Dallas Stars fan Cole Jones has a whole proposal.
His logic behind a Stars-Wild outdoor game is sound. Obviously a winter classic has to be up north somewhere on account of the whole playing outdoors part. Dallas is where the former Minnesota North Stars relocated to. I’ll add that If the Wild aren’t going to win more, they could use a marketing gimmick. And tell me Minnesotans wouldn’t relish the idea of an outdoor hockey game. He chooses Target Field over TCF Bank Stadium mainly because it’s easier to get to.
But I’m hung up on one thing: THE UNIFORMS.
So, this Cole Jones guy even whipped up uniform concepts (this guy is good). But… but… let me just show them to you. Here’s his proposal for the Wild.
And here’s his proposal for the Dallas Stars.
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I’m a Red Wings fan, but even I can tell something about that ain’t right. I guess maybe I understand it from the Stars’ perspective, but… ouch. The memory of my girlfriend’s cousin wearing a pretty snazzy North Stars sweater over Christmas is still fresh in my mind.
On a related note, Wisconsin’s women’s team is hosting Bemidji State and the men’s team is hosting Michigan outdoors at Camp Randall in February. I think it will not be too long before the Gophers are playing a hockey game at The Bank/The Vault/whatever we’re calling it now. A football field and hence a football stadium are a much better fit for a hockey rink.
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As much as I love the Wild sweaters I think I’d rather see the Wild wearing the old North Stars jerseys (since they sell them at Wild games), and have Dallas wear whatever they want. That would be awesome. If anyone is going to wear the green and gold North Stars colors in Minnesota, it better be a Minnesota team.
I would rather see the Wild wear the old Minnesota Fighting Saints uniform from the WHA (both teams play(ed) in St. Paul) and have the Dallas Stars wear the North Stars jerseys from the 1967 season (the first year). Growing up in the Twins Cities I always wanted to see the Saints and the North Stars play each other….