The Vikings say a limited number of single-game tickets will go on sale Thursday of next week through Ticketmaster.

Purchasing them is the only direct way remaining to attend a 2018 Vikings home game because season tickets are sold out and there is a waiting list exceeding 1,500 people.

Single-game tickets for two preseason games start at $20 (Aug. 18 vs. Jacksonville and Aug. 24 vs. Seattle).

Tickets for a regular-season game will cost at least $58, up from a minimum of $30 last season.

Hinote to USA Hockey

Elk River's Dan Hinote, who played 500 NHL games and won a Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2001, was named an associate coach for USA Hockey's national team development program. He'll serve on the under-18 team staff.

Hinote retired in 2010, spent four seasons (2010-14) as an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets and most recently was a part-time scout for Columbus.

Etc.

• Canterbury Park canceled Thursday night's racing card because of inclement weather.

• The University of Minnesota nominated graduating seniors Emerald Egwin and Sidney Peters for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Egwin was a middle-distance runner in track while Peters was a goalie on the Gophers hockey team. … Northwestern (St. Paul) nominated Jackie Doering, a volleyball and basketball player, for the award.

• Miranda Brown was named the women's tennis coach at Minnesota Morris. She was a high school coach in South Carolina.