Minnesota Wild

PITTSBURGH -- Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher sat down with Penguins GM Ray Shero, assistant GM Jason Botterill and Pens coach Dan Bylsma and reminisced Saturday before Shero handed Fletcher a special gift for his services as assistant GM last season: a Stanley Cup championship ri...

Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu has been chosen as team captain for the season. The 26-year-old Koivu has become arguably the Wild's best all-around player. General manager Chuck Fletcher and head coach Todd Richards announced the selection Tuesday, after evaluating the team's lead...

Chuck Fletcher still has a few players in his sights, including center Saku Koivu, but if none of those deals materializes, the Wild might be done with free agency.

MONTREAL -- The big trade Chuck Fletcher was looking for never materialized in Montreal, though he did acquire one player who no doubt will play a role for the Wild next season.

The Wild have acquired center Kyle Brodziak (brohd-ZEE-ak) from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Minnesota's fourth and fifth round picks in this year's draft. Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher says Minnesota also got Edmonton's sixth-round pick in the deal announced...

MONTREAL -- Chuck Fletcher has made it clear he wants to make a deal. Now comes the hard part:

t's been 25 hours since Chuck Fletcher was officially introduced as the Wild GM, and NHL sources say he already has permission to speak to the one coaching candidate I anticipate will be a heavy favorite — San Jose Sharks assistant coach Todd Richards. ...

By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Staff Writer New Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher plans to bring a completely different brand of professional hockey to State of Hockey, one fans of the Wild haven't seen in the team began play in 2000-01. ... Wild welcomes Fletcher as new GM MiamiHerald.com

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The Minnesota Wild, meanwhile, is expected to announce a new general manager later Friday afternoon. It has been widely reported that the hockey team has selected Chuck Fletcher, a former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager, to take the job. ...

AP The Minnesota Wild hired Chuck Fletcher on Thursday to take over as general manager, turning to the Pittsburgh Penguins' front office to find just the second GM in their brief history. A person with knowledge of the hire confirmed it to the ...

 TX Pittsburgh Penguins Assistant General Manager Chuck Fletcher will assume the GM post with the Minnesota Wild, NHL sources told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A news conference to announce Fletcher's hiring will be held Friday morning. ...

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PAUL, Minn., May 21 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh Penguins Assistant General Manager Chuck Fletcher will assume the GM post with the Minnesota Wild, NHL sources told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A news conference to announce Fletcher's hiring will be held ...

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 PA By Dave Molinari, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher is leaving the Penguins to become general manager of the Minnesota Wild. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Fletcher's appointment will be announced Friday. ...

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e5)" According to NHL sources, the Star Tribune has learned that the Wild has agreed to terms with Pittsburgh Penguins assistant General Manager Chuck Fletcher to replace Doug Risebrough, who was fired April 16. Fletcher could not be reached for ...

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 MN Pioneer Press: John Doman) Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher will be named general manger of the Minnesota Wild on Friday, succeeding Doug Risebrough, the Pioneer Press has learned. Fletcher, 41, has 16 years of experience ...

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National Post  United States Rumor mill: Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Chuck Fletcher, a former assistant GM of the Ducks, is a finalist for the Minnesota Wild GM vacancy, as is NHL TV analyst Pierre McGuire . . . In the wake of the top-seeded San Jose Sharks' first-round ...

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by neide on Apr 22, 2009 8:37 PM CDT 0 comments Chuck Fletcher, 41, has 15 years of NHL management with Pittsburgh, Florida and Anaheim – serving as Assistant General Manager, Director of Hockey Operations and Interim General Manager during that time. ...

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