Minnesota Wild announce season and home opener dates and opponents

The Wild will open the season October 8th at the Pepsi Center to take on the Colorado Avalanche as released by the Avalanche.

BREAKING: The #Avs will kick off the 15-16 season @ home on Oct. 8 vs. the @mnwild. MORE: http://t.co/SgNqthDOfC pic.twitter.com/Zh8RfwhiWT

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 24, 2015

The Wild then announced that the home opener will be just two days later on October 10th against the St. Louis Blues

The #mnwild announce their home opener will be Oct. 10 vs. first round playoff opponent St. Louis. Full schedule out tomorrow.

— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) June 24, 2015

The rest of the schedule will be released on Thursday and we'll have more on the schedule and break it down for you then.