ST. LOUIS — One minute, St. Louis Blues captain Brayden Schenn was accepting a Rolex from his teammates, and the next minute he was clocking the Anaheim Ducks’ Jacob Trouba.
Schenn played his 1,000th NHL game in Washington on Feb. 27, but the ceremony was Sunday at Enterprise Center. His parents, Jeff and Rita; wife, Kelsey; and boys Huxley and Braxton were in attendance and posed for pictures before puck-drop. Players brought flowers and the watch.
And then they all watched him do what he’s done his whole career.
Forty-one seconds into the game, Schenn scored. Before the first period was over, he volunteer-fought Trouba after the Ducks defenseman laid a questionable hit on the Blues’ Jordan Kyrou.
“You can’t write that stuff, can you?” Jeff Schenn said.
Actually, you can’t write any of the stuff happening with the Blues right now. Their 7-2 victory over Anaheim gave them 73 points, which tied them with the Vancouver Canucks for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Canucks hold the spot, however, because they’ve played one fewer game.
How’s this for an anticipated matchup? After traveling to play the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, the Blues will return home to host Vancouver on Thursday. The Canucks will be playing a team that, before…
