For a lot of people in Minnesota, as much as they love their Minnesota Vikings, October marks the start of hockey season. When the local team, the Minnesota Wild, opens their 2018-19 season tomorrow night against the Colorado Avalanche, there will be one player in red and green that has a huge connection to the purple and gold.
When the Wild set their final 23-man roster, one of the players that made the squad was a winger by the name of J.T. Brown. Normally that might not be that newsworthy.