Minnesota Wild

Todd Richards has the unenviable job of following Jacques Lemaire as coach of the Wild . That's like a local guitar picker following Jimi Hendrix on stage.

 CA May 28--It's unclear whether the Minnesota Wild would consider Pierre Page, the classy former North Stars coach, to succeed Jacques Lemaire. But Page has been a big success in Europe, and he worked for Fletcher's father, hall of famer Cliff, ...

 MN Bongarts/Getty Images file) It's unclear whether the Minnesota Wild would consider Pierre Page, the classy former North Stars coach, to succeed Jacques Lemaire. But Page has been a big success in Europe, and he worked for Fletcher's father, ...

 ME The Minnesota Wild have been without a coach since Jacques Lemaire resigned at season's end. Lemaire had been the only coach in Wild history since the franchise's inception in 2000. The Star Tribune in Minnesota listed Dineen as a candidate for the ...

Former Minnesota Wild Coach Jacques Lemaire remains on the Lightning's' wish list as a consultant, although Lemaire continues to consider other opportunities. According to reports, the team has yet to offer up a contract and or the requirements. ...

 CA New general manager, new coach and the possibility of star player Marian Gaborik leaving via free agency has fans and players alike on the edge of their seats. When the only coach in the Wild history, Jacques Lemaire, resigned a little over a month ago ...

WILD FIRES GM For 10 years, Doug Risebrough and Jacques Lemaire helped make the Minnesota Wild a model for stability in an unstable league. But all that has changed in less than a week. The team's owner, Craig Leipold, fired Risebrough as general ...

Jacques Lemaire: "I'm Very Pleased To Be Part of What We Started." Bleacher Report Letter of the day: Minnesota loses a good one as Lemaire takes his ... Minneapolis Star Tribune Jacques Lemaire will be tough to replace as Wild coach Pioneer Press

  Canada Following Saturday's 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire confirmed he won't be back next season. "There comes a time when you know it's the right time to go," Lemaire said. "And I know this. ...

New York Daily News  NY Puckhead's Thoughts] -- Jacques Lemaire is no longer the head coach of the Minnesota Wild. Does this mean it's the end of boring hockey in Minnesota? [TSC] No games on Monday, we're all just waiting for the playoffs to begin. Home ice eludes Flyers Boston Herald

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire, has decided to retire, the team said on Sunday. "I think it's time for the team, the organization, to get a new coach," Lemaire told the team's website (http://wild.nhl.com/) after Saturday's ...

 FL Jacques Lemaire is stepping down as coach of the Minnesota Wild after eight seasons behind the bench. The 63-year-old coach, speaking after the Wild's season-ending 6-3 victory over Columbus on Saturday, was coy at first when asked about his future ...

Minnesota Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire announced, after Saturday's season-ending win over Columbus, that he will not return as the club's head coach next season.

Jacques Lemaire has called it quits as the bench boss of the Minnesota Wild. He waited until after the FSN cameras had shut down for the night, leaving Russo to get us the news. More to follow from Russo tomorrow in the startrib, so watch for that. ...

 ND We thought we were set for life with our two big-time hockey coaches. We were wrong. ST. PAUL — We thought we were set for life with our two big-time hockey coaches. We were wrong. A couple of years ago Jacques Lemaire, the only coach in Minnesota Wild ...

Washington Post  Canada The same can be said for Mario Tremblay, who coached the Canadiens from 1995-97 and has matured since then while working as an assistant coach under Jacques Lemaire with the Minnesota Wild. Come to think of it, Lemaire himself might be available. ...

It's not often a coach can take a potential Norris Trophy candidate, throw him at forward and not get trashed locally. But Wild coach Jacques Lemaire is that respected, and Brent Burns is that special of a player. During training camp, Columbus Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock called Burns...

By Greg Wyshynski • Yes, that's Stephane Veilleux of the Minnesota Wild smooching the helmet (uh ... technically speaking) of teammate James Sheppard during a Kiss-Cam joke in Phoenix. For those of you who've wondered why Jacques Lemaire teams are always clutching and grabbing ... [Melt Your Face Off]

By Greg Wyshynski Risebrough blows a gasket when asked such questions. "I've never had anybody tell me ever they don't want to play for Jacques Lemaire," Risebrough said. "In fact, players tell me all the time, 'Jacques Lemaire made me the player I am today, Jacques Lemaire resurrected my career.'"

 Canada - Oct 11, 2006 Jacques Lemaire signed a multi-year contract extension on Wednesday to remain the coach of the Minnesota Wild. Lemaire, who has led the Wild since their ...

 Canada - Oct 11, 2006 Jacques Lemaire signed a multi-year contract extension on Wednesday to remain the coach of the Minnesota Wild. Lemaire, who has led the Wild since their ...

Jacques Lemaire, in his seventh season coaching the Minnesota Wild, signed a multiyear contract extension Wednesday. He has a 164-168-81 record with the Wild. The 61-year-old Lemaire won the Jack Adams Trophy as the league's top coach for the 2002-03 season, when he led Minnesota to the W...

 MN - Oct 11, 2006 ST. PAUL - Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire has signed a multiyear contract extension, the team ... team in its first five years since 1991, the Wild said in a ...