Wild's equipment truck was destroyed in fire

An equipment truck carrying some of the Minnesota Wild's gear caught fire in the Scotiabank Place parking lot. Fortunately there is nobody getting hurt in this fire. The members of the Wild's front office staff are currently in the process of determining the damage to the equipment, and the team released the following statement:"There was a fire in an equipment van in the parking lot at Scotiabank Place this afternoon. Some of the Minnesota Wild’s equipment has been damaged. The Wild is in the process of taking inventory to determine the damage to our equipment."

Assistant Equipment Manager Brent Proulx, who travels with the team tonight, is going to board a plane back to Minnesota. Assistant Equipment Manager Matt Benz and Chris Pietrzak-Wegner will gather equipment and load it onto a plane which is bound for Ottawa tomorrow morning.