{"id":231201,"date":"2009-10-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/10\/05\/first-trip-to-mankato\/"},"modified":"2009-10-05T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T05:00:00","slug":"first-trip-to-mankato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/first-trip-to-mankato\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to Mankato: Wolves Currently Undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, a\u00a0few friends and I\u00a0made\u00a0a trip down to Mankato for the Wolves’ pre-season opener against Milwaukee. First of all, it was a\u00a0nice, picturesque drive. Those of us\u00a0who trek\u00a0up north during the\u00a0summer and fall\u00a0should appreciate the night and day difference between driving north vs. south in our state.<\/p>\n

I had intended to make this into\u00a0the 2nd portion\u00a0of\u00a0last weeks’\u00a0State of the Wolves: Kahn Edition write-up, but due to the lack of coverage on the game,\u00a0will go with a recap instead.\u00a0Part 2 will be posted in the coming weeks as cuts are made, and the roster appears more finalized. Onward to the game recap below the fold:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I knew the evening was going to be entertaining when the following happened within moments of each other:<\/p>\n