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State of The State (of Hockey): New Year’s Eve Edition

Hot off the presses!! There’s life—the Wild finally showed up, against the best team in the NHL no less. Let me try to recap the game for you guys quick...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about 11 months ago 38 reads 1 comments
State of the State (of Hockey): 12/30/08

For one, I’m sick of it. The period ends, and the fans start booing the home team of the ice. It's classless in my opinion, although I can totally understand everyone’s frustration...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about 11 months ago 18 reads 0 comments
Minnesota High School Hockey Report: Dec. 18-20, Edina Holiday Classic

First off, I want to apologize for my absence over the last couple weeks. I just got finished with final exams last week, and lately all I’ve wanted to do lately is sleep...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about 11 months ago 186 reads 0 comments
Wild-Stars: Minnesota Crashes and Burns in the Third...Again

Same story—second verse? Third? Fourth? We’ve blown so many third period leads in the last few games I can’t remember how many it is now...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 100 reads 0 comments
State Of The State (Of Hockey): 11/12/08

While I’m in the writing mood (I’ve already written two papers today and still have one left), I figured I might as well write a piece on the Wild so you know I’m just lazy and not dead or something...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 61 reads 0 comments
How To Lose A Game In 5 Minutes

Oh, boy. Where do you start? the beginning would probably be a good place.The Wild got outplayed by far in the first period, and Backstrom was under siege the whole time...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 77 reads 0 comments
State Of The State: The Latest On Gabby, Zidlicky, Nolan, And Bouchard

I know it comes as a shock to most hockey fans, but Marian Gaborik is injured again. Now, this is old news as he was injured a while ago during the road trip and was diagnosed with a “lower body injury,” which probably means groin...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 62 reads 0 comments
Epic Division III Football Battle Comes Down to Six Inches

One of the best Division III football rivalries ever is played every October between two Catholic universities, St. Thomas and St. John's—an MIAC showdown that usually decides the division champion...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 178 reads 2 comments
Western Clutching and Holding Association (WCHA) Game 1 Notes

Pre- Preface: Please excuse the spelling and grammar of this article, as I am writing it at 11:40 local time, right after I got home from the Gopher game.Preface: Today was my first time on a city bus...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 95 reads 0 comments
Minnesota Wild Finalize Roster Shakedown

Preface: My apologies for not writing for a long while. When you’re writing three or more papers a week for school, as I am now, I don’t have much spare time to do anything, let alone write more...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 202 reads 0 comments
Minnesota Wild Preview, Part 4 of 4: Goaltending

The Minnesota Wild goaltending corps stays much the same from last year with Backstrom starting and Harding backing up...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 197 reads 1 comments
Minnesota Wild Preview, Part Three of Four: Who's Gonna Score?

The Wild are going to have trouble scoring goals this season—real trouble. Minnesota just doesn't have that many offensive weapons, which might make them easy pickings for opposing defenses...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 225 reads 4 comments
Dwayne Roloson Subject to Rumours

From spectorshockey.net: Jim Matheson reports Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers intends to battle for a spot in the Oilers goaltending rotation, battling with Mathieu Garon and Dwayne Roloson...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 392 reads 2 comments
Minnesota Wild Season Preview, Part Two: Defense

Its no secret that the Wild put a ton of emphasis on team defense over the seven years the franchise has been in existence—especially last year...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 292 reads 4 comments
Wild Team Preview Part 1 of 4- Prospect Camp

Yesterday, the Wild announced their roster for their prospect camp, along with the announcement that the Wild will participate in the NHL’s prospect tournament in Traverse City, Michigan...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 176 reads 0 comments
No NHL Olympians After '10?

It appears the NHL’s history in the Olympics is in jeopardy after all. According to a CBC article, Gary Bettman is rethinking its policy of a midseason Olympic break...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 294 reads 14 comments
Paintball An Olympic Sport?

I was surfing around on Al Gore’s internet, and found an article that was a bit shocking to me. The Article I found was about bringing paintball into the Olympics.My initial reaction was one of shock and surprise...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 329 reads 3 comments
NHL Northwest Division Preview

With the 2008- 2009 NHL season drawing closer, I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and do a division prediction. I’m going to do a Wild team prediction as well, so keep your eyes peeled for that...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 361 reads 23 comments
The Wild Want More Money Out Of Their Fans

Like most NHL Clubs, make that most major sports clubs, the Minnesota Wild have introduced “premium pricing” for some of their home games, 12 to be exact...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 397 reads 3 comments
Minnesota Wild All-Time Team

I saw this was an “open mic” prompt on Bleacher Report a while ago, and it got me to thinking. Apparently, I didn’t think hard enough or long enough on it, because I forgot about it...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 716 reads 2 comments
IOC Launching Investigation into Chinese Gymnastics Team

According to a Yahoo! Sports blog, the IOC is going to open an official investigation to discover the age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin. This is also confirmed in an article on Times Online...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 453 reads 1 comments
Marion Gaborik: Wild Soap Opera in Minnesota

In our last episode, we learned Wild GM Doug Risebrough and assistant GM Tom Lynn flew to Slovakia in order to talk contract with the star left-winger...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 478 reads 4 comments
Lopez Lomong: Lost Boy Finds Home

Track star and U.S. flag bearer Lopez Lomong has a story to tell, and an inspiring one at that. Lomong was born in Southern Sudan in the midst of the Second Sudanese Civil War...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 187 reads 1 comments
The (Other) Great One

What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Michael Phelps? The kid’s a fish, and I say kid because he’s only 23...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 56 reads 0 comments
Shades Of The "Old China"

The Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing were supposed to be, some said, China’s “coming out party...

Written by Matt Ellenberger about about 1 year ago 78 reads 0 comments

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Matt Ellenberger Article Archive

State of The State (of Hockey): New Year’s Eve Edition

State of the State (of Hockey): 12/30/08

Minnesota High School Hockey Report: Dec. 18-20, Edina Holiday Classic

Wild-Stars: Minnesota Crashes and Burns in the Third...Again

State Of The State (Of Hockey): 11/12/08

How To Lose A Game In 5 Minutes

State Of The State: The Latest On Gabby, Zidlicky, Nolan, And Bouchard

Epic Division III Football Battle Comes Down to Six Inches

Western Clutching and Holding Association (WCHA) Game 1 Notes

Minnesota Wild Finalize Roster Shakedown

Minnesota Wild Preview, Part 4 of 4: Goaltending

Minnesota Wild Preview, Part Three of Four: Who's Gonna Score?

Dwayne Roloson Subject to Rumours

Minnesota Wild Season Preview, Part Two: Defense

Wild Team Preview Part 1 of 4- Prospect Camp

No NHL Olympians After '10?

Paintball An Olympic Sport?

NHL Northwest Division Preview

The Wild Want More Money Out Of Their Fans

Minnesota Wild All-Time Team

IOC Launching Investigation into Chinese Gymnastics Team

Marion Gaborik: Wild Soap Opera in Minnesota

Lopez Lomong: Lost Boy Finds Home

The (Other) Great One

Shades Of The "Old China"

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