The Minnesota Wild turned their home ice into a giant canvas Thursday night, allowing season ticket holders to paint the frozen surface with big, bright, colorful words and pictures.
Carly Peters, a media relations specialist with the Wild, says it’s essentially a last hurrah for the ice before it gets taken out and melted away for good.
About 450 people attended the event, which was offered exclusively to season ticket holders. It also featured floor hockey, face painting and locker room tours.
It was the first time the Wild have held a Paint the Ice night. Peters said the feedback was “really positive,” and while there’s no way to know for sure right now, it’s “definitely something” they’d like to do again.
For some people, it served as a (funny) cathartic release following the Blackhawks’ series win:
https://twitter.com/JASONdeanSTERN/status/469681522015227904
@mnwildSTH Got some closure with the fluky way the playoffs ended for the #mnwild. #painttheice pic.twitter.com/eD9apxPoup
— Kevin Luckow (@DrKevinLuckow) May 23, 2014
One clever couple used the opportunity to snap wedding invite RSVP responses:
@ShaymusKM it was for wedding invites: Happy faces and Yes photo if guests can come, and this one if they can't. pic.twitter.com/S7vRoBTZOT
— Captain Awesome (@WILDologist) May 23, 2014
@mnwildSTH We are using this for our wedding invites RSVPs. #PaintTheIce pic.twitter.com/Om0CyvuzmB
— Captain Awesome (@WILDologist) May 23, 2014
And of course there were some odes to specific Wild players:
https://twitter.com/ShadedMichael/status/469844663109554176
@mnwildSTH for Backstrom, in Finnish blue of course #PainttheIce pic.twitter.com/JkvQyadcr2
— Lynn Keller (@MNlady4WILD) May 22, 2014
@mnwildSTH @HardingsHope at the excel tonight. My son misses Josh Harding! #mnwild #PainttheIce pic.twitter.com/GfcJRnltEX
— rachelbeth (@rbhotmom) May 23, 2014
