Brunette Gold
In the biggest Minnesota-based upset of the night, Andrew Brunette’s overtime goal gave the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 overtime victory and a 4-games-to-3 series victory. The little team that could just did. In the second round, the Wild will face the Vancouver Canucks–the very team their fans had hoped they would face in the first round!
Meanwhile, in the Central time zone, the Minnesota Timberwolves trounced the L.A. Lakers, 119-91. They still don’t have homecourt advantage, and they’ll still lose the series in 5 games (6 if they’re lucky), but it was nice to see the Wolves dominate the three-time defending champs, if only for a night.
Steve Silver discusses the possibility of Minnesota’s new hockey team playing the old one (Dallas Stars) in the third round of the NHL playoffs, just as Minnesota’s new basketball team is playing the old one right now. (Scroll down to “Let’s Go Wild!”)