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Minnesota Wild
| Minnesota Wild | |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Home ice | Xcel Energy Center |
| Based in | St. Paul |
| Colours | Green, red |
| League | National Hockey League |
| Head coach | Jacques Lemaire |
| General manager | Doug Risebrough |
| Owner | Bob Naegele Jr. |
The Minnesota Wild are a National Hockey League team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Founded: 2000
- Arena: Xcel Energy Center
- Uniform colors: Forest green, Iron Range red, harvest gold, and wheat.
- Logo design: A stylized animal's profile, with a mural of green trees, red sky and a yellow sun with a white star as the eye.
- Stanley Cups won: 0
Franchise history
2000 -- The Minnesota Wild pick Marian Gaborik #3 in Round 1 of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft
2003 -- The Wild, in their first ever playoff appearance, make an unprecedented NHL Stanley Cup Playoff run in 2003 by making it all the way to the Western Conference Finals before being swept 4-0 by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Previously, the Wild had beaten the heavily favored and third seeded Colorado Avalanche in the first round in seven games, coming down from a 3-1 series deficit and winning both Game 6 and 7 in overtime. Andrew Brunette scored the series clincher. In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Wild beat the fourth seeded Vancouver Caunucks, again in seven games, and again after being down 3-1 in the series. In the process, the Wild became the first team in playoff history to capture a seven game series twice after facing elimination during Game 5.
Players of Note
Current stars:
- Marian Gaborik
- Andrew Brunette
- Filip Kuba
- Richard Park
- Wes Walz
- Dwayne Roloson
- Manny Fernandez
Not to be forgotten:
Retired Numbers:
- 1 Wild Fans
- 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)
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