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The St. Louis Blues got the ending they wanted on Wednesday night as they beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 to capture their first-ever Stanley Cup. It truly was a Cinderella story considering on Jan. 3 the club was dead last in the NHL standings, 11 points behind the Anaheim Ducks for the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference. There was a plenty of ups and downs along the way. On Nov. 20 they fired head coach Mike Yeo and replaced him with associate coach Craig Berube. Less than a month later teammates Robert Bortuzzo and Zach Sanford fought at practice. Then on Jan. 5 the turning point happened. The team recalled goaltender Jordan Binnington from the AHL. He would go on an incredible run and finish the regular season with a 24-5-1 record and a 1.78 goals-against average. Former NHL goaltender Glenn Healy who won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994 joins host Rob Pizzo to breakdown the series and the top storylines of the playoffs.
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