ST. PAUL -- Bally Sports North broadcaster and former Wild forward Wes Walz harkened immediately back to some of the best games from the team's early days when he saw the inside of Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday night against the Winnipeg Jets.
Seeing fans four or five people deep around the Wild's end of the rink during warmups was reminiscent of some of the first games at home in team history, like Opening Night in 2000 against the Philadelphia Flyers or the first time the Dallas Stars came to town that December.
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Armed with a full building for the first time in more than a year and a half, energy inside Xcel Energy Center was palpable Tuesday night