245 MILES - Rapid Fire with Iowa Wild’s Jesper Wallstedt.
If you ask any Minnesota Wild prospect playing in Iowa what the mileage is between Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines and the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, chances are you won’t get the same answer. Most may not know the exact distance, but they do know what that stretch of concrete heading north symbolizes and where it takes their hockey journey.
All the sacrifices they make just to have the privilege of venturing up the I-35 to the State of Hockey for a chance to showcase their skills. The final stretch for most of them is 245 miles of asphalt.
Click below to see the interview as Pulltab Sports catches up with goaltending prospect Jesper Wallstedt.
