Wilderness Walk 10-11-2013: Finally, a W Edition

The Wild have 4 points, putting them back into the logjam of their division/conference. So that's a pretty good thing. The Wild will have to keep it going against Dallas on Saturday.

Wild News

Wild holds off Winnipeg for first victory of the season | Star Tribune- The Minnesota Wild: Victory. Yay.

Postgame: We finally learned the Wild's victory song | Russo's Rants | StarTribune.com- What do you think the Wild's victory song should be?

Tom Powers: Wild dominate, even though numbers don't add up - TwinCities.com- Did you want to hear Tom Powers re-phrase that headline over and over, and call it an article? You're in luck!

Wild follow same risky low-scoring formula and pull out 2-1 win against Winnipeg- State of Hockey News recaps the game, and gives an update on Kurtis "The Bust" Gabriel.

Off the Trail

Fighting in NHL slowly dying as fancystats prove enforcers cost games | Home Ice - SI.com- Really interesting article about the future of heavyweight NHL bouts.

Toronto Maple Leafs and advanced stats - Grantland- More fancystats talk, as their most high-profile test case yet comes out. Hopefully the Leafs being in the center of it finally gets Hockey Wilderness off the hook in that debate. It probably won't.

Adam Oates on Tomas Hertl’s goal: ‘Don’t disrespect the league’- My humble advice for Adam Oates.

Joe Thornton’s four-goal game celebration would probably be better than yours | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports- Joe Thornton. What a baller. However, I would like to add for the record that I've taken my rooster out on much more quotidian occasions.

I'm probably going to be disappearing off the face of the earth for the next few weeks, as Pokemon Y will be in my possession in less than 16 hours time. Have fun in your "real world", suckers!

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