FOX Sports North will televise 71 regular season games and two preseason contests this season, including 32 games from Xcel Energy Center and 39 road contests. FOX Sports North will also televise the Sept. 20 preseason game against Dallas and the Sept. 22 U.S. Bank Kids Day preseason game against Colorado. FOX Sports North's regular season coverage will begin with the Minnesota Wild season-opening contest at the Avalanche on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. followed by the club's first regular season home game on Saturday, Oct. 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights at 7 p.m.
Minnesota Wild telecasts on FOX Sports North will feature play-by-play announcer Anthony LaPanta, color analyst Mike Greenlay and reporter Kevin Gorg. Audra Martin will host Wild Live presented by CenturyLink before and after every game with analysis from Wes Walz, Tom Chorske and Ben Clymer and newcomer, former Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Carter.
All games televised on FOX Sports North will be available in high definition, and will be streamed live via the FOX Sports app. The FOX Sports app, available to iOS and Android devices, provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content along with highlights and instant alerts for scores and key plays. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Streaming on the FOX Sports app is also available on connected devices, including on AppleTV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku and Xbox One.
FOX Sports North debuts a half hour special, "Wild Season Preview" Sunday, Sept. 23. "Becoming Wild" presented by Toyota also returns with a new season of eight episodes that will premiere Thursday, Oct. 11, immediately following the Wild Live postgame show.
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The Wild also announced three start time changes: the Dec. 15 game vs. Calgary will start at 12:30 p.m., the Dec. 29 contest at Winnipeg will start at 3 p.m. and the Jan. 5 game at Ottawa will start at 12 p.m. (all times CT).
KFAN 100.3 FM enters its eighth season as the official radio flagship home of the Minnesota Wild. Bob Kurtz (play-by-play), Tom Reid (analyst) and Kevin Falness (studio host) will continue to capture all the action, including every preseason game again this season. Coverage of each game will begin with a 15-minute pregame show and conclude with a 30-minute postgame Show. KFAN will also continue to host "Wild Weekly," as well as "Wild Fanline" after select games. iHeart Radio reaches more than 2.5 million listeners every week over the air, via the Internet and through iheartradio.com. The Wild radio broadcast is also available on the Wild Mobile App, inside Xcel Energy Center at 95.7 FM and across the 50 station Minnesota Wild Radio Network, the largest network in the National Hockey League.
