As the Minnesota Wild's surprise season hits a minor speed bump lately, a few preseason narratives have begun to emerge.

The 27-year-old, who becomes eligible to sign what will likely be a fruitful extension in Minnesota next summer, had 50 ...

Norcross, for her part, got to take her first strides in the SDHL with a quartet of Olympians in Petra Nieminen, Emma Nordin, Jenni Hiirikoski and Johanna Fällman, and did not look out of place. Luleå ...

However, the bigger story is not the goaltending but the contract for Mikko Rantanen. It has been a conversation that many have been talking about since the summer and will not go away until he ...

The Colorado Avalanche could be forced to navigate a challenging situation as they try to secure a contract extension for star forward Mikko Rantanen. According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman ...

Jared Spurgeon logged 24 minutes and eight seconds in the game for the Wild. By doing so, Spurgeon passed Mikko Koivu for the most time on ice skated in franchise history. Spurgeon, 35 ...

December 11 - Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick and had two assists for the Colorado Avalanche in a 6-2 win against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and four ...

He won that title largely because of Mikko Rantanen's greatness. MacKinnon scored 23 goals off of Rantanen's assists and had 21 assists on his goals, both the highest of any Avalanche teammate.

Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and two assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had one goal and four assists as Colorado’s stars dominated in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins at ...

In Salt Lake City, it was 44. And in the shootout, Boldy naturally made amends with the deciding goal off a slick Mikko Koivu-like deke, then backhander. The eventual shootout winner came from ...

December 11 - Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick and had two assists for the Colorado Avalanche in a 6-2 win against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and four ...

With the goal, he passed former Minnesota Wild captain Mikko Koivu for tenth in NHL history by a Finnish player. Anaheim would answer by the end of the first on a strong transition play by Terry ...