[1] After the South Suburban Steers were reorganized in 2002, the team was renamed and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota.

The Northern Lights have played international exhibition games against teams in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Italy during the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The team and members of the Rotaract Club of the Athlete Village served as Sports Goodwill Peace Ambassadors during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[3] The Northern Lights were MNJHL regular season champions and Bush Cup winners in 2002-03, 2011–12 and 2012–13; national tournament semifinalists in both 2003 and 2006.

In 2013 Twin Cities advanced to the USA Hockey National Championship game, falling short to the North Iowa Bulls.