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WILD 4, CALGARY 0; Little time, plenty of life; The Wild made good on one of its remaining chances to grab a playoff position by taking advantage of a depleted Flames team.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 04-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: WILD 4, CALGARY 0; Little time, plenty of life; The Wild made good on one of its remaining chances to grab a playoff position by taking advantage of a depleted Flames team.(SPORTS)

Article Excerpt
Byline: MICHAEL RUSSO; STAFF WRITER

"I am not dead yet!"

Like "Not Dead Fred," from Monty Python's "Spamalot," the Wild has taken on the comical character's favorite line as its personal motto.

Appearing finished after Anaheim and St. Louis won Thursday, the Wild feasted on a severely shorthanded Calgary team Friday night in a 4-0 blowout, its its most lopsided victory ever over the Flames.

The Wild, which scored no first-period goals in its previous five home games, scored three times in the opening 20 minutes and creeped to within two points of the eighth-place Blues. "I told ya, we're going to fight right to the end," said veteran Owen Nolan, one of four Minnesota goal scorers and one of...

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