Wild fans are flocking to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center for the playoffs. While folks are sure to pay close attention to what's happening on the ice, it's also a great time -- and place -- to brush up on your Minnesota hockey history.
More than 100 years before the birth of the Wild, Minnesotans began playing hockey -- one of the state's most beloved sports -- and Wild team curator Roger Godin has documented important moments and players from Minnesota's first recorded game in February 1895 to the present in "The State of Hockey Tribute" at the X.