SportsPulse: Kevin Allen on how NHL playoff beards became a thing and why the tradition isn't ending any time soon. USA TODAY Sports
ST. LOUIS — With the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins headed to the NHL’s first Stanley Cup Final Game 7 since 2011, it feels as if it were meant to be.
In Game 1, it seemed as if the series could go either way. Now with the series headed to Boston for a decisive game Wednesday in TD Garden (8 p.m., ET, NBC), it still seems like it could go either way.
"Listen, if you told me four months ago we were going to be in the Finals in Game 7, I think I’d take it," Blues coach Craig Berube said.