"Welcome to the Wild, Wild, Northwest." | A Minnesota Wild Dynasty

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Minnesota Wild Dynasty

Period Length: 5 Minutes
Difficulty: All-Star

Synopsis: Finishing a dismal 2 over .500 last season, the Wild are looking to improve and turn into a playoff team. With a great goalie in Niklas Backstrom and a few good skaters including their captain Mikko Koivu the Wild have a serious chance to make some noise in a post-season run.

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Captain Koivu:

Mikko Koivu announces today that he is excited for the season to start. "I feel like we've made some big improvents in the offseason. My line (Koivu, Havlat, Brunette) have been playing together alot and we feel like we've got some good chemistry now. I feel like we can make a serious run this year."

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Wild Beat Hurricanes in Season Opener

NHL Scoreboard - Carolina Huricanes (0-1-0) at Minnesota Wild (1-0-0)

October 7, 2010 1 2 3 F Carolina Huricanes 0 0 1 1 Minnesota Wild 2 1 2 5 Three Stars Mikko Koivu 1 Goal 1 Assist Matt Cullen 1 Goals 1 Assists Martin Havlat 1 Goal 0 Assists	Team Stats Comparison CAR MIN Shots on Goal 12 20 Hits 11 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 16/12 12/10 Penalty Minutes 0:00 8:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 3 0 Time on Attack 5:18 6:48
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring MIN Chuck Kobasew (M. Zidlicky) EV 4:24 MIN Matt Cullen (C. Clutterbuck, J. Sheppard) EV 12:20 Second Period Scoring MIN Martin Havlat (N. Schultz, M. Koivu) EV 0:51 Third Period Scoring MIN Mikko Koivu (M. Cullen, G Zanon.) EV 7:07 CAR Erik Cole (J. Tlusty, B. Sutter) EV 11:29 MIN Antti Miettinen (E. Nystrom, J. Madden EV 19:05
Carolina Huricanes - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Cam Ward 20 15 75% 5.00 Minnesota Wild - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Niklas Backstrom 12 11 92% 1.00

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Minnesota will travel to Carolina to play again tomorrow night.