Wild Encouraging Fans To Bring Their Own Water To Be Used In Ice Resurfacing

The Wild this season will debut a new campaign in which fans can "bring up to three ounces of their favorite water" to a game and pour it into a tank that will be used "to resurface the ice before and after games and between periods," according to John Shipley of the ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS. The "This Is Our Ice" campaign will begin Sept. 16 outside Xcel Energy Center prior to an open practice. The water will be "filtered and transferred to a Zamboni that holds 190 gallons and melted into the ice sheet." The team beginning with its home opener Oct. 14 "will collect water at every home game to keep the X ice local." Shipley writes the Wild may not be the state's "most popular pro sports team, but they continue to stake their claim as the most Minnesotan." The rink "already is ringed by more than 200 jerseys from the state's high school teams," and each home game begins with a local resident "skating to center ice and planting a 'State of Hockey' flag in the faceoff circle" (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 8/25).