Chris Hine on Wolves' defensive identity, finding themselves in postseason & Finch

Desperation has to be high for the Wild ahead of game 3

Jess Myers covers the Minnesota Wild for the Pioneer Press. The Wild have a big challenge ahead of themselves in St. Paul tonight for game 3 vs the Avalanche. Jess runs down the players we won’t see tonight. Wallstedt back between the pipes. They discuss how big of an impact Joel Eriksson Ek has on the lineup, what’s missing when he’s not and new the defensive pairings being rolled out to hopefully stop the bleeding.

It’s a tough day to be a walleye

Every Saturday at 4:07pm the meeting of the Steves commences. Today marks the fishing opener across Minnesota. Carney fills us in on his adventures, observations and how much he got beat up by the wind today. He says it's a double advil afternoon. He also shares how he hauled in a six pound walleye earlier today.

Enjoy the ride Minnesota Sports fans!

The full hour of the Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson. Guests include Jess Myers, Heather Rule, Chris Hine and Steve Carney.

Chris Hine on Wolves' defensive identity, finding themselves in postseason & Finch

Chris Hine covers the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Star Tribune. The Wolves have advanced past the Denver Nuggets but the clincher was something that Chris Hine hasn’t experienced in his career covering the team. Chris breaks down what he saw from the Wolves’ depth players during game 6. Donte is out, Ant is out… how are the Wolves going to compete with the Spurs? Chris gives his hang-on-for-Ant-to-heal formula that the Wolves could use to extend the second round series. Steve asks about X-factors for game 1.

Frost pepper Ann-Renée Desbiens, Heather Rule on tone setting game 1

Heather Rule is an award-winning freelance sports journalist who covers the Minnesota Frost and Minnesota Wild. She joins Steve to talk about the Minnesota Frost’s OT win over the Montréal Victoire earlier this afternoon. Heather breaks down the back and forth that was and some of the extra curriculars that had impact on the result. Find Heather’s work at https://writtenruleofsports.substack.com/