"Obviously, it was a cheap hit," Wild head coach John Hynes said on the play. "A pretty dirty play," Declan Chisholm, Spurgeon's defense partner said. "Definitely sucks because Jared is a huge ...

It wasn’t too long ago that Kaprizov was viewed by many as the frontrunner for the Hart Trophy. The pace he was on is best illustrated by the fact the he still leads the Wild with 50 points (23 goals, ...

Minnesota Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek smiled when asked about two of his longtime teammates returning from injuries this week. One of the players, Kirill Kaprizov, is the leading scorer on the Wild.

He played in six games with the Wild since he was recalled. In his last two games, Jiricek had one goal and one assist. But with Spurg ...