Attack of flu leaves Wild thin for practice, games

Sports Frog found this 12/14/2007 on www.startribune.com [flag]

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Anaheim Ducks assistant coach Newell Brown sat in the stands Thursday afternoon to watch the Wild's practice. A few minutes later, Brown got up and left, something Wild coach Jacques Lemaire found funny."Their coaches said, 'Might as well go enjoy the sun,' once they saw our lineup," Lemaire said, laughing. A stomach flu has hit the Wild, which practiced Thursday without ... [link]

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12-14-07 | Inside NHL Boxscores
Published 12/14/2007 by oiler at Sports Frog
... The Minnesota Wild has its players sleeping in separate rooms as they've been hit by the flu bug. They may not even be able to dress 18 skaters tonight against Anaheim. ...

Noon Papers
Published 12/14/2007 by Ezra Ginsburg at IllegalCurve.com
... - The Minnesota Wild have been hit by the nasty flu bug, writes Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Gaborik, Shepperd, Voros, Belanger and Schultz all missed yesterday's practice. ...

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