Minnesota Wild Hockey Official Pondcast

The Wild held their first ever Fan Forum on Thursday afternoon. It was a conference call featuring Andrew Brunette, James Sheppard and the Team of 18K asking questions.

Craig Leipold held a BBQ for season ticket holders on Wednesday night and part of the fun was a Hockey Unplugged type event.

The Commissioner of the NLL tells us his thoughts on the new Swarm owner, the state of the NLL and MORE...

Wednesday morning John Arlotta was announced as the new owner of the Minnesota Swarm. Listen to NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings introduce the new owner and then hear from Mr. Arlotta himself.

Friday afternoon the Wild prospects went to Minneapolis to play a little softball. Here's a recap followed by Aeros head coach Kevin Constantine.

The Camp rolls on with part two of day three as the guys take to the ice for a scrimmage. After the event, we caught up with Ryan Hamilton and Carson McMillan who recap the day and more...

More skating and more learning was on the docket for the prospects on Thursday as the Development Camp stretched into Day #3. This time we catch up with 2005 second round pick Matt Kassian.

The prospects were back on the ice for Day #2 and we caught up with three of them: Colton Gillies, Tyler Cuma and the elusive Eero Elo.

The Wild's top prospects took the ice for Day #1 of the 2008 Development Camp on Tuesday. We talk to a couple of the coaches plus Benoit Pouliot and James Sheppard.

The Wild sign former Stars RW Antti Miettinen to a multi year deal just before the holiday weekend. Today he talks to the PONDcast...despite being on his honeymoon.

The Wild traded with the Predators for Marek Zidlicky on July 1st and the newest Wild D talks to the PONDcast about the move.

Owen Nolan signed on as a free agent on Sunday night with the Minnesota Wild and after talked about it on the Minnesota Wild PONDcast.

Craig Weller signs with the Minnesota Wild on the first day of free agency and talks about the move with the PONDcast

Doug Risebrough talks to the media about Day #1 of free agency in the NHL.

Andrew Brunette talks to the Minnesota media after signing with the Wild as a free agent on Tuesday afternoon.

Bruno is back in a Wild uniform and we welcomed him back to the fold on the PONDcast.

The #1 guy in the Wild warroom on draft day is Wild Assistant GM Tommy Thompson. Following the Wild pick on Friday night, Tommy talked to the PONDcast about Tyler Cuma and what to expect on Day #2.

Tyler Cuma goes to the Wild with the 23rd overall pick and then joins us on the PONDcast

2008 Road Tour - Bombardir, Sheppard, Harding - International Falls

Ryan Ward of the Minnesota Swarm looks forward to this weekends first round match up against the Titans of New York