Ep. 12: Jordan Binnington of the Stanley Cup winning St. Louis Blues NHL

I think the world of Jordan Binnington, aka Binner, aka JB, aka
Binni, aka Winnington. I had the honor to get to know Jordan in
San Antonio (AHL's Rampage) before St. Louis called him up and he
helped changed the course of the Blues and end their 52-year
Stanley Cup drought defeating the Boston Bruins in seven games.
The Blues going from worst in the NHL on January 3rd (31st out of
31 teams!) to winning the Stanley Cup is one of the greatest
sports stories of my lifetime. Consider this: No NBA, NFL, or MLB
(or NHL of course until now) team has been in dead last place 25%
of the season completed and gone on to win the championship. The
Blues were dead last with 45% of the season completed. Jordan
Binnington earned his first start January 7 posting a shutout
against the Flyers and went on to have a regular season record of
24-5-1 before becoming the first rookie goaltender to win 16
games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I could say a lot more about
this intelligent, thoughtful, funny, kind, guy who loves to bring
people together but why don’t you hear from the man himself: a
story of belief, perseverance, and competitive fire. An amazing
story!


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