Hockey Day Minnesota

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Hockey Day Minnesota is an annual event in Minnesota run in cooperation with the Minnesota Wild and Bally Sports North that celebrates the sport of hockey throughout the state. Now a multi-day showcase, the event is held in mid-to-late January or early February and typically consists of multiple high school games (a mixture of boys and girls), a men's and/or women's college hockey game, and concludes with a Minnesota Wild NHL game. With some games now taking place on Thursday and Friday, the main set of games are played on a Saturday and are broadcast on FSN. Most of the games are played at a featured outdoor location with a rink built specifically for the event. However, some of the college matchups are played in standard home arenas and all of the Wild games are played in an NHL venue (usually Xcel Energy Center).

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2007 Hockey Day Minnesota (Baudette) January 20, 2007

Hockey Day Minnesota 2007 was the 1st of the series and was played outside on Baudette Bay.

Home teamAway teamLevelLocationTVDateTimeResult
Lake of the Woods St. Paul Johnson MSHSL BoysBaudette BayFSNSat, Jan 201:00 PMLake of the Woods 5-3
Minnesota Denver NCAA Men Mariucci Arena FSNSat, Jan 205:30 PMMinnesota 5-4
Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars NHL Xcel Energy Center FSNSat, Jan 208:00 PMDallas Stars 2-1 (SO)

2008 Hockey Day Minnesota (Baudette Bay) February 9, 2008

GameLocationTimeResult
Eveleth at Lake of the Woods School Baudette Bay10:00 am5-0 Lake of the Woods
Hill-Murray vs. St. Thomas Academy Xcel Energy Center 1:00 pmHill-Murray 4 St. Thomas Academy 3 (OT)
Blaine vs Roseau Baudette Bay2:00Roseau 1 Blaine 0
New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 5:00Wild - 4-3 (OT)
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Denver Pioneers Magness Arena 8:00Pioneers - 4-1

2009 Hockey Day Minnesota (St. Paul) January 17, 2009

GameLocationTimeResult
Rochester John Marshall vs. St. Paul Johnson Phalen Park 10:00 amJohnson 4-0
White Bear Lake vs. Duluth East Xcel Energy Center 1:00DE - 6-3
Stillwater vs. Minnetonka (girls) Phalen Park 1:30(tape delay on TV)Stillwater 2-1
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. St. Cloud State National Hockey Center 5:00U of M - 8-6
Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00Ducks - 3-0

2010 Hockey Day Minnesota (Hermantown) January 23, 2010

GameLocationTimeResult
Hopkins vs. The Marshall School Hermantown (Outdoors)10:00 amHopkins - 6-0
Hermantown vs. Eden Prairie Hermantown (Outdoors)1:15 pmEP - 4-3
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena 5:00SCSU - 4-1
Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00Wild - 4-2

2011 Hockey Day Minnesota (Moorhead) February 12, 2011

GameLocationTimeResult
Wayzata vs. Roseau Moorhead (Outdoors)10:00 amWayzata 2-1 (OT)
Hill-Murray vs. Moorhead Moorhead (Outdoors)1:30 pmH-M 3-2
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Denver Pioneers Mariucci Arena 5:00U of M 7-3
St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00Wild - 3-1

2012 Hockey Day Minnesota (Lake Minnetonka/Excelsior) January 21, 2012

The games, normally played outdoors, had to be moved indoors due to warm weather causing poor ice conditions. [1]

GameLocationTimeResult
Minnetonka vs. Hopkins (girls)Pagel Activity CenterTape Delay 11 PMMinnetonka 5-1
White Bear Lake vs. Grand Rapids Pagel Activity Center10:00 AMGrand Rapids 4-3
Minnetonka vs. Duluth East Pagel Activity Center1:30 PMMinnetonka 9-3
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Colorado College Mariucci Arena 5:00 PMGophers 2-1
Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00 PMWild 5-2

2013 Hockey Day Minnesota (Grand Rapids) January 19, 2013

The 2013 HDM broadcast included the Season/Home Opener for the Minnesota Wild for the 2013 NHL season after the 2012-2013 NHL Lockout [2] was resolved. This year also included the last WCHA (regular season) meeting between Minnesota and North Dakota before Minnesota moved to the Big Ten Hockey Conference, and North Dakota moved to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2013–2014.

