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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: FOX Sports North Thursday, April 30, 2020 Becky Ross Mielke, (612) 840-5453 FOX SPORTS NORTH TO AIR “HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA CLASSICS” THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY All 14 Hockey Day Events Featured #HockeyDayClassics FOX Sports North, in conjunction with the Minnesota Wild, today announced plans to re-air “Hockey Day Minnesota Classic” games every Saturday throughout the month of May. The network will showcase some of the marquee matchups throughout the last 14 years, dating back to the inaugural event in Baudette Bay in 2007. The programming schedule begins this Saturday, May 2 at 1:00pm with a re-air of the Hockey Day Minnesota 2020 matchups from Minneapolis. The full schedule: Day Date Time City / Date Match-Up Saturday 2-May 1:00 PM Minneapolis - 2020 Warrod vs. MInneapolis Saturday 2-May 3:30 PM Minneapolis - 2020 Blaine vs. Blake Saturday 2-May 6:00 PM Minneapolis - 2020 University of MN vs. Ohio State (Women) Saturday 2-May 8:30 PM Minneapolis - 2020 Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars Saturday 2-May 11:30 PM Minneapolis - 2020 MInnesota Duluth vs. St. Cloud State Saturday 9-May 1:00 PM Baudette Bay - 2007 St. Paul Johnson at Lake of the Woods Saturday 9-May 2:30 PM Baudette Bay - 2008 Eveleth at Lake of the Woods Saturday 9-May 4:00 PM Phalen Park - 2009 Rochester John Marshall vs St. Paul Johnson Saturday 9-May 5:30 PM Phalen Park - 2009 Stillwater vs Minnetonka (Girls) Saturday 16-May 1:00 PM Hermantown - 2010 Hermantown vs Eden Prairie Saturday 16-May 2:30 PM Moorhead - 2011 Hill-Murray vs Moorhead Saturday 16-May 4:00 PM Pagel Center - 2012 Minnetonka vs Hopkins (Girls) Saturday 16-May 5:30 PM Pagel Center - 2012 White Bear Lake vs Grand Rapids Saturday 16-May 7:00 PM Grand Rapids - 2013 Benilde St. Margaret's vs Grand Rapids Saturday 23-May 1:00 PM Elk River - 2014 Elk River vs Stillwater Saturday 23-May 2:30 PM Holman Field - 2015 Hill-Murray vs St. Thomas Academy Saturday 23-May 4:00 PM Holman Field - 2015 Cretin-Derham Hall vs Duluth Northern Stars (Girls) Saturday 23-May 5:30 PM Duluth - 2016 Lakeville North vs Duluth East Saturday 23-May 7:00 PM Stillwater - 2017 Eden Prairie vs Stillwater Saturday 30-May 1:00 PM St. Cloud - 2018 St. Cloud State vs Minnesota Duluth (Women) Saturday 30-May 2:30 PM St. Cloud - 2018 Moorhead vs Centennial Saturday 30-May 4:00 PM Bemidji - 2019 Bemidji State vs Minnesota State Mankato (Women) Saturday 30-May 5:30 PM Bemidji - 2019 Bemidji vs Greenway All games will stream live on FOX Sports GO – available via the FOX Sports GO app, which can be downloaded from iTunes, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store. Streaming is also now available on several connected devices, including Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku, Chromecast and Xbox One. Sitting on the southern edge of Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato, Blakeslee Stadium will serve as the venue for the 15th annual statewide hockey celebration in 2021. 1 Hockey Day Minnesota was originated in 2007 by the Minnesota Wild to celebrate the game that has made Minnesota the "State of Hockey." It is produced in partnership with FOX Sports North, Minnesota Hockey and the respective local community that serves as the host each year. Previous locations include Baudette Bay (2007, 2008), Phalen Park (2009), Hermantown (2010), Moorhead (2011), Minnetonka (2012), Grand Rapids (2013), Elk River (2014), Saint Paul (2015), Duluth (2016), Stillwater (2017), St. Cloud (2018) and Bemidji (2019). For more information, visit wild.com/HockeyDay. ### 2 .

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