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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1816300" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-notebook-moms-on-the-road-card-games-cookies-meetings-at-least-one-late-night/article_492823e0-087e-5936-aba6-f25759c21ece.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a></p><p>CHICAGO — On the flight from Denver to Chicago on Tuesday, the ladies played cards with their sons on the team plane.</p><p>The big winner?</p><p>“I’d have to say Mrs. Binnington. Put it this way: not Mrs. Schenn,” said Brayden Schenn’s mother, Rita.</p><p>After checking into the hotel, they went out for a walk in Chicago, grabbed some coffee.</p><p>“It was great, walking in the rain with our kids. Doing a little shopping,” Mrs. Schenn said.</p><p>Next came dinner at <a href="https://www.gibsonssteakhouse.com/" target="_blank">Gibsons Steakhouse</a>.</p><p>“And then we sent the boys home, and the moms continued on,” she said, with a smile.</p><p>Hmmm. Was this a case of what happens in Chicago, stays in Chicago?</p><p></p><p>“Exactly,” she said with a laugh. “We had nobody following us. Let’s put it that way.”</p><p>Such was a day in the life for about 20 mothers of Blues players on the team’s first-ever Moms’ trip.</p><p>They joined the team Sunday in Denver and got a slice of what it’s like to be an NHL player on the road. They attended team meetings in the morning and got video briefings from the Blues’ coaching staff.</p><p>They watched the morning skates on game days. Went in the locker room. Attended the games. And could be heard singing “Country Roads” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” after the Blues’ thrilling 3-2 victory Monday in Colorado outside the visitors’ locker room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1816300, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-notebook-moms-on-the-road-card-games-cookies-meetings-at-least-one-late-night/article_492823e0-087e-5936-aba6-f25759c21ece.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas']Jim Thomas[/URL] CHICAGO — On the flight from Denver to Chicago on Tuesday, the ladies played cards with their sons on the team plane. The big winner? “I’d have to say Mrs. Binnington. Put it this way: not Mrs. Schenn,” said Brayden Schenn’s mother, Rita. After checking into the hotel, they went out for a walk in Chicago, grabbed some coffee. “It was great, walking in the rain with our kids. Doing a little shopping,” Mrs. Schenn said. Next came dinner at [URL='https://www.gibsonssteakhouse.com/']Gibsons Steakhouse[/URL]. “And then we sent the boys home, and the moms continued on,” she said, with a smile. Hmmm. Was this a case of what happens in Chicago, stays in Chicago? “Exactly,” she said with a laugh. “We had nobody following us. Let’s put it that way.” Such was a day in the life for about 20 mothers of Blues players on the team’s first-ever Moms’ trip. They joined the team Sunday in Denver and got a slice of what it’s like to be an NHL player on the road. They attended team meetings in the morning and got video briefings from the Blues’ coaching staff. They watched the morning skates on game days. Went in the locker room. Attended the games. And could be heard singing “Country Roads” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” after the Blues’ thrilling 3-2 victory Monday in Colorado outside the visitors’ locker room. [/QUOTE]
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