Minnesota Goes Wild Over Hockey

Greg Adams scored with 57 seconds remaining in the third period to lift the Phoenix Coyotes to a 2-1 exhibition victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night in Minneapolis before a crowd of 18,294--the largest to see a pro hockey game in Minnesota.

The game was sponsored in part by the Minnesota Wild, which will enter the NHL as an expansion team in the 2000-01 season.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs played their exhibition game against Montreal without captain Mats Sundin, who flew home to Sweden on Wednesday for his grandfather’s funeral.