MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An unlikely sequence of events helped give West Virginia offensive lineman Chase Behrndt a cameo role in a historic night for his hometown hockey team.
Arguably the most unlikely of those events is the fact the St. Louis Blues are headed to the Stanley Cup Finals. Despite qualifying for the playoffs for 40 of the last 49 years, the Blues won their conference for the first time since 1970 on Tuesday night with a series-clinching win over the San Jose Sharks.
Similarly improbable is the fact that the Blues — a team named after an old W.