Marc-Andre Bergeron News

2. David Steckel, Capitals: Back with the team after a death in the family, the grinder had four shots, created lots of energy and won 15 of 18 faceoffs.

Toronto, ON - Mikko Koivu registered a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild continued their recent strong play with a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.

After an exciting three games on Sunday that saw the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks trade off first place in the Pacific Division just hours apart, the NHL is primed to respond on Monday with an action-packed, four-game schedule.

Preview: After playing Friday night in Edmonton, this is the Wild's first back-to-back set this season.

The Minnesota Wild acquired right wing Chuck Kobasew from the Boston Bruins on Sunday for right wing Craig Weller, a second-round pick in the 2011 draft and the rights to right wing Alexander Fallstrom, the Wild's fourth-round pick in the 2009 draft.

Marc-Andre Bergeron scored seven of his 14 goals on the power play with the Minnesota Wild last year.

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The Montreal Canadiens announced today that defenseman Marc-Andr Bergeron has been recalled from the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs.

If we play like this, we'll win our fair share of games. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? The Minnesota Wild came out last night and dominated the San Jose Sharks for one-and-a-half periods.

Curtis Sanford made 38 saves and Hamilton scored three times in the third as the Bulldogs shut out the Rockford IceHogs 3-0 in American Hockey League action Friday.

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The Montreal Canadiens are in talks with the free agent defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron.

Is it too early to be calling Joey MacDonald up from the Marlies? Ok, let's not go too far, Toskala, while unspectacular thus far, needs to work things out and he's not going to be able to do it sitting on the bench.

Since the lockout, Wild defenseman Nick Schultz can count on no hands how many times he has played the power play.

Martin Havlat is coming off a career-best 77-point season, but there are some major red flags.

After a near-decade with Jacques Lemaire as coach and Doug Risebrough as GM, the Wild ushered in a new era with new coach Todd Richards and new GM Chuck Fletcher.

Category Rank 2008-09 Points 89 Change from 2007-08 -9 Home Points 53 Away Points 36 Advantage Margin +37 The Wild were nothing if not disciplined: They allowed the fewest opposition power plays in the NHL overall and on the road, and only Phoenix surrendered fewer advantages at home.

And Fletcher wasted no time putting his stamp on the organization by hiring former San Jose Sharks assistant Todd Richards as the team's new bench boss, replacing Jacques Lemaire.

Can't wait for the season to start, it's been a long offseason. I'm excited to see what Fletcher and Richards will do with the club! Preseason opener: 7 p.m. Tuesday at St.