The Wild will play the Blackhawks, Avalanche and Stars twice each during the NHL preseason, the team announced Friday.
Wild's preseason schedule set; Hockey Day Minnesota matchups revealed
The Stars, Blackhawks and Avalanche will be the Wild's preseason foes both at home and on the road.
June 23, 2023 at 10:35PM
Games at Xcel Energy Center will be against Colorado on Thursday, Sept. 28; against Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 30; and against Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 7.
Road games in the preseason are at Colorado on Sunday, Sept. 24; at Dallas on Tuesday, Sept. 26; and at Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 5.
The NHL regular season schedule is expected to be released Tuesday, the day before the first round of the draft in Nashville.
• The Wild signed goalie Hunter Jones to a one-year, two-way contract. A second round pick in 2019, the 22-year-old Jones played 38 games for the Iowa Heartlanders of the ECHL last season and one game with the Iowa Wild of the AHL.
• Hockey Day in Minnesota will be Jan. 27, 2024 at the Warroad Athletic Complex. Lakeville North will face Warroad in a high school girls game at 9:30 a.m., followed by a boys game between Moorhead and Wayzata at 1 p.m. and a boys game between Warroad and Roseau at 4:30 p.m.
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• The Timberwolves will play New Orleans in the first game of the NBA summer league at 3:30 p.m. July 7 in Las Vegas, a game that will be televised on NBA TV. Their other scheduled games in Las Vegas will be July 10 vs. Utah, July 12 vs. Atlanta and July 13 vs. Sacramento.
• Princeton's Tyler Wells signed a letter of intent to wrestle with the Gophers. Wells, projected to wrestle at 133 or 141 pounds in college, went 162-1 in his high school career, winning four individual state titles.
The Wild have been the surprise of the league as their high-scoring winger makes a shambles of team scoring records.
