Wild 'are aware' of federal gambling investigation involving Vanek, 'have no further comment'
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The Minnesota Wild released a succinct statement in light of the news that recently signed forward Thomas Vanek was in federal court Monday in relation to a federal gambling investigation, as per Michael Russo of the Star Tribune.
#mnwild statement: “We are aware of Thomas Vanek's cooperation with a federal investigation and have no further comment at this time."
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) July 22, 2014
Russo contacted NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, who said, "We are looking into it, but have no comment at this time."