Aug 28, 2013
FOX Sports North and the Minnesota Wild today announced a 70-game telecast schedule for the 2013-14 season. The schedule begins at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, 2013 with coverage from Xcel Energy Center as the Minnesota Wild take on the Anaheim Ducks.
The regional sports network also will cover the home opener on Thursday, October 3, 2013 with one-hour pre and postgame episodes of Wild Live presented by CenturyLink.
FOX Sports North’s telecast schedule features at least one game versus 28 of the league’s other 29 teams. The schedule includes 37 telecasts at Xcel Energy Center and 33 road contests.
The Minnesota Wild telecasts on FOX Sports North will feature play-by-play announcer Anthony LaPanta along with color analyst Mike Greenlay. Tom Hanneman and Jamie Hersch will host Wild Live before and after every game with analysis from Wes Walz, Tom Chorske, Ben Clymer and Kevin Gorg.
FOX Sports North reaches more than 2 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year. Follow FOX Sports North on Facebook and Twitter.