GameLocationTimeResult
Hibbing-Chisholm vs. Grand Rapids-Greenway (girls) Lake Pokegama Tape Delay 11 PMGrand Rapids-Greenway 6-0
Hibbing-Chisholm vs. Eagan Lake Pokegama 10:00 AMEagan 9-2
Benilde St. Margaret's vs. Grand Rapids Lake Pokegama 1:30 PMGrand Rapids 3-2 (OT)
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. University of North Dakota Mariucci Arena 5:00 PMTie 4-4 (OT)
Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00 PMWild 4-2

2014 Hockey Day Minnesota (Elk River) January 18, 2014

2014 Hockey Day Minnesota was hosted at Handke Pit.

Elk River native Nate Prosser scored the game-winning goal in the Minnesota Wild game against the Dallas Stars in a 3–2 overtime victory.

GameLocationTimeResult
Rochester Lourdes vs Cloquet/Esko/Carlton (Boys)Handke Pit10:15 AMCloquet/Esko/Carlton 4-1
Elk River vs Stillwater (Boys)Handke Pit1:00 PMElk River 4-1
Elk River vs Anoka (Girls)Handke PitTape Delay 4:00 PMAnoka 3-0
Ohio State University vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Mariucci Arena 5:00 PMGophers 4-2
Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00 PMWild 3-2 (OT)

2015 Hockey Day Minnesota (St. Paul) January 17, 2015

The official name for Hockey Day Minnesota 2015 is "St. Paul to Kuwait" to celebrate Minnesota troops' service in Iraq and Kuwait. Fox Sports North personalities and crew broadcast the Wild game in Kuwait around 5 AM local time for the stationed troops to watch.

GameLocationTimeResult
St. Paul Johnson vs Luverne (Boys)Holman Field10:00 AMSt. Paul Johnson 6-5
Hill-Murray vs. St. Thomas Academy Holman Field1:30 PMHill Murray 3-2 OT
Cretin-Derham Hall vs. Duluth Northern Stars (Girls)Holman FieldTape Delay 4:30 PMCretin-Derham Hall, 5-4
Wisconsin Badgers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Mariucci Arena 5:00 PMGophers, 5-2
Arizona Coyotes vs. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8:00 PMWild 3-1

2016 Hockey Day Minnesota (Duluth) February 6, 2016

Hockey Day Minnesota 2016 was the 10th of the series and was played outside in Bayfront Park.

GameLocationTimeResult
Duluth Denfeld vs Eveleth-Gilbert (Boys)Bayfront Park (outdoors)10:00 AMDuluth Denfeld 5-2
Duluth East vs. Lakeville North (Boys)Bayfront Park (outdoors)1:00 PMLakeville North 3-2
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Penn State Mariucci Arena 4:00 PMPenn State 5-3
St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota Wild Scottrade Center 7:00 PMBlues 4-1

2017 Hockey Day Minnesota (Stillwater) January 21, 2017

Hockey Day Minnesota 2017 was the 11th of the series and was played outside in Lowell Park.

GameLocationTVTimeResult
Thief River Falls vs. Mahtomedi (Boys)Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN10:00 AMMahtomedi 3-0
Eden Prairie vs. Stillwater (Boys)Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN1:00 PMEP 4-1
MSU - Mankato vs. St. Cloud State (Women) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center FSN+3:00 PMSCSU 4-3
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Wisconsin Kohl Center FSN5:00 PMUW 5-3
Minnetonka vs. Stillwater (Girls)Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN+5:30 PMStillwater 2-0
Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks Xcel Energy Center FSN7:00 PMWild 5-3

2018 Hockey Day Minnesota (Saint Cloud) January 19/20, 2018

Hockey Day Minnesota 2018 was the 12th of the series and was played outside next to Lake George.

Home teamAway teamLevelLocationTVDateTimeResult
St. CloudSartell/Sauk RapidsMSHSL GirlsLake GeorgeNoneFri, 1/195:00 PMTie 3-3
Team WhiteTeam BlackSCSU Women's AlumniLake GeorgeNoneFri, 1/197:30 PMTie 3-3
Team HedicanTeam ParrishSCSU Men's AlumniLake GeorgeNoneFri, 1/198:00 PMTeam Hedican 7-3
St. Cloud Tech/Apollo St. Cloud Cathedral MSHSL BoysLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/2010:00 AMSt Cloud Cathedral 8-3
St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth NCAA WomenLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/201:00 PMSt. Cloud State 2-1 (SO)
Moorhead Centennial MSHSL BoysLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/204:30 PMMoorhead 3-2 (OT)
St. Cloud State Minnesota State NCAA Men National Hockey Center FSN+Sat, 1/205:00 PMMinnesota State 5-2
Minnesota Wild Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Xcel Energy Center FSNSat, 1/208:00 PMMinnesota Wild 5-2

2019 Hockey Day Minnesota (Bemidji) January 19, 2019

Hockey Day Minnesota 2019 is the 13th of the series and was played outside on the shores of Lake Bemidji.

