Craig Leipold[1] is the owner of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously owned the Nashville Predators. (wikipedia)
Stanley has a water cup at home. We call it Stanley's cup.
I thought it felt just great. It was loud and exciting, and I feel like we've got the buzz back. Seventeen months was too long not to be playing.
I do expect to get some phone calls, from people saying that I was absolutely right, that they had fun at the game and that they're interested in getting season tickets.
Some teams will have to clean up old messes, but frankly, once that's done we shouldn't be losing money anymore.
This is a team that's going to be a lot of fun to watch. We've built this team based on the new rules, a fast team that is going to be a winning team.
I thought it was a great crowd tonight. It shows how important home ice is to us because we always play well in this arena.
I'm looking forward to seeing a lot less red in the crowd the next few nights. I think now that people know when the first playoff game is going to be played, you'll see us sell that out pretty quick.
