even when the Wild
trailed, Xcel Energy Center was the loudest anybody around the team
had heard it during a regular season game … ever.
Besides the wins—lots of wins—in the first half, the best part of this
season is the Wild's actually a fun, entertaining team to watch. The team
doesn't need to eke out 2-1 hockey games nightly anymore.
the cup
By MICHAEL RUSSO