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TODAY'S GAMES
National Football League Playoffs
Vikings vs. LA Rams, 7 p.m.
Prep Boys Hockey
North Shore at Moose Lake Area

Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth.
TODAY'S GAMES
National Football League Playoffs
Vikings vs. LA Rams, 7 p.m.
Prep Boys Hockey
North Shore at Moose Lake Area

I’ve been around the Wild franchise long enough to know when they're trying to outrun their own history. Friday night, they didn’t jog. They sprinted. Quinn Hughes is a breathtaking hockey player. There’s no debating that. He skates like the ice owes him money. He
This time, the leverage isn’t casino revenue. It’s downtown frustration — visible poverty, safety complaints, business dissatisfaction and the persistent sense that downtown Duluth has not lived up to decades of promises.
Twelve games per team. A defined start in April. A defined finish in July. Balanced home-and-away slates. Built-in byes. Repeat matchups that suggest geography matters again. It reads less like a marketing flyer and more like an operating plan.
Minnesota’s home schedule begins in Week 7, when Nashville visits. Kentucky comes to Minnesota in Week 8.