Winnipeg Jets AHL Affiliate To Play Series in North Dakota
Well, this is sort of neat for Winnipeg Jets fans on either side of the border.
The American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose and Iowa Wild will play a pair of exhibition games in North Dakota in early October. The first game will be played at the awesome Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks on Friday, October 2 before taking an 80-minute drive down Interstate 29 to Fargo, where the two teams will play the following night at Scheels Arena. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
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It should be interesting to see how these games do but I think they would draw well. The Winnipeg Jets have the weekend off as they transition from the end of the preseason to the start of the regular season on October 8 in Boston. With no Jets on the docket, some Manitoba hockey fans might use the exhibition series as a reason to venture into North Dakota for the weekend. North Dakota is also encroaching on Wild territory and Minnesota fans in the Dakotas and western Minnesota might view this as good opportunity to view their top farm club as well.
The Jets say tickets for both games will range between $10 and $30 dollars through Ticketmaster. A presale begins on Wednesday at 10 a.m. central time while tickets go on sale to the public starting on Friday morning.
The Moose and Wild will each be playing in the AHL’s central division next season and the teams could be looking at building a rivalry over the next few years, similar to the one brewing between the Jets and Wild at the big league level.