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Brave The Wild -Minnesota Wild Podcast-
Joey Awaijane has been covering the Minnesota Wild on this show since August 2008, and has over 30 years of hockey fandom experience, going back to the North Stars days. Feel free to join the conversation via an audio submission or on twitter @bravethewild, simply tag #btwmn and comment away!
Episodes
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Unsung Heroes
After a lackadaisical start to the week in a 3-0 home loss vs the Ottawa Senators, the Wild were lead by some of the most unlikely of sources in the next two…
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Strange And Wonderful
Strange and Wonderful things have been happening with the Minnesota Wild, despite injuries, and sickness taking their toll on some of the vital pieces of this…
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Yeo Hanging By A Thread
There is a Mike Yeo job watch in effect, despite a couple of solid wins against the hapless Buffalo Sabres, and decent Washington Capitals. The words of the…
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Yeo's Messages Are No Longer Heard
After an 0-5 stretch since episode 72, against inferior Eastern Conference teams (with the exception of the Penguins), your host Joey Awaijane has had enough…
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California Horrors, Followed By Sweet Revenge!
Paladino Joey rides solo again, and discusses a 2-2 week against some very powerful teams in the Western Conference. As predicted, the Wild lose both games in…
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Big Losses And Big Wins!
Paladino Joey rides solo, as he reviews a very up and down emotional week and change for the Wild. Joey expresses his immense frustration with losing BOTH…
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Hurting And Struggling
Joey and Neil are back after missing last week, to review a tough week for the Wild. Not only have the injuries been mounting to key players, but the overall…
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The Shootout Show
Joey and Neil review three consecutive shootouts for the Minnesota Wild, in the first, a win was swiped away by the Washington Capitals with three minutes…
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Full Strength!
The Minnesota Wild are literally back at full strength, and it showed during the 3-0 display this past week since the last show! Paladino Joey and Neil…
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Building Chemistry
A very strong week by the Wild, unfortunately leads to a rude awakening to start the next week, as they see a three game win streak end at the hands of the…
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Falling out of Sync
Neil "Natedogg" Thesing is back with your host Paladino Joey, to talk about a week that started strong, and finished very poorly for our Minnesota Wild. NBCSP…
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Puck Possession!
The Minnesota Wild finally started to win this week, as your host went 3-0 in his predictions from the last episode! Coach Mike Yeo had his team focus on puck…
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Missed Opportunities
The Minnesota Wild as a team, and it's individual players were filled with missed opportunities in the 2013-2014 season's first two games. Jason Zucker, a big…
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Wild/NHL Season Preview 2013-2014
Joey and Neil 201CNatedogg201D Thesing return for their annual preview of the Wild, and the NHL. The boys also make their predictions for how the Wild will…
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State Of The Wild 2013
Joey and Neil "Natedogg" Thesing finally return after a very long hiatus to record this fairly wacky episode. The boys briefly review the 2012-2013 season, and…
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Playoff Bound Wild!!
Paladino Joey is again joined by Neil "Natedogg" Thesing to talk about the very first playoff edition of Brave The Wild!! Our Wild face off against one of the…
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Streak Busters
Joey is joined by Neil "Natedogg" Thesing, as the duo are back together at last! Joey and Neil go over the incredible amount of streaks that ended the past few…
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From Pretenders To Contenders!
The Minnesota Wild have become a force in the Western Conference, after such a sluggish start, the team is showing signs of becoming a long-term winner in the…
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One Man Show
The Minnesota Wild are off to another inconsistent start. Right now it appears, that outside of the occasional Dany Heatley goal, the Wild are a one man show…
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Hockey Is Back At Long Last!
The NHL lockout is finally over, and that means Minnesota Wild fans finally can see their prize additions Zack Parise and Ryan Suter in action at long last!…
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July 4th Fireworks
Joey and Neil talk about the amazing free agent acquisitions of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to none other then OUR Minnesota Wild! Call into our Phone Lines at…
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State Of The Wild 2012
The yearly season review is upon us once again, as Neil Natedogg makes a surprise entrance despite illness to join Joey once again. The duo also discuss the…
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The Worst Team In The NHL
The title of this episode is probably more accurate than that of episode 51 of BTW. Neil "Natedogg" Theising joins Joey for another classic episode, where we…
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Can This Team Still Make The Playoffs?
The skid for this team has been the real deal, losing 11 of 13 games, putting the Wild in jeopardy of going from the number 1 seed, to possibly missing the…
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Jinxed, and Cured?
The Minnesota Wild immediately went on an 8 game winless streak when your host called them the "Best Team In The NHL" in episode 51, jinxing them. The Wild…
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The Best Team In The NHL
The Minnesota Wild have been the best team in the NHL so far in the 2011-2012 season. Mike Yeo has pushed all the right buttons, and the team has answered…
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Season Preview 2011-2012
In our "Golden" 50th episode, Neil "Natedogg" Thesing joins to preview the Wild's coming season, along with a brief NHL preview. We also celebrate our 50…
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Season Preview 2011-2012
In our "Golden" 50th episode, Neil "Natedogg" Thesing joins to preview the Wild's coming season, along with a brief NHL preview. We also celebrate our 50…
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Dany Heatley Joins Wild!
In this special edition of Brave The Wild, we talk about the acquisition of Dany Heatley in exchange for Martin Havlet, who is headed to the San Jose Sharks…
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Trades, Draft, And Transactions!
