Welcome to the Weekly Rewind, a column published every Monday that recaps the past week of Minnesota Wild hockey, including the team’s record, players with the highest stats, and more. This week, we’ll be looking at how the Wild did from January 20 to 26, 2025.

The Minnesota Wild Foundation today launched Skate It Forward, a pioneering initiative to help preserve and strengthen community hockey in Minnesota. Inspired by the "pay it forward" movement, Skate It Forward will be an ongoing philanthropic campaign raising funds to support Minnesota’s unique community hockey model,

The Chicago Blackhawks have an embarrassing history against the Minnesota Wild, but they nearly outdid themselves Sunday at the United Center. They put up one shot on goal in the first period, and at one moment in the second period the Wild had as many goals on the boards and the Hawks had shots: three.

The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with Minnesota Hockey and FanDuel Sports Network, today announced Norm Coleman as the 2024-25 State of Hockey Legacy Award winner.

The Blackhawks, who have won just once in their past seven games, dealt away Taylor Hall.

Being in a U.S. market where hockey is the number one sport in the state, today is another example of why it’s great to be here,” Wild coach John Hynes said.

The closest CWD positive wild deer to the one detected in DPA 701 is 31 miles from a positive in DPA 605. The CWD positive wild deer in DPA 266 is roughly 54 miles from the confirmed positive near Climax, Minnesota.

Cases confirmed in two adult bucks — one in DPA 266 near Hawley, Minnesota, and the other in DPA 701 near Greenfield in Hennepin County.

This finding is concerning because it indicates possible new areas of CWD prevalence in wild deer where it hasn’t previously been detected."

If proximity leads to familiarity, the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning should be getting to know each other pretty well.

The New York Rangers will spend a lot of time during the next few days watching the scoreboard to see how the rest of the field jockeying for the two wild cards in the Eastern Conference is doing rather than trying to add to their own points total.