NHLer and former Kitchener Rangers staff member race to game on foot [Video]

Sitting in the back seat of the vehicle taking him to the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, all NHLer Travis Boyd could see was snow and bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Boyd had just been called up from the American Hockey League and penciled into the Minnesota Wild lineup for Saturday’s afternoon game against the Flames.

It was a dream come true for the Hopkins, Minnesota-native, who grew up watching the team.

“I’d be surprised if there was a Minnesota kid who didn’t grow up cheering for the Wild,” Boyd said.

After getting the news on Friday, Boyd jumped on a plane from Grand Rapids to Detroit, and then a second flight to Toronto. He landed in Calgary the next day, just a couple hours before the 2 p.m. puck drop.

“That was the first time I realized we were landing in a huge snowstorm,” Boyd told CTV News.

Waiting for him at the …