 Bemidji's Hockey Day Minnesota event wrapped up on Saturday with record low temperatures for the event. It was 26 degrees below zero when the first game of the day began, making it the coldest hockey day Minnesota game ever. Temperatures warmed up later in the day but still remained well below zero. Fans, though, came prepared. We have lots of little heaters and layers. We lived in this state all our lives and you just got to bundle up. There's no such thing as bad weather, it's just bad clothing. I think we're five layers deep. Yeah, we can start zipping them down here. Organizers say the event was a huge success. Attendance for the three days was 13,400 with more than 6,000 people at the hockey day site throughout the day on Saturday. It takes a village and the village showed up despite the cold temps. And again, it's hard to say thank you enough for everybody that played a role because it took everybody to have that end result. We had hundreds and hundreds of people involved and to see it all come together, I certainly warm my heart and I hope, you know, from a local organizing committee perspective, you know, our whole goal was to do our region and our community proud. And we certainly hope we've left people with that feeling here today. At the conclusion of this year's event, it was announced that the 14th annual Hockey Day Minnesota will take place outdoors next year at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.