Downtown St. Paul’s
Wells Fargo WinterSkate rink will serve as the backdrop for NBC's live coverage of “Hockey Day in America,” the Pioneer Press
reports.
The broadcast features four
National Hockey League games on Feb. 19, including the Minnesota Wild vs. the Boston Bruins at the
Xcel Energy Center.
“With ice at many lakes too soft to skate on, and temperatures unseasonably pleasant, more than 20,000 skaters have headed to downtown St. Paul for free ice time,” the story states.
The choice of the rink as a broadcast backdrop means that it will be open an extra two weeks this year.