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Room Full Of Battlers Is Emerging

Posted by TheHockeyGuy on November 30th, 2009

Examine Saturday’s victory at Colorado, and it might be impossible to come up with another game in which the Wild has spent more time in the opponent’s zone. The Wild probably spent three-quarters of the game forechecking the rubber off the puck.

Now, it’s safe to say the Wild is starting to get it. There’s a reason why the team has earned points in 10 of the past 13 games (7-3-3) and in each of the past four (3-0-1).

As coach Todd Richards loves to say, the Wild’s level of “compete” these days is off the charts. It has a lot to do with General Manager Chuck Fletcher’s ability to add motivated newcomers, such as Chuck Kobasew, Andrew Ebbett and Guillaume Latendresse.

But it also has to do with a bunch of veterans setting the tone.

“The compete factor has been great,” Richards said. “It comes down to the leadership in the room. As a coach, you can preach it, you can ask for it, but it’s got to come from in there. Our leadership group is doing a great job.

Click here to read the full article – By Minneapolis Star-Tribune



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