Minnesota Mullets – Junior Hockey is taking it OUTDOORS! The Mullets and Blades announced Monday they will be competing against each other in Hockey Day Minnesota 2022. This will be the first junior hockey game to be scheduled as part of the Hockey Day Minnesota.
The Mullets and Blades will play an outdoor contest at Blakeslee Field on the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus. Throughout the weekend, teams across various levels of hockey will be competing.
Hockey Day Minnesota is an annual event in Minnesota run in cooperation with the Minnesota Wild and Fox 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).
