The Minnesota Wild NHL hockey team is an expansion team that was established in the year 2000, seven years after the State of Hockey lost it's former NHL team, the Minnesota Northstars, who became the team now known as the Dallas Stars. Since the Minnesota Wild's inception, they have played at the Xcel Energy Center in beautiful downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. The Minnesota Wild are owned by Minnesota Sports and Entertainment, formed by majority owner Bob Naegele In 1997, which also owns the Minnesota Swarm National Lacrosse League and operates the Xcel Energy Center, the St. Paul RiverCentre and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium and Wildside Caterers.

The Minnesota Wild logo is the face of a bear incorporating traditions from the State of Hockey - the trees representing the great outdoors/northwoods, the mouth representing the Mighty Mississippi, and the eye representing the Northern Star reference which became the signature name of the previous Minnesota NHL team, the Northstars. The Minnesota Wild home jersey is primarily red with a circular logo in the chest region of the sweater, featuring "Minnesota Wild" written around the circular pattern and showing the Minnesota Wild logo in the center of the circle. The away jerseys are primarily white and feature a large version of the Minnesota Wild logo in the center of the sweater. A third Minnesota Wild jersey is primarily forrest green with throwback writing and imagery.

The Minnesota Wild play competitive, professional hockey in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the NHL. Like any other professional sports team, the Minnesota Wild roster have had their fair share of ups and downs but have managed to raise fan support season after season. Minnesota Wild Fans have become part of the team in the sense that the many of the Minnesota Wild promotional materials read "Its in our Blood" referring not only to just the Minnesota Wild Roster but also the Minnesota Wild Fans.