Michael Russo

Minneapolis, Saint Paul

NHL/Wild scribe for @theathletic. @kfan1003 contributor + @talknorthpod co-host. Ex-FlaPanthers scribe, Ex-Isles diehard, Ex-Newsday paperboy. IG: russohockey

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Articles

What we're hearing about a Marco Rossi trade, potential destinations and return

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith |Michael Russo

When it comes to Marco Rossi being at a crossroads with the Minnesota Wild, it's all about value. And not just his average annual value. President of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin has said he likes Rossi but has a certain number he's comfortable paying the pending restricted free agent. He's made a couple "significant" offers, he said, including for a shorter bridge deal last week.
Augusta County Sheriff’s Office to conduct training at Schneider Park

4 days ago | whsv.com | Michael Russo

STUARTS DRAFT, Va. (WHSV) - Due to a training exercise, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office will have a law enforcement presence in and near Schneider Park in Stuarts Draft on Tuesday morning. According to an ACSO release, the training will start at 8 a.m. and last until around 4 p.m. The exercise includes the operation and landing of a helicopter within the park. ACSO asks the public to stay outside of the established boundaries during the training.
No injuries reported after structure fire at Relax Inn

4 days ago | whsv.com | Michael Russo

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Fire crews responded to a structure fire just after midnight Monday morning at the Relax Inn off White Hill Road in Augusta County. The initial dispatch call came in at 12:15 a.m., according to a release from Augusta County Fire-Rescue. Upon arrival, Battalion Chief 13 found a fire involving one room and its contents.
Virginia DMV, Harrisonburg PD warn of text message scam

4 days ago | whsv.com | Michael Russo

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is warning customers about a text scam in which someone is posing as the DMV and falsely claiming individuals owe money for unpaid traffic tickets. According to a Virginia DMV release, the text entails the scammer “urgently” saying the recipient must pay a fine to avoid the suspension of their license and registration.
Wild re-sign Marcus Johansson to 1-year deal

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo

Marcus Johansson's NHL career will continue next season with the Minnesota Wild as the NHL veteran signed an affordable one-year, $800,000 contract to remain with the club for the 2025-26 season. According to league sources, Johansson, who would have become a free agent July 1, was being lured by his old Swedish Hockey League club, Färjestad, to potentially end his career where it began in the mid-2000s.
The Panthers, the Lightning and the 'blueprint' behind Florida becoming the new State of Hockey

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith |Michael Russo

Mike Rupp wishes he had a time machine. The former NHL player and Stanley Cup champion would love to see how the Tampa Bay Lightning's championship teams from 2020 to '22 would do against this current run of the Florida Panthers. The Panthers are in their third straight Stanley Cup Final, starting Wednesday, following three in a row by Tampa Bay, which won the title twice. Who would win?
'Only time will tell'

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo

Teams have started to call the Minnesota Wild about restricted free agent Marco Rossi, but even with negotiations on a new contract going nowhere, Wild president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin said Sunday he's not "dying" to trade the 23-year-old center. That doesn't mean he won't, of course.
Page County Public Schools announces new superintendent

1 week ago | whsv.com | Michael Russo

LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - Page County Public Schools has announced Bryan Huber will become the school division’s new top administrator, succeeding the current and superintendent, Antonia Fox, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Huber was most recently the assistant superintendent of instruction with PCPS, and has also served in the roles of assistant superintendent, math teacher, assistant principal, director of transportation and principal in various other school divisions nearby.
What fuels the Panthers' Stanley Cup machine? It starts in the room

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo

RALEIGH, N.C. - Matthew Tkachuk, without a smile on his face, rubbed his beard and spent a lot of his postgame news conference Wednesday night hardly looking like a man whose team won the Eastern Conference for a third straight year. It was Tkachuk who got the Florida Panthers' comeback started by scoring a power-play goal, then taking a big hit so he could help set up Evan Rodrigues' tying goal en route to a fourth win in five games over Carolina and a third straight Stanley Cup Final berth.
Churchville man arrested after armed standoff with sheriff’s deputies

1 week ago | 29news.com | Michael Russo

CHURCHVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - A Churchville man was arrested Wednesday after a standoff with deputies from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office who visited the man’s residence to serve a warrant on a wanted subject, according to an ACSO release. When deputies arrived to Frank Ralston Swope’s residence in Churchville on the 100 block of Scenic Highway, deputies observed Swope emerge and see the fully uniformed deputies before re-entering the residence.