To successfully play defense in the NHL for more than a decade, as Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon has, you need to listen to your body. In the second period of the Wild’s loss in Calgary ...

Hynes prioritizes clarity and honesty, and when everyone’s together, he doesn’t want players to be defensive. So he emphasizes how to get better, and he’s not big on raising his voice.

Head coach John Hynes said Spurgeon was doing better after the game, and the Wild hope he's good to go for Saturday's game against the Canucks. "It's always scary" when a player takes a puck to ...

ST. PAUL - After an emotional win over the best team in the league on Thursday, the Minnesota Wild (41-28-5) let up a goal 29 seconds into the game. It was not the start the team wanted, but it ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Coaches usually loathe fiddling with the lineup after victories, but as the Wild-Golden Knights series switches from Las Vegas to Minnesota, there’s a chance John Hynes will ...

Hynes said that they had been in conversation not only with Buium but his agent and team management about where and when might be the right time for the 19-year-old’s NHL debut.