When Buffalo Sabres forward Casey Mittelstadt hits the ice at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota on November 17, he’ll have come a long way since his last time hitting that ice, nearly 20 months prior.
Circle back to March 10, 2017 - not a very long time ago, really.
That day marked the final high school game of Mittelstadt’s career, a 3-2 loss for his Eden Prairie team to Grand Rapids. The forward notched one assist, finishing his high school hockey career with 170 points in just 75 games of regular-season action.