Heartache turns to triumph for St. Louis sports fans

St. Louis Blues fan Marge Kirchhoefer poses for a portrait in her St. Louis home, Thursday, June 13, 2019. At age 100, Kirchhoefer is among the oldest St. Louis Blues fans, and now that they're Stanley Cup champions, she knows exactly how she'll celebrate. She plans to drink champagne and says she "may get loaded." There's a lot of that going around in St. Louis, now that the Blues have knocked off the Boston Bruins to win their first NHL championship since they arrived as an expansion team 52 years ago. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

Fans reach out to touch the Stanley Cup after the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team arrived at the airport in St. Louis early Thursday, June 13, 2019. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to win their first NHL championship Wednesday night in Boston. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Fans cheer for members of the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team, foreground, after their arrival at the airport in St. Louis early Thursday, June 13, 2019. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to win their first NHL championship Wednesday night in Boston. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Fans gesture to members of the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team after they boarded a bus at the airport in St. Louis early Thursday, June 13, 2019. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to win their first NHL championship Wednesday night in Boston. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis Blues NHL hockey player Jaden Schwartz kisses the Stanley Cup as the Blues arrive at the airport in St. Louis early Thursday, June 13, 2019. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to win their first NHL championship Wednesday night in Boston. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Bill Kess, left, and his friends react as the clock hits zero and the St. Louis Blues win the Stanley Cup over the Boston Bruins in Boston, during a watch party Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis Blues fans celebrate the team's victory over the Boston Bruins in Boston in Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, outside Busch Stadium in St. Louis after a watch party for the game was held in the baseball stadium Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis Blues fans celebrate the team's win against the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Boston, outside Busch Stadium in St. Louis after a watch party for the game was held in the baseball stadium Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis Blues fans react during the final minutes of Game 7 of the team's NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins, as they watch the broadcast of the game at Enterprise Center on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Blues fans celebrate in the streets in front of the Enterprise Center in St. Louis after the St. Louis Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Blues fans react during the final minutes of Game 7 of the team's NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins in Boston, as they watch the broadcast of the game at Enterprise Center on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)