On Friday, Minnesota United FC started their MLS journey, which you can read about over at our sister site E Pluribus Loonum. While the Loons’ season opener was anything but ideal, this is as good an opportunity as any to revisit how the Minnesota Wild got started in the NHL.
The Wild weren’t Minnesota’s first NHL team, which fans are regularly reminded of. That distinction would go to the former Minnesota North Stars, currently the Dallas Stars, who were moved to Texas in 1993 by the team’s owner at the time, Norm Green.