Minnesota Wild to practice at Amsoil Arena in Duluth
September 28, 2011 at 4:42 am in Duluth News Tribune
The NHL team will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening the regular season Oct. 8 at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Continue Reading
I was at the North Stars v. Blues preseason game at the old DECC. It was fantastic, and sadly it was the last year of the North Stars. Hopefully the Amsoil/DECC staff can make it happen.
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I remember watching the North Stars vs. Team USA at the DECC. I still have the marketing poster that they distributed all over town “The DECC Will Be Stacked!”. I think having the Wild play a preseason game at Amsoil is a great idea, but it only holds half of what the X holds, will ownership be OK with that? To me it should be close to a wash, a sold out Amsoil vs. a half-full preseason game at the X is the same # of people.
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Why have a practice in Amsoil if its closed to the public?
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They are doing a “team bonding” thing out of town without the distractions of home before the season starts.
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Kevin Pates had a little more info about this back in August.
http://rinkandrun.areavoices.com/2011/08/11/wild-team-bonding-planned-for-duluth/
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Thanks Dan and Tom for giving us the key missing details that this “reporter” left out. I was also wondering why on earth would the Wild travel all the way to Duluth just to have closed practices. Rodeo at the X?
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Mike Hockerts – “… all the way to Duluth.” Come on! 150 mi or 3 hrs, however you want to split it is nothing when you’re an NHL franchise. This is PR afterall and the owners need it. Duluth is in Minnesota afterall – even if it is a border city. LOL I remember going to Madison Square Garden with Papa and brother in law (from Alabama!) to watch the North Stars v Rangers. I must’ve been the only North Stars fan in my UMD jacket with North Stars jersey. All good fun though because New Yorkers are the most hospitable people on earth.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC_G-X-xeLY
Yeah….real hospitable.
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Would be very cool to see a pre-season game up here in the hockey capital of Minnesota
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GO WILD!!
Looking forward to a great season. These guys skate hard, play 60 minutes of hockey, and do the fans proud!
(unlike some other Minnesota teams I could mention)
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