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10 Millionth Fan Expected At Next Wild Home Game

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild expect the 10 millionth fan to attend the team's next home game Dec. 29 against the New York Islanders at Xcel Energy Center.

The 10 millionth fan will receive a prize package. It includes a custom Wild 10 Millionth Fan jersey, a team-signed hockey puck, four tickets to the Wild game against Detroit at 1 p.m. on March 22 and four tickets to the Big Ten Championship Game at 7 p.m. on March 22 at Xcel Energy Center.

With Tuesday night's crowd of 18,531, a total of 9,986,408 patrons have attended Wild games at Xcel Energy Center in team history.

Minnesota played its first game at the "X'' on Sept. 29, 2000, a preseason match against Anaheim.

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