For the fifth straight season, Minnesota’s northern-most and southern-most NAHL teams will tangle in a pre-season series set for this weekend.
The Minnesota Wilderness, representing the North, will visit the Austin Bruins, representing the South for a Friday night contest, and the teams will switch venues for a game in Cloquet on Saturday night.
Friday’s game at Austin’s Riverside Arena is scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. Puck drop for the Saturday night rematch at Northwoods Credit Union Arena will be 7:15 p.m.
As an added bonus, fans in the North will get a doubleheader of hockey on Saturday as the Wilderness NA3HL squad take on the Rochester Grizzlies at Cloquet’s Northwoods Credit Union Arena for a pre-season affair set for 4 p.m.
The NA3 Wilderness and Grizzlies will kick off the weekend in the South Friday, with game 1 of the series at the Rochester Recreation Center at 7:05 p.m.
All games this weekend can be seen on NAHLTV.com.
Both Wilderness teams open their regular seasons next weekend. The NAHL squad takes on the Springfield Jr. Blues in a series in Cloquet on Sept. 12 and 13. The NA3HL team will visit Mason City, IA, for a series vs. the Mason City Toros, also on the 12th and 13th.
The home-opener for the NA3 team will be Oct. 10 at the Eveleth Hippodrome vs. the Granite City Lumberjacks.