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 a NHL venue (usually the Xcel Energy Center).
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.
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.
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.
Game
Location
TV
Date
Time
Result
Bemidji vs. Woodbury (Girls)
Lake Bemidji
None
Thur., Jan. 17
7:00 PM
Woodbury 2-1
Bemidji State vs. Michigan Tech (Men's)
Lake Bemidji
None
Fri., Jan. 18
7:00 PM
Bemidji State 4-3 (OT)
Minnetonka vs. Andover (Boys)
Lake Bemidji
FSN
Sat., Jan. 19
9:30 AM
Minnetonka 5-2
Bemidji State vs. Minnesota State Mankato (Women's)
Lake Bemidji
FSN
Sat., Jan. 19
1:00 PM
Minnesota State Mankato 2-1
Minnesota Duluth vs. Ohio State (Women's)
Amsoil Arena
FSN+
Sat., Jan. 19
4:00 PM
Minnesota Duluth 6-3
Bemidji vs. Greenway (Boys)
Lake Bemidji
FSN
Sat., Jan. 19
4:30 PM
Bemidji 3-0
St. Cloud State vs. Western Michigan (Men's)
National Hockey Center
FSN+
Sat., Jan. 19
6:00 PM
St. Cloud State 5-2
Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Xcel Energy Center
FSN
Sat., Jan. 19
8:00 PM
Minnesota 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 Team
Away Team
Level
Location
TV
Date
Time
Result
Minneapolis
Academy of Holy Angels
MSHSL Girls
Parade Stadium
None
Thur, 1/16
6:00 PM
Minneapolis 3-2 (OT)
Blake
Grand Rapids/Greenway
MSHSL Girls
Parade Stadium
None
Thur, 1/16
8:00 PM
Blake 8-0
Team Minneapolis
Team Minnesota
Women's Alumni
Parade Stadium
None
Fri, 1/17
6:00 PM
Team Minneapolis
Team Minnesota
NHL Alumni
Parade Stadium
None
Fri, 1/17
7:30 PM
Minneapolis
Warroad
MSHSL Boys
Parade Stadium
FSN
Sat, 1/18
9:30 AM
Warroad 5-1
Blake
Blaine
MSHSL Boys
Parade Stadium
FSN
Sat, 1/18
1:00 PM
Blake 3-2
Minnesota
Ohio State
NCAA Women
Parade Stadium
FSN
Sat, 1/18
4:30 PM
Minnesota 2-1
St. Cloud State
Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA Men
National Hockey Center
FSN+
Sat, 1/18
4:30 PM
St. Cloud State 2-0
Minnesota Wild
Dallas Stars
NHL
Xcel Energy Center
FSN
Sat, 1/18
8:00 PM
Minnesota 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.