the stadium hosted an outdoor ncaa hockey game between the minnesota golden gophers and ohio state buckeyes on january 17, 2014. the gophers won 1-0 with 45,021 fans in attendance. it also hosted to its first nhl contest on february 21, 2016 between the minnesota wild and the chicago blackhawks as part of the 2016 nhl stadium series. the wild won 6–1 in front of 50,426 fans.