The Blues did the unthinkable and refused to choke Monday night in St. Louis, exorcising a demon and sending the Blackhawks packing.
When the clock shrunk to 0.0 and the St. Louis Blues had eliminated the Hawks, I didn't know what to do with myself. A long drought of playoff suffering at the hands of the Blackhawks was over. Instead of waking up to a sad realization that hockey was on hold until the winter, the Blues refused to choke and stayed as resilient as ever in holding off the Hawks.
The Blues got up 2-0 and the Hawks came back to tie it.