Minnesota Wild fans now know where one major piece of the team’s streaming future is headed, and they know the price tag, too.
The Wild announced Wednesday that their new team-owned and operated multimedia network will be called Wild+, with games set to be available this season across multiple platforms, including Prime Video, cable, satellite and over-the-air television. The move follows earlier reporting that Minnesota was among the NHL teams expected to land on Amazon Prime Video in 2026-27, alongside the Ducks, Canes, Blue Jackets and Blues.
For fans in the Wild’s local hockey market - Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, plus parts of Iowa and Wisconsin - the Prime Video option will cost $19.99 per month or $99.99 for the year. A free Amazon account is enough to buy the package. An Amazon Prime subscription is not required, though current Prime members will still need to purchase Wild+ separately to watch games on Prime Video.
The team said fans living out of market will need ESPN+ or NHL Center Ice.
What remains less clear is the setup for viewers who rely on standard cable, satellite or universal streaming services such as YouTube TV. The Wild said more information is coming soon on those options.
According to Michael Russo, Minnesota is still working on carriage deals with legacy TV outlets and universal streaming platforms in an effort to make games available as widely as possible. Platforms that have carried Wild games before, including Xfinity, Spectrum, DirecTV and Fubo, are expected to have packages that include Wild+, with offerings that should look the same or close to what fans are used to.
Whether the team ends up on platforms that have not carried Wild games in the past, such as YouTube TV and Dish Network, is still undecided. Even so, the broader picture is starting to come into focus: Wild games should be easier to find than they have been recently.
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