Hockey Day Minnesota


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 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.

2007 Hockey Day Minnesota (Baudette">Baudette, 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 WoodsSt. Paul JohnsonMSHSL BoysBaudette BayFSNSat, Jan 201:00 PMLake of the Woods 5-3
MinnesotaDenverNCAA MenMariucci ArenaFSNSat, Jan 205:30 PMMinnesota 5-4
Minnesota WildDallas StarsNHLXcel Energy CenterFSNSat, Jan 208:00 PMDallas Stars 2-1

2011 Hockey Day Minnesota (Moorhead">Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead) February 12, 2011

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

The games, normally played outdoors, had to be moved indoors due to warm weather causing poor ice conditions.
GameLocationTimeResult
Minnetonka vs. Hopkins Pagel Activity CenterTape Delay 11 PMMinnetonka 5-1
White Bear Lake vs. Grand RapidsPagel Activity Center10:00 AMGrand Rapids 4-3
Minnetonka vs. Duluth EastPagel Activity Center1:30 PMMinnetonka 9-3
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Colorado CollegeMariucci Arena5:00 PMGophers 2-1
Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center8:00 PMWild 5-2

2013 Hockey Day Minnesota (Grand Rapids">Grand Rapids, 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 was resolved. This year also included the last WCHA 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 Lake PokegamaTape Delay 11 PMGrand Rapids-Greenway 6-0
Hibbing-Chisholm vs. EaganLake Pokegama10:00 AMEagan 9-2
Benilde St. Margaret's vs. Grand RapidsLake Pokegama1:30 PMGrand Rapids 3-2
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. University of North DakotaMariucci Arena5:00 PMTie 4-4
Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center8:00 PMWild 4-2

2014 Hockey Day Minnesota (Elk River">Elk River, 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 Handke Pit10:15 AMCloquet/Esko/Carlton 4-1
Elk River vs Stillwater Handke Pit1:00 PMElk River 4-1
Elk River vs Anoka Handke PitTape Delay 4:00 PMAnoka 3-0
Ohio State University vs. Minnesota Golden GophersMariucci Arena5:00 PMGophers 4-2
Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center8:00 PMWild 3-2

2015 Hockey Day Minnesota (St. Paul">Saint Paul, 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 Holman Field10:00 AMSt. Paul Johnson 6-5
Hill-Murray vs. St. Thomas AcademyHolman Field1:30 PMHill Murray 3-2 OT
Cretin-Derham Hall vs. Duluth Northern Stars Holman FieldTape Delay 4:30 PMCretin-Derham Hall, 5-4
Wisconsin Badgers vs. Minnesota Golden GophersMariucci Arena5:00 PMGophers, 5-2
Arizona Coyotes vs. Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center8:00 PMWild 3-1

2016 Hockey Day Minnesota (Duluth">Duluth, 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 Bayfront Park 10:00 AMDuluth Denfeld 5-2
Duluth East vs. Lakeville North Bayfront Park 1:00 PMLakeville North 3-2
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Penn StateMariucci Arena4:00 PMPenn State 5-3
St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildScottrade Center7:00 PMBlues 4-1

2017 Hockey Day Minnesota (Stillwater">Stillwater, 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 Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN10:00 AMMahtomedi 3-0
Eden Prairie vs. Stillwater Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN1:00 PMEP 4-1
MSU - Mankato vs. St. Cloud State Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterFSN+3:00 PMSCSU 4-3
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. WisconsinKohl CenterFSN5:00 PMUW 5-3
Minnetonka vs. Stillwater Lowell Park, StillwaterFSN+5:30 PMStillwater 2-0
Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim DucksXcel Energy CenterFSN7:00 PMWild 5-3

2018 Hockey Day Minnesota (Saint Cloud">St. Cloud, 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 George-Fri, 1/195:00 PMTie 3-3
Team WhiteTeam BlackSCSU Women's AlumniLake George-Fri, 1/197:30 PMTie 3-3
Team HedicanTeam ParrishSCSU Men's AlumniLake George-Fri, 1/198:00 PMTeam Hedican 7-3
St. Cloud Tech/ApolloSt. Cloud CathedralMSHSL BoysLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/2010:00 AMSt Cloud Cathedral 8-3
St. Cloud StateMinnesota DuluthNCAA WomenLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/201:00 PMSt. Cloud State 2-1
MoorheadCentennialMSHSL BoysLake GeorgeFSNSat, 1/204:30 PMMoorhead 3-2
St. Cloud StateMinnesota StateNCAA MenNational Hockey CenterFSN+Sat, 1/205:00 PMMinnesota State 5-2
Minnesota WildTampa Bay LightningNHLXcel Energy CenterFSNSat, 1/208:00 PMMinnesota Wild 5-2

2019 Hockey Day Minnesota (Bemidji">Bemidji, 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 Lake Bemidji-Thur., Jan. 177:00 PMWoodbury 2-1
Bemidji State vs. Michigan Tech Lake Bemidji-Fri., Jan. 187:00 PMBemidji State 4-3
Minnetonka vs. Andover Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 199:30 AMMinnetonka 5-2
Bemidji State vs. Minnesota State Mankato Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 191:00 PMMinnesota State Mankato 2-1
Minnesota Duluth vs. Ohio State Amsoil ArenaFSN+Sat., Jan. 194:00 PMMinnesota Duluth 6-3
Bemidji vs. Greenway Lake BemidjiFSNSat., Jan. 194:30 PMBemidji 3-0
St. Cloud State vs. Western Michigan 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">Minneapolis, 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 Stadium-Thur, 1/166:00 PMMinneapolis 3-2
BlakeGrand Rapids/GreenwayMSHSL GirlsParade Stadium-Thur, 1/168:00 PMBlake 8-0
Team MinneapolisTeam MinnesotaWomen's AlumniParade Stadium-Fri, 1/176:00 PM
Team MinneapolisTeam MinnesotaNHL AlumniParade Stadium-Fri, 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">Mankato, 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. The event was originally scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19.
GameLevelLocationTVDateTimeResult
Mankato East vs. Mankato WestMSHSL GirlsBlakeslee Stadium-Wed, 1/197:30 PMManakato East 5-0
Mankato vs St. CloudWounded WarriorsBlakeslee Stadium-Thur, 1/205:30 PMSt. Cloud 6-2
River's Edge vs Mankato ClinicSouthern MN CelebritiesBlakeslee Stadium-Thur, 1/208:00 PMMankato Clinic 6-3
Mankato East vs. Mankato WestMSHSL BoysBlakeslee Stadium-Fri, 1/215:30 PMMankato East 5-0
Team Brose vs Team BlueMSU Men's AlumniBlakeslee Stadium-Fri, 1/218:30 PM
Andover vs. EdinaMSHSL GirlsBlakeslee StadiumBSNSat, 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. ThomasNCAA MenBlakeslee StadiumBSNSat, 1/224:30 PMMinnesota State 7-1
Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksNHLXcel Energy CenterBSNSat, 1/228:00 PMMinnesota Wild 4-3
Team Altmann vs Team VogtMSU Women's AlumniBlakeslee Stadium-Sun, 1/2311:00 AM
Minnesota State vs. St. ThomasNCAA WomenBlakeslee Stadium-Sun, 1/231:00 PMMinnesota State 3-1
Minnesota Mullets vs USPHL Blakeslee Stadium-Sun, 1/234:30 PMSteele County Blades 5-2