Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes said he is "cautiously optimistic" that star forward Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon will return to the lineup against the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

Coach John Hynes mentioned at the time Kaprizov was sore ... and that’s something that I’d like to see.” Utah Hockey Club update: Utah hasn’t played since Monday, when it defeated Winnipeg ...

Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes met with the media Friday morning ... The Wild’s next home game is Thursday against Utah.

Coach John Hynes pointed out the positives in the process ... better fate but lost to one of the hottest teams in the league (Utah is in an 8-1-2 stretch) and a great goaltending performance.

DETROIT — While many of his players jetted off to Mexico, Florida or the Caribbean over the 4 Nations Face-Off, Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes was hard at work in Montreal and Boston ...

Barry Trotz is not David Poile. Were there any doubt about that, it vanished Tuesday, when incoming general manager Trotz fired coach John Hynes with a year remaining on his contract – about the ...

No one would blame Nashville Predators GM-in-waiting Barry Trotz for not retaining Predators head coach John Hynes once the regular season ends. After all, Hynes has won just 54 percent of his ...