Hockey Day Minnesota 2016 Details Announced

The 10th Hockey Day Minnesota is indeed heading back to the Northland. It will be hosted at Duluth's Bayfront Park on a specially constructed ice rink with the Twin Ports serving as the backdrop. The dates have been finalized and the teams in the high school games have been confirmed. Hockey Day Minnesota will take place February 6th, 2016.

Game One will feature the Duluth Denfeld Hunters playing host to the Evelth-Gilbert Golden Bears in a Section 7A showdown. The Golden Bears finished second in the Iron Range conference with a 7-4-3 record behind Hibbing-Chisolm. Eveleth-Gilbert last appeared in the State Tournament in 1998 when the took home the championship. In all, they've made 15 state…