Joey is joined again by Neil "Natedogg" Thesing, as we discuss the trade of Brent Burns, trading up in the draft to get Mario Lucia, and other signings and…
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State Of The Wild 2011
Neil "Natedogg" Theising joins Joey to talk everything Wild, as well as the Stanley Cup Finals. We cover the hiring of Mike Yeo as Wild coach, talk a little…
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Stuck In A Rut
The Wild have made baby steps this year from last, and in some cases, big improvements, including the play of Brent Burns. Everything said, in this episode…
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O'Sullivan To The Rescue! Seriously
The Wild have improved from last year, particularly in the net, but the scoring, especially of late, has completely eluded them. With nobody on the current…
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State of the Wild 2010
Paladino Joey finally returns to B.T.W. to talk about a host of topics including: A quick wrap up of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Wild's 2010 draft, free…
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Pain, Frustration, And Hope?
The Wild's season is all be over, as a winning streak is followed by a losing streak, then followed by a smaller win streak, followed by another losing streak…
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The Downtrend
Nothing went right for the Wild this past week, and they didn't deserve anything to go right. 9 shots on goal at home against the Florida Panthers was…
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Back With A Bang!
The Wild made news twice, with the signing of Marek Zidlicky to a three year 12 million dollar deal, and the trading of Eric Belanger to the Washington…
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Card Carrying .500 Club Members!
The Wild go 1-1 this past week, and will end up .500 for the month of February as they lose AT HOME to the Atlanta Thrashers. The good news however, is that…
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Leddy, Johnsson to BlackHawks for Cam Barker
We thought this was going to be a short show, with a few news nuggets, and only two games to talk about. Instead, while preparing for this episode, hot off the…
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Musical Goalie Chairs Gets Crazier
With Backstrom sick, Harding's sore hip goes from hurt to injured, leaving the Wild to their third and fourth options in net. Anton Kudobin, the fourth option…
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3-0 Week, Harding Vindicated
Joey discusses what a difference a week can make, the Wild goaltending suddenly is great, the local club suddenly is scoring early (accept for the Colorado…
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Tempt Not Thy Fates!
The third period has been the Wild's calling card, the problem is, the local club continues to fall behind by significant margins going into that third period…
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The Latendresse Show
Joey is joined again by Neil "Natedogg" Theising as the two discuss great play of Guillaume Latendresse, and of the Wild in general. Unfortunately the Wild's…
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Steep Hill To Climb
After a rough 4-6 run in the Wild's last ten games, including a five game losing streak, the much coveted eight seed in the Western Conference is looking…
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California Curse
The California Curse for the Wild ended for one night, and returned mere hours later. The Wild lost to Anaheim, and the L.A. Kings spoiled the Wild's New Year…
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Fire, Ice, Stoner, and Latendresse!!!
Only in Minnesota can a fire in the equipment truck, end a stretch of some really effective hockey. The Wild bounce back after losing two, to win two, thanks…
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Havlet Wakes Up, Wild Stay Hot
Martin Havlet finally is playing like the guy we signed back in July, with points in his last 4 games. Andrew Ebbet joins concussion junction, and Clayton…
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Smothering Defense, Timely Offense Has Wild Red Hot
The Wild are the hottest team in the NHL in their last 10 games, tied with Boston at 8-1-1. The newcomers' magic has cooled some, while the established vets…
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Newcomers Add Spark!
As the Wild went 3-0-0 in the last week, we talk about the key play of the team's newcomers. Guillame Latendress, Chuck Kobasew, and Andrew Ebbet have lead the…
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Concussion Junction With No Function
The Wild trade Benoit Pouliott for Latendresse Guillaume, and acquire Andrew Ebbet via waivers, but the "excitement" doesn't end there! The Wild have become…
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Home Ice Advantage
At home, the Wild have lost only one game, while on the road, they've WON one game... go figure. That's classic Wild in terms of seesaw performances, but the…
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Koivu Finally Named Real Captain
The Wild continue to stink, at 1-6-0, but at least they finally have a real permanent captain to call their own. Virtually everyone knew that Koivu was the man…
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Some Change, Some Similarities
In the "Silver" episode 25 of B.T.W. we cover the first four games of the Wild's season. Joey notices some nice and welcome changes in how the Wild operates…
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Its NHL Hockey Season!
The Wild make their final cuts, including a few surprises. Coach Todd Richards is still yet to name a captain for the Wild, many expect Mikko Koivu. Joey also…
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Kalus Sent Down, Door Opens for Irmen
The enigmatic Petr Kalus has been sent down to Houston for the third year in a row, will he quit on the team again? Danny Irmen has made a very good impression…
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Catching Up Part 2: Training Camp
Joey gets you caught up on a few more Wild moves that were done over the past month. Joey also gets into the Wild finally acquiring another scorer to help…
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Catching up: Part 1
Joey catches up with the Minnesota Wild offseason, in this the first of a two part series. In this episode, we talk about Marian Gaborik leaving, Martin Havlet…
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Todd Richards Names New Wild Coach
Todd Richards was named the new head coach of the Wild on Tuesday and pledges a new more aggressive/offensive style, does this mean Gaborik might return? Also…
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Fletcher In, Change On The Way!
In this episode, Paladino Joey talks about new Wild GM Chuck Fletcher, and his vow to bring a faster pace, more physical style to the Minnesota Wild. Brent…
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State Of The Wild
In this mega episode, Neil "Natedogg" Theising co-hosts with Paladino Joey, as we discuss the Wild's season, as well as the state and future of the Minnesota…