On this October day, the temperature maxed out in the 70s, but there was a dusting of leaves around the trees. The seasonal change means hockey is near, and the end of the Wild defenseman cruising around on his motorcycle.
These two passions of Middleton's are on opposite schedules all summer, day and night shifts that have his Harley Davidson parked while he's playing and rumbling down the road when he's not.
In the past, when that kickstand lowered at summer's end for the last time, uncertainty awaited him: Will he make the team?
