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Minnesota Wild Re-Signs Zane McIntyre, Dakota Mermis and Nick Swaney
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed goaltender Zane McIntyre ($775,000/$305,000), defenseman Dakota Mermis ($775,000/$375,000) and forward Nick Swaney ($775,000/$150,000) to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2023-24 season.
McIntyre, 30 (8/20/92), went 16-12-5 with a 2.87 goals-against average (GAA), a .899 save percentage (SV%) and three shutouts in 34 games with the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) last season. The three shutouts were the second most in his career and ranked tied for sixth in the AHL. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound native of Grand Forks, North Dakota, owns a record of 149-83-33 with a 2.55 GAA, a .910 SV% and 19 shutouts in 276 career contests in eight AHL seasons with Providence, Binghamton, Utica, Lehigh Valley, Tucson and Iowa (2015-23). McIntyre is 8-11 with a 2.79 GAA and a .895 SV% in 21 career Calder Cup Playoff contests. He made his NHL debut in relief on Oct. 25, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center against the Wild and appeared in eight games (three starts) with the Boston Bruins in 2016-17, posting a record of 0-4-1 with a 3.97 GAA and a .858 SV%. McIntyre was originally selected by Boston in the sixth round (165th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft.
Mermis, 29 (1/5/94), collected 26 points (5-21=26) and 73 penalty minutes (PIM) in 63 games with Iowa in 2022-23. He ranked second on the team in PIM and second among team defensemen in scoring. Mermis also appeared in two games with the Minnesota Wild in 2022-23. The 6-foot, 193-pound native of Alton, Ill., owns 137 points (21-116=137) and 409 PIM in 426 career AHL games in seven seasons Springfield, Tucson, Binghamton and Iowa (2015-23). Mermis owns six points (3-3=6) in 11 career Calder Cup playoff contests. Mermis owns four points (1-3=4) and a plus-7 rating in 27 career NHL games with Arizona, New Jersey and Minnesota (2017-23). He was originally signed as a free agent by Arizona on July 1, 2015.
Swaney, 25 (9/9/97), recorded 30 points (18-12=30), including three power-play goals (PPG) and two game-winning goals (GWG) in 48 games with Iowa last season. He ranked third on the team with a plus-15 rating, fourth in shots on goal (137) and fifth in goals. Swaney also played in one game for Minnesota, making his NHL debut on April 13 at Nashville. The 5-foot-11, 178-pound native of Lakeville, Minn., owns 70 points (35-35=70) and a plus-21 rating in 116 career AHL games with Iowa (2020-23). Swaney recorded 101 points (46-55=101) and 20 PIM in four seasons (2017-21) at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, helping the Bulldogs to consecutive NCAA Championships wins in 2018 and 2019. He was selected by the Wild in the seventh round (209th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft.
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How to get tickets for Minnesota Vikings vs. LA Rams NFC Wild Card playoff game
The final game of the NFL’s Wild Card weekend is set to take the Minnesota Vikings to LA to face the NFC West champion Rams Monday night at SoFi Stadium. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET, and tickets are still available to catch the action live.
How to get Vikings vs. Rams NFC Wild Card tickets: Seats are available for the NFC Wild Card matchup between the Vikings and Rams on secondary sites Vivid Seats, StubHub, SeatGeek and Viagogo.
As of Jan. 9, the starting prices were as follows:
- Vivid Seats starting at $87
- StubHub starting at $92
- SeatGeek starting at $92
- Viagogo starting at $91
#5 Minnesota Vikings (14-3) at #4 Los Angeles Rams (10-7)
NFC Wild Card Playoffs
When: Monday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT)
Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif.
The Vikings had a shot to win the NFC’s top seed in Week 18, but fell short against the Detroit Lions, losing the NFC North Division and slipping to the No. 5 spot instead for a road matchup on Wild Card weekend. They are listed as 1-point favorites against the Rams after finishing the regular season with a 14-3 record and nine straight wins prior to last weekend’s 31-9 loss in Detroit. Though all the ingredients are in place for the Vikings to make a run, just three of their 14 victories this season came against playoff teams and one of their three losses came to the Rams (30-20) back in Week 8.
- Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams NFC Wild Card tickets: Vivid Seats | StubHub | SeatGeek | Viagogo
The Rams found their way through an injury-marred start to the season and closed it out strong with five straight wins before resting starters in a Week 18 loss to the Seattle Seahawks (30-25). The highlight of that stretch and their season as a whole was a 44-42 shootout win over the Buffalo Bills that was fueled by two Kyren Williams touchdown runs and a big day from the receiving duo of Puka Nacua (12-162-1) and Cooper Kupp (5-92-1). The same combination of playmakers around quarterback Matthew Stafford are central to LA’s path to victory against Minnesota.
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If Arizona hosts Los Angeles Rams vs Minnesota Vikings due to fires, it wouldn’t be a first
NFL Wild Card playoff picks: Consider Eagles, Commanders and Vikings
Lorenzo Reyes is back with his three best bets ahead of Sunday and Monday’s games during Wild Card Weekend.
There could still be one more football game played in Arizona this season. On Wednesday, the NFL announced that it has a contingency plan to potentially move Monday night’s wild-card game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams to State Farm Stadium due to ongoing wildfires raging across Southern California.
For now, the league is preparing for the game to take place at SoFi Stadium, the Rams’ home in Inglewood. But if a change of location is deemed necessary, the Cardinals’ stadium in Glendale would play host, giving Arizona its first playoff game — excluding Super Bowls — since the 2015 divisional round.
It would, however, not be the first time that NFL teams have had to move to Arizona. Here are the other times that similar moves have occurred:
2020: San Francisco 49ers
Due to the spread of COVID-19 in the fall of 2020, Santa Clara County briefly banned all contact sports. That forced the San Francisco 49ers to play three home games at State Farm Stadium. The team used fields near the stadium as its practice facility and stayed at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa across the street.
2007: San Diego Chargers
It would not be unprecedented if the Rams had to make Arizona home due to fires. The then-San Diego Chargers practiced at the Cardinals’ Tempe facility for three days in 2007 due to the Witch Creek Fire, which forced 40 members of the organization to evacuate their homes. The team returned to San Diego for their game that Sunday, defeating the Houston Texans.
2003: San Diego Chargers
Four years earlier, the Chargers had a Monday Night Football game against the Dolphins moved to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Again, the move was due to fires in Southern California, which caused poor air quality. The Chargers’ home field, Qualcomm Stadium, was also used as an evacuation center during the fires. Both teams flew to Arizona on game day for a game Miami won, 26-10. The NFL distributed 73,104 free tickets to the game.
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Boston Fleet fall to Minnesota Frost in overtime
Taylor Heise scored the overtime winner to lift the Minnesota Frost to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Fleet on Wednesday night
The win is the Frost’s third in as many games this season against the Fleet, and the second in seven days by an overtime finish. Hannah Bilka scored early on for the Fleet, making this the first time Boston has opened the scoring against Minnesota this season.
Later in the first period, Denisa Křížová scored her first goal of the campaign, tying the game at one and ending the game’s regulation scoring. Heise’s winner came at 3:20 of the extra frame on Minnesota’s first shot of overtime on Emma Söderberg, who stopped 24 shots throughout regulation. Maddie Rooney picked up her fourth win of the season with a 26-save performance.
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