Mike Rupp
CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 30: Mike Rupp #27 of the Minnesota Wild checks Michal Rozsival #32 of the Chicago Blackhawks over the boards while trying to control the puck in Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on April 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.
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I worry about our older guys like Richie and [since-departed Mike Rupp] who aren’t playing [in Europe]
It’s not an easy time of year for young kids, and that’s also a real compliment to Charlie [Coyle] and Brods [Jonas Brodin] that they’re still able to go out and play and not play like young kids ... But it’s a tough time right now. And the game is tough and we’ve got to make sure that we’ve got everybody in the lineup going out and helping us to get to our game, playing the game the way that we should see it being played.
You know me. I like physical hockey ... I like going in straight lines and finishing checks. This time of year that should be everybody. We’re coming home and we should be playing a hard game [Sunday] and we expect everybody to do that.More quotes »
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Mandatory visors win support of NHL competition committee
TORONTO â Mike Rupp still remembers the first time he played a game without visor. It was freedom, he said. But it was more than that. For Rupp, it was a rite of passage. Amateurs wore visors. Now that he was a pro, he no longer had to do so. âI always t from Canada.com Read more »
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NHL player uses social media to return a lost wallet
Paul Bissonnette, seen here punching Rangers’ Mike Rupp in the jaw, used Twitter to help a Canadian man recover a lost wallet. (Photo by Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE) (GIF by Michael Katz) Paul Bissonnette, a left winger for the Phoenix Coyotes, can add “Good from USA Today Read more »
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Powe Does Off Ice Workout
Remember Darroll Powe? You know, the guy who doesn't score and does a decent job on the penalty kill? Yeah, the guy with the concussion? No, not Clowe, I said Powe. The guy the Rangers got from the Wild for Mike Rupp. Anyway, according to Andrew Gross at from The New York Rangers Blog Read more »
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Minnesota Wild Final Season Grades: Left Wingers (Staff Writers' Grades)
The editors did their season grades for the Wild's left wingers yesterday, now it's time to see how us staff writers graded them. Feel free to do your own grades in the comments too. Zach Parise: The big money we paid to get him was worth it. He was such from Hockey Wilderness, For Minnesota Wild Fans Read more »
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Wild's Russo To Undergo Meniscus Surgery
: Mike Rupp will undergo offseason meniscus surgery and is expected to have a quick recovery process, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Michael Russo reports. (Updated 5/11/13) Mike Rupp, who tallied four points and 79 PIMs in 40 games during the 2012-13 se from CBS Sports Read more »
