ESPN.com · Feb 20, 2016
Burnside: W2W4: Wild vs. Blackhawks at TCF Stadium
playScott Burnside speaks with Bobby Smith, the No. 1 overall pick with the Minnesota North Stars in 1978, about getting the play in the 2016 NHL Stadium Series Alumni Game against former members of the Chicago Blackhawks. (1:49)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- For the first time since the NHL started taking its regular season games out of doors on a regular basis, the league is taking its big-boy show to the State of Hockey. In some ways it's long overdue, although it's also a function of how long it's taken the Minnesota Wild to push their way into the national hockey discussion in the U.S. The game features the Wild against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET at TCF Bank Stadium.