Xcel Engery Center: Wild vs Ducks

The Excel is an excellent venue for watching hockey. Minnesota is known as the hockey capitol of the U.S. and we do a pretty darn good job of showing it with our high school, college, and pro hockey teams. The Minnesota Wild are basically a replacement franchise for the North Stars which moved to Dallas in the early 1990's. At least I got to see my Penguins win the cup here before the Stars moved away. Interestingly, the old Met Center, where the Stars used to play, is now the parking lot for the Mall of America.

By the way, J.S. Giguere had the worst game of his career and was actually pulled. The defining moment of the game was when he ducked to let in a 3rd goal. For one of the NHL's best, this was a shocking outcome.