GameLocationTVDateTimeResult
Bemidji vs. Woodbury (Girls)Lake BemidjiNoneThur., Jan. 177:00 PMWoodbury 2-1
Bemidji State vs. Michigan Tech (Men's)Lake BemidjiNoneFri., Jan. 187:00 PMBemidji State 4-3 (OT)
Minnetonka vs. Andover (Boys)Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 199:30 AMMinnetonka 5-2
Bemidji State vs. Minnesota State Mankato (Women's)Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 191:00 PMMinnesota State Mankato 2-1
Minnesota Duluth vs. Ohio State (Women's)Amsoil ArenaFSN+Sat., Jan. 194:00 PMMinnesota Duluth 6-3
Bemidji vs. Greenway (Boys)Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 194:30 PMBemidji 3-0
St. Cloud State vs. Western Michigan (Men's)National Hockey CenterFSN+Sat., Jan. 196:00 PMSt. Cloud State 5-2
Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue JacketsXcel Energy CenterFSNSat., Jan. 198:00 PMMinnesota 2-1

2020 Hockey Day Minnesota (Minneapolis) January 16/17/18, 2020

Hockey Day Minnesota 2020 was the 14th of the series and was played outside at Parade Stadium.

Home teamAway teamLevelLocationTVDateTimeResult
MinneapolisAcademy of Holy AngelsMSHSL GirlsParade StadiumNoneThur, 1/166:00 PMMinneapolis 3-2 (OT)
BlakeGrand Rapids/GreenwayMSHSL GirlsParade StadiumNoneThur, 1/168:00 PMBlake 8-0
Team MinneapolisTeam MinnesotaWomen's AlumniParade StadiumNoneFri, 1/176:00 PM
Team MinneapolisTeam MinnesotaNHL AlumniParade StadiumNoneFri, 1/177:30 PM
MinneapolisWarroadMSHSL BoysParade StadiumFSNSat, 1/189:30 AMWarroad 5-1
BlakeBlaineMSHSL BoysParade StadiumFSNSat, 1/181:00 PMBlake 3-2
MinnesotaOhio StateNCAA WomenParade StadiumFSNSat, 1/184:30 PMMinnesota 2-1
St. Cloud StateMinnesota DuluthNCAA MenNational Hockey CenterFSN+Sat, 1/184:30 PMSt. Cloud State 2-0
Minnesota WildDallas StarsNHLXcel Energy CenterFSNSat, 1/188:00 PMMinnesota Wild 7-0

2022 Hockey Day Minnesota (Mankato), January 19–23, 2022

Hockey Day Minnesota 2022 was the 15th of the series, with all games in the event except for the NHL game played outdoors at Blakeslee Stadium on the Minnesota State University campus. [3] The event was originally scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19.

GameLevelLocationTVDateTimeResult
Mankato East vs. Mankato WestMSHSL GirlsBlakeslee StadiumNoneWed, 1/197:30 PMManakato East 5-0
Mankato vs St. CloudWounded WarriorsBlakeslee StadiumNoneThur, 1/205:30 PMSt. Cloud 6-2
River's Edge vs Mankato ClinicSouthern MN CelebritiesBlakeslee StadiumNoneThur, 1/208:00 PMMankato Clinic 6-3
Mankato East vs. Mankato WestMSHSL BoysBlakeslee StadiumNoneFri, 1/215:30 PMMankato East 5-0
Team Brose vs Team BlueMSU Men's AlumniBlakeslee StadiumNoneFri, 1/218:30 PM
Andover vs. EdinaMSHSL GirlsBlakeslee Stadium BSN Sat, 1/229:30 AMAndover 4-0
East Grand Forks vs. Prior LakeMSHSL BoysBlakeslee StadiumBSNSat, 1/221:00 PMPrior Lake 7-1
Minnesota State vs. St. Thomas NCAA MenBlakeslee StadiumBSNSat, 1/224:30 PMMinnesota State 7-1
Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks NHL Xcel Energy Center BSNSat, 1/228:00 PMMinnesota Wild 4-3 (OT)
Team Altmann vs Team VogtMSU Women's AlumniBlakeslee StadiumNoneSun, 1/2311:00 AM
Minnesota State vs. St. Thomas NCAA WomenBlakeslee StadiumNoneSun, 1/231:00 PMMinnesota State 3-1
Minnesota Mullets vs Steele County Blades USPHL (Juniors)Blakeslee StadiumNoneSun, 1/234:30 PMSteele County Blades 5-2

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