Devils-Wild delayed after Minnesota's bus gets stuck in traffic

New Jersey Devils left wing Janne Kuokkanen (59) and Minnesota Wild center Nico Sturm (7) battle for the puck during the first period at Prudential Center. Tom Horak-USA TODAY Sports

Devils-Wild game delayed after Minnesota's team bus gets stuck in traffic

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated 11/24/21

Wednesday night’s NHL game between the New Jersey Devils and Minnesota Wild was delayed for a rather unusual reason: traffic problems.

As is typical, the Wild were staying in Manhattan for their Wednesday game in New Jersey. That meant they had to travel a bit to get to the Prudential Center in time for the 7 p.m. ET start.

Unfortunately, there were problems. A combination of pre-Thanksgiving traffic and a closure of New York’s Holland Tunnel meant the Wild were quite a bit late.

Due to the closure of the Holland Tunnel #mnwild players did not arrive for tonight's game until 6:26 pm and the start time has been delayed until 7:33 pm ET.

— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) November 24, 2021

The Wild were at least willing to make light of the bizarre circumstances on social media.

RT/Like if you hate traffic!

pic.twitter.com/baAR4bzlqn

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) November 25, 2021

Things like this are rare, but they do happen, especially when you factor in holiday traffic. It’s too bad the Wild couldn’t just call Robert Kraft and ask for help.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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