Wild Olympic Update: Finland Takes Bronze over USA

Mikael Granlund (right) had an Olympics to remember.

The Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament wrapped up this morning with Canada defeating Sweden 3-0 for the gold medal. Lets take a look at how the Wild players fared since our last update.

Wild Olympic Update: On To The Semifinals

Mikael Granlund (right) has played the entire Olympics on a line with his childhood idol, Teemu Selanne (left). Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP

After consecutive days of a full slate of games, the Men's Olympic tournament has a day off as the Women's Tournament finishes up with their Bronze and Gold medal games. So let's check in and see how our favorite Wild players are doing.

What Does The Future Hold For Women's Hockey?

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Yesterday as the United States convincingly defeated Sweden 6-1 in the semifinal round of the Women's Ice Hockey tournament, a rather large debate began on the internet about what the future holds for the sport.

Wild Olympic Update: Scoreless in Sochi

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Yesterday marked the conclusion of the preliminary round for the Men's tournament. Lets see what the Wild have been up to in Sochi.

Wild Olympic Update: Granlund Scores, USA Soars

Photo: Antti Aimo-Koivisto

It is day two of the Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Every Wild player has taken part in one game, and their teams are a combined 3-0. Lets take a look at how the players did:

Follow the Wild in Sochi

The Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi. Phoro: Kevin Liles/USA Today

For those of you paying particular interest to just the Wild players in Sochi over the next few weeks, well then this is the post for you. The following is a complete schedule of when Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Zach Parise, and Ryan Suter will be participating in the Olympic Hockey Tournament.

Olympic Hockey Preview: Group A

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In what would appear to be the most competitive group, we take a look at Group A today:

Olympic Hockey Preview: Group B

Photo: Petr David Josek/AP

Today we dive into Group B:

Olympic Hockey Preview: Group C

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Greetings everyone. Now that its the Olympic Break (for the Wild at least) I figured to give you a little preview of the Olympics considering it will be the only news worthy thing in hockey for the next two and a half weeks. We will do a little group by group break down starting today with Group C.

NHL To Send Players to 2014 Olympics

At long last, the NHL finally announced this morning that they will be sending their players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver was some of the best Olympic hockey in recent memory, and featured a gold medal game that went to overtime between Canada and the United States (although the U.S. would like to forget the outcome.

The Wild are expected to have several players participate for their various countries. Mikko Koivu (Finland), Zach Parise (USA), Ryan Suter (USA), Jonas Brodin (Sweden), Jason Pominville (USA/Canada), Mikael Granlund (Finland), Nino Niederreiter (Switzerland), and Niklas Backstrom (Finland) are the logical choices to play in Sochi. Should all these players end up playing, it would clearly be a team record for number of players participating in the games.

It won't be until January when the official rosters are unveiled. There are Olympic camps coming up in August, and that should offer a better idea as to who should make the team (perhaps).

Look for more news today as the long awaited NHL schedule will be released...


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