In 1983, I called a friend. Without explanation, I played a tape of some well-crafted Dan Kelly St. Louis Blues hockey radio play-by-play. Kelly's call concluded, "...And (Bernie) Federko on the power play gives the Blues the lead!" My friend played along, saying, "Alright! They scored!" His enthusiasm was genuine, even though that regular season game had been played weeks earlier.
Most Blues fans aren't using cassettes to relive tonight's game, but I'm sure many of them are playing and replaying video and audio of tonight's Stanley Cup win. After 52 years of waiting, why shouldn't they?
