Minnesota Wild hemmoitteli fanejaan ottamalla voiton kotonaan harjoitus pelissä Phoenixiä vastaan 7-0. M.Koivu oli hyvässä vireessä...
Mielenkiintoisia nuoria pelaajia oli rosterissa: Mikko Koivu, Brent Burns, A.J Thelen, Benoit Pouliot, Peter Olvecky, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Roman Voloshenko. Näistä todennäköisesti ainakin Burns, Bouchard & Koivu nähdään ylhäällä myös kauden alkaessa.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Brian Rolston 1 (power play)
(Pierre-Marc Bouchard), 17:15. Penalties: W Walz, Min (hooking),
3:03; B Burns, Min (cross checking), 4:15; W Walz, Min (holding),
7:50; J Koreis, Pho (holding), 11:07; P Olvecky, Min (hooking), 13:06;
D Doull, Pho (major fighting), 15:17; A Nazarov, Min (major fighting),
15:17; M Rupp, Pho (slashing), 15:38; C Hulse, Pho (tripping), 16:30.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Minnesota, Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 (Wes
Walz), 7:08. 3, Minnesota, Wes Walz 1 (shorthanded) (Brent Burns),
11:33. Penalties: F Sjostrom, Pho (hooking), 1:02; M Sonnenberg, Pho
(holding stick), 3:20; C Hulse, Pho (holding), 8:06; B Rolston, Min
(holding), 9:44; M Koivu, Min (hooking), 15:35; S Veilleux, Min (high
sticking), 18:24.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Minnesota, A.J. Thelen 1 (Brian Rolston,
Nick Schultz), 2:05. 5, Minnesota, Pierre-Marc Bouchard 2 (power play)
(Brian Rolston, Mikko Koivu), 6:30. 6, Minnesota, Roman Voloshenko 1
(power play) (Peter Olvecky, Filip Kuba), 8:08. 7, Minnesota, Pascal
Dupuis 2 (power play) (Wes Walz, Brent Burns), 11:09. Penalties: J
Taffe, Pho (tripping), 5:33; C Hulse, Pho (roughing), 6:30; Bench, Pho
(too many men served by R Gelech), 7:25; M Jones, Pho (cross
checking), 7:45; J Taffe, Pho (high sticking), 9:13; W Walz, Min
(holding stick), 11:25; K Ballard, Pho (high sticking), 12:12; P
Bouchard, Min (roughing), 17:49; N Schultz, Min (hooking), 17:51.
Shots on goal:
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Phoenix 8 7 5 --20
Minnesota 9 13 13 --35
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Power-play Conversions: Phoenix - 0 of 10, Minnesota - 4 of 13.
Goalies : Phoenix, David LeNeveu (35 shots, 28 saves; record: 0-1-0).
Minnesota, Dwayne Roloson (20 shots, 20 saves; record: 1-0-0). A:
18,064. Referees: Ian Walsh, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Brian Mach,
Thor Nelson.