The Aberdeen Wings kicked off the 2018-2019 regular season and 16th Annual NAHL Showcase Wednesday in Blaie, MN . The Wings struggled to get their offense going however and ended up falling to the Minnesota Magicians 3-0. 5:28 into the opening frame the Wings went down by 1 when Wirth scored on the power play. The Magicians would add another just before intermission when Keranen scored at the 19:40 marker. Minnesota would add another early in the 2nd off the stick of Passarelli. Minutes later Joe Strada thought he had a goal but the referees waived it off. Another would be goal was waived off for the Wings in the 3rd ending the game with a 3-0 score. Close was in net for the Wings and stopped 28 of the 31 shots he faced in the loss.
The Wings will be back in action tomorrow (Thursday) when they take on the Kenai River Brown Bears at 4:30pm CST. You can catch the game at Buffalo Wings & Rings in Aberdeen or by logging on to HockeyTV.com. You can also tune into 94.1 The Rock, HubCityRadio.com or The Rock App.