Denver bound
Posted on April 12th, 2008 – 12:36 PMBy Michael Russo
So I went to a local establishment down the block from the arena after last night’s game with some colleagues. One of my colleagues looks across the room, sees a guy wearing a Wojtek Wolski jersey in the middle of a crowded bar full of folks wearing Wild jerseys and says, “This won’t have a good ending.”
Needless to say, a half-hour later, two cop cars speed up to the bar and instantaneously have three guys on the sidewalk face down. Two were wearing Wild jerseys. They lift the third up and throw him on the hood of one of the cruisers.
I look out the window, and it’s the guy in the Wolski jersey.
I also saw a guy in the bar with the Wild emblem shaved into the back of his head. Have you ever seen the Wild emblem? I’d say that barber was an artist, eh? As AP’s Jon Krawczynski said, “It’s not like shaving the Bruins’ B.”
The Avs didn’t practice today.
Only eight Wild players, including injured Nick Schultz, hit the ice today as the Wild got the chance to rest some aching bodies with two days between games. It’s scheduled to take off for Denver at 3 p.m. so it can get accustomed to the altitude during practice there tomorrow.
Schultz is going on the trip to rehab. Mark Parrish (concussed) is not.
Branko Radivojevic is making the trip to Denver to gut out another game on his injured right leg. I know because I talked to him via cell as he drove to the airport.
Like Martin Skoula, he’s been diagnosed with that contagious “sore leg.”
If you didn’t see, here’s a couple video features put together by Jenni Pinkley and Shari Gross.
The first is the postgame Wild locker room. See if you can see Kent Youngblood continuously fighting for face time 
The other is a behind-the-scenes exclusive of Kurtis Foster leaving his home and coming to the rink to watch his first game since breaking his leg.
OK, I’ve got a flight to catch, too. Talk to you after practice Sunday afternoon.
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