While it was likely the fulfillment of a small dream he’d had at some point, to see his nickname and image emblazoned on a T-shirt, Wild rookie goalie Jesper Wallstedt was a little confused about the protocol.

When he got to the team’s locker room before Friday’s showdown with previously red-hot Colorado, every stall in the room had a T-shirt in it featuring the words, “The Wall of St. Paul” and an illustration of Wallstedt doing his signature postgame celebration, which is part fist pump and part thrust with his stick like you might see from a fencer.

Following the Wild’s 3-2 shootout win, which lifted his record to 7-0-2, Wallstedt said he knew the T-shirts existed but was a little surprised to see many of his teammates wearing them before facing the Avalanche.

“I saw it on Instagram

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