Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Though the team plays in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area with the Minnesota Twins, Vikings, Lynx, and Timberwolves, the Wild and the Swarm (also owned by the Wild ownership) are the only Major League sports franchises to play in St. Paul, as the aforementioned teams all play in Minneapolis.The team was founded on June 25, 1997, but started playing in the 2000-01 NHL season. The Wild is also the first NHL franchise in Minnesota since the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993. They lost their first game, 3–1, to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and recorded their first win against the Tampa Bay Lightning five games later. The Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center. In the 2002–03 NHL season, the team made its first playoff appearance, and made a surprising run to the Western Conference Finals.Minnesota currently has three minor-league affiliates, the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Orlando Solar Bears of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), and announced August 27, 2013, the addition of the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Since 2001, the AHL affiliate of the Wild had been the Houston Aeros. However, on April 18, 2013, it was announced that the Aeros would be moving to Des Moines, Iowa, beginning with the 2013–14 AHL season, where they play at Wells Fargo Arena and became known as the Iowa Wild. The team's first minor-league affiliate was the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL, who folded after the 2000-01 season. As of 2014, the Wild have averaged a .532 points percentage since entering the league.. }
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- Minnesota_Wild abstract "The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Though the team plays in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area with the Minnesota Twins, Vikings, Lynx, and Timberwolves, the Wild and the Swarm (also owned by the Wild ownership) are the only Major League sports franchises to play in St. Paul, as the aforementioned teams all play in Minneapolis.The team was founded on June 25, 1997, but started playing in the 2000-01 NHL season. The Wild is also the first NHL franchise in Minnesota since the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993. They lost their first game, 3–1, to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and recorded their first win against the Tampa Bay Lightning five games later. The Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center. In the 2002–03 NHL season, the team made its first playoff appearance, and made a surprising run to the Western Conference Finals.Minnesota currently has three minor-league affiliates, the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Orlando Solar Bears of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), and announced August 27, 2013, the addition of the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Since 2001, the AHL affiliate of the Wild had been the Houston Aeros. However, on April 18, 2013, it was announced that the Aeros would be moving to Des Moines, Iowa, beginning with the 2013–14 AHL season, where they play at Wells Fargo Arena and became known as the Iowa Wild. The team's first minor-league affiliate was the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL, who folded after the 2000-01 season. As of 2014, the Wild have averaged a .532 points percentage since entering the league.".