Minnesota Wild Hockey Official Pondcast

Wild G Niklas Backstrom is in Las Vegas for the NHL Awards Show and we caught up with him to talk about that, the Wild moves and more!

Following the Todd Richards press conference we caught up with Wild D Brent Burns, Wild owner Craig Leipold along with a couple of Richards family members who were in attendance.

San Jose Sharks Head Coach Todd McLellan addressed the media earlier today on his former assistant coach Todd Richards joining the Wild.

Tuesday afternoon Todd Richards was named the second head coach of the Minnesota Wild. Here you'll find the entire press conference including comments from Wild GM Chuck Fletcher.

Last week Wild Asst GM Tommy Thompson made an appearance on XM Satellite Radio to talk prospects and preview the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Chuck Fletcher addressed a number of topics on a Friday teleconference including the search for a new head coach, Mario Tremblay and more.

We pull Cal Clutterbuck off the golf course to help preview the upcoming Minnesota Wild Road Tour.

Friday afternoon Wild owner Craig Leipold announced the hiring of Chuck Fletcher as the new GM of the Minnesota Wild.

Carson McMillan, the Wild's 7th round pick in 2007, signed a three year entry level contract and talked about it with the PONDcast.

Monday Wild G Niklas Backstrom was named a finalist for the Vezina trophy. The PONDcast talks to him about that, about his recovery from surgery and more.

Acting GM Tom Lynn gives us an update on the injury status of G Niklas Backstrom. Also, as the GM of the Houston Aeros, he gives us a playoff update on the Wild's AHL team as well.

Tuesday morning Doug Risebrough met with the press at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub.

Monday the Wild re-signed John Scott to a one year deal and afterwards he talked about it with the PONDcast.

Craid Leipold, the owner of the Minnesota Wild, addressed the media on Thursday afternoon about the future of the Minnesota Wild.

The season is officially done and we put a ribbon on it by talking to Jacques Lemaire, Doug Risebrough and a number of the players before they head their different directions including Gaborik, Koivu, Burns and much more.

Jacques Lemaire stepped down as the head coach of the Minnesota Wild on Monday afternoon. Here you'll find the entire press conference featuring both Jacques Lemaire and Doug Risebrough.

Andrew Brunette talks to the "Sports Huddle" on WCCO Sunday morning about the departure of Jacques Lemaire.

Doug Risebrough on the "Sports Huddle" on Sunday morning on WCCO.

The final This Week in Hockey for the season and we talk a lot about Jacques Lemaire as we bring in Bob Kurtz and Tom Reid plus hear from Kurtis Foster and Stephane Veilleux.

The Wild finish off the regular season with a 6-3 win over the Blue Jackets. In the post game, Jacques Lemaire tells Tom Reid that he's done as the head coach plus we hear from Marian Gaborik and more.