2025 Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit

The Annual Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit is free of charge and is open to boys and girls high school hockey captains/team leaders and coaches. Teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from industry leaders, coaches and former captains from the State of Hockey and beyond. Following the Leadership Summit, attendees will have an opportunity to go on a tour of the Minnesota Wild locker room in the Xcel Energy Center.

More information on the 2025 Leadership Summit will be published in May of 2025.

All questions should be directed to Gabby Billing at [email protected].

SCHEDULE

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Xcel Energy Center, hosted by Kevin Gorg and Dave Schwartz

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

  • Registration

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. 

  • Welcome 

  • Matt Majka – Minnesota Wild CEO

9:10 – 9:40 a.m.

  • Brock Faber

9:40 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

  • The Electric Indian 

  • Introduced by Leya Hale from TPT, filmmaker/director of The Electric Indian 

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

  • Break

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

  • DEI panel discussion

  • Brooke White-Lancette and Trent Tucker 

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

  • Natalie Darwitz

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

  • Coaches/Captains Panel

  • Head Coach Brett Larson and captain – SCSU men’s hockey  

  • Head Coach Melissa Sailor and captain – Andover girl’s hockey 

  • Head Coach Calvin Simon -- Shakopee boy’s hockey

12:45 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.

  • Mental Health

  • Sophie’s Squad 

  • Gabbie Hughes and Sonja Olson

  • Jeremy Lewis and captain – Osseo girls’ hockey 

1:10 p.m. 

  • Closing comments

1:15 p.m.

  • Locker room tours

*The schedule and speakers are subject to change