Hockey Day Minnesota ‘USA vs. the World’ alumni game will stream live on Star Tribune

Watch Joe Mauer, Zach Parise and more play in a hockey game at United Heroes League in Hastings for Hockey Day Minnesota 2026.

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January 12, 2026 at 7:19PM
Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (11). ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com - January 2, 2018, St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center, NHL, Hockey, Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers
Former Wild player Zach Parise will captain Team USA for Hockey Day Minnesota's "USA vs. the World" alumni game on Jan. 21. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Strib Varsity and the Minnesota Star Tribune are livestreaming tons of action from Hockey Day Minnesota in Hastings, and the “USA vs. the World” alumni game on Wednesday, Jan. 21, is one to watch.

Star Tribune subscribers can watch the game at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21 here. The video player will appear below a few days before the game.

The game will feature former Twins star and Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Mauer, as well as a slew of former Wild players: Zach Parise, Jeff Taffe, Wes Walz, Devan Dubnyk, Nate Prosser, Mark Parrish, Ryan Carter, Mike Lundin, Jordan Schroeder and Erik Westrum.

Parise will captain Team USA, and Walz will captain Team World.

The game includes several past Star Tribune Metro Players of the Year: Taffe (1999), Dan Welch (1999), Paul Martin (2000), Lundin (2003) and Jake Gardiner (2008).

Full rosters for the game are listed below.

Team USA

Minnesota high school and college in parentheses:

Jeff Taffe (Hastings, Gophers)

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Taylor Chorney (Shattuck-St. Mary’s)

Paul Martin (Elk River, Gophers)

Dustin Byfuglien (Roseau)

Nate Prosser (Elk River)

Joe Mauer (Cretin-Derham Hall)

Zach Parise (Shattuck-St. Mary’s)

Mark Parrish (Bloomington Jefferson, St. Cloud State)

Jake Gardiner (Minnetonka)

Ryan Carter (White Bear Lake, Minnesota State Mankato)

Dan Plante (Edina)

Erik Condra

Mike Lundin (Apple Valley)

Team World

Tim Conboy (Rosemount/Brainerd)

Ryan Jones

Devan Dubnyk

Dan Sexton (Apple Valley)

Jordan Schroeder (St. Thomas Academy, Gophers)

Michael Gergen (Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Minnesota Duluth)

Dan Welch (Hastings, Gophers)

Wes Walz

Ryan Potulny (Gophers)

Danny Kristo (Eden Prairie)

Erik Westrum (Apple Valley, Gophers)

Ryan Duncan (Shattuck-St. Mary’s)

High school games

In addition to the alumni game, the Star Tribune will stream 10 high school boys and girls hockey games from this year’s Hockey Day Minnesota event on its Strib Varsity website. Learn about those games and how you can watch in this article here.

Hockey Day Minnesota

Learn more about the 2026 Hockey Day Minnesota event, which begins Jan. 17 in Hastings, by visiting the event website here.

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