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Wild complete yet another come from behind victory 2-1 over San Jose



The Minnesota Wild completed yet another come from behind victory last night, 2-1 over the San Jose Sharks.  They did this with a goaltender who had never seen NHL action.  

Starting goaltender Josh Harding, getting the start for the injured Niklas Backstrom, injured his neck and gave up a goal within the first 11 seconds of the game.  He was then pulled for 21-year-old Matthew Hackett.  Hackett had never seen any NHL action and made 34 saves to earn the victory.

"Really impressive," Wild head coach Mike Yeo said. "And that is not an easy team to play your first game agianst.  They throw everything at the net, they jam the net."

For the Full Post game press-conference click here:
 

Scoring for Minnesota in this game was Pierre-Marc Bouchard and captain Mikko Koivu.  Minnesota's next game will be this Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings at 9:30 p.m.  



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