Are you feeling lost without the familiar, dulcet tones of Anthony LaPanta on your TV, Mike Greenlay’s color commentary (RIP “The Faceoff” with Gorg vs. Greenlay, in our hearts forever), or Bob Kurtz’s radio calls? Then this guide is for you. In season, postseason, or postseason, here are the best spots to keep up with what’s going on with the Minnesota Wild.
The Minnesota Wild’s Official Site
The Wild have a pretty great social media and writing team that keep the site up to date. You can catch general news or read Mike Doyle’s View From the Lighthouse blog via Wild.com.
You can also get game highlights and inside the locker room with Wild TV or follow players around their day-to-day routine in their TV series Becoming Wild. Here’s the breakdown of everything else the team has going on social media.
- Wild Twitter
- Wild Instagram
- Wild Facebook
- Wild PR Twitter
- The PondCast, official Wild podcast, on Twitter
- download the PondCast here
- MN Wild Live on Twitter
- All Wild-related Star Tribune articles
- The Russo Rants blog
- Russo on Twitter
Another grueling summer weekday for me pic.twitter.com/VyXLq5XQLc
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) July 21, 2014
The Pioneer Press
The Pioneer Press is the other daily newspaper in the Twin Cities with a beat writer dedicated to the Wild. Chad Graff is your man over here. Great articles, good insight, and, like Russo, he’s on top of the news.
- All Wild-related articles from the Pioneer Press
- Chad Graff on Twitter
- The Iowa Wild on Twitter
- Iowa Wild writer Tom Witosky on Twitter
- Iowa Wild coach Kurt Kleinendorst
- Iowa Wild on Facebook
- Iowa Wild YouTube Channel
- Iowa Wild on Instagram
- Iowa Wild on Pinterest
- Alaska Aces of the ECHL on Twitter
- Quad City Mallards of the ECHL (nee CHL) on Twitter
- Keith Ballard
- Jonathon Blum
- Charlie Coyle
- Justin Falk
- Christian Folin
- Justin Fontaine
- Erik Haula
- Darcy Kuemper
- Nino Niederreiter
- Jordan Schroeder
- Ryan Suter
- Thomas Vanek
- Jason Zucker
- FSN play-by-play announcer Anthony LaPanta
- FSN color analyst Mike Greenlay
- Wild Hockey radio host Kevin Falness
- FSN analyst Kevin Gorg
- Joe O’Donnell, Iowa Wild play-by-play
- Brett Bulmer
- Raphael Bussieres
- Kurtis Gabriel
- Guillaume Gélinas
- Tyler Graovac
- Alex Gudbranson
- Johan Gustaffson
- Carson McMillan
- Zack Phillips
- Joel Rechlicz
- Brett Sutter
- Alex Tuch
- Hunter Warner
- Ryan Walters
- Hockey Wilderness on Twitter | Website
- Gone Puck Wild on Twitter | Website
- The Hockey Writers Minnesota Wild account on Twitter | Minnesota Wild category page at The Hockey Writers
- Hashtag Hockey website (great spot for advanced stats on the Wild)
- Joe Bouley from Hockey Wilderness
- Dakota Case from Hockey Wilderness and Roto Rob
- Giles Ferrell at Team of 18,001
- Dustin Nelson (me, self-plugging), contributor here, Gone Puck Wild, and Rotowire
- Ger Devine from Hockey Wilderness
- Bob Spencer from Hashtag Hockey
- Tony Abbott from Hockey Wilderness
- The Noogie from Hockey Wilderness
- Alex Trembley from Gone Puck Wild
- Christopher Boyd from Hockey Wilderness
- Derek Felska from State of Hockey News and Gone Puck Wild
- Tony Dean, Wild writer for Hockey Buzz
- First Round Bust on Twitter
- A Twitter list featuring these writers, Wild players, and Wild broadcasters
- Minnesota Golden Gophers’ men’s hockey twitter account
- Minnesota Golden Gophers’ women’s hockey twitter account
- Let’s Play Hockey on Twitter
- Minnesota Hockey Magazine
- MN State of Hockey on Twitter
- MN Hockey Hub Scores
- Let’s Play Hockey on Twitter
- Follow the Puck (MN high school hockey)
#TBT! @J_Fontaine37 became the 1st #mnwild rookie to score a hat trick on 1/9. Re-live it: http://t.co/6HYqhksfs8 pic.twitter.com/SfoXaZqoXN
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) August 7, 2014
The Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is probably your #1 source for all Wild news. The Strib’s Michael Russo is the team’s veteran beat writer and is pretty consistently the man who breaks all Wild-related stories.
I’m having trouble finding the press box here at the Colosseum. pic.twitter.com/GHZWQVpc1X
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) July 28, 2014
The Iowa Wild
Last season was the inaugural year for AHL hockey in Iowa, but the social media team there are doing a ton of work to keep everyone up to date on the team and the Wild’s top prospects. Also below are accounts for Wild affiliates in the ECHL and the CHL, the Orlando Solar Bears and the Quad City Mallards, respectively.
Found in West Des Moines today! The #StateofHockey has no borders. Lots of @mnwild fans in #Iowa! #IAWild #mnwild pic.twitter.com/HoKgqSSplL
— Iowa Wild (@IAWild) August 1, 2014
Players and Broadcasters
The personalities that make up your season from the players and prospects, to radio hosts and play-by-play announcers.
Players
@EHaula thank goodness! The suspense was killing me! #imgettingawhiteone
— Keith Ballard (@Keith_Ballard2) June 27, 2014
Broadcasters
Looking to build a garage. Any suggestions?
— Kevin Falness (@RadioFalness) August 8, 2014
I was looking for recommendations on who could BUILD a garage not size and shape ideas
— Kevin Falness (@RadioFalness) August 8, 2014
Prospects
Other Blogs and Sources
There are a lot of great Minnesota Wild hockey sites out there, here are a few of them worth keeping tabs on.
Writers
More Minnesota-Related Hockey News
Because Minnesotans can’t seem to get enough hockey.
This guide is a living document and will continue to change. If we missed something you think should be included, drop a note in the comments.
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