The Blues' names were engraved on the Stanley Cup and there were some great first reactions

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Every young hockey player dreams of one day making it to the NHL and hoisting the Stanley Cup over their head. For a small amount of people, they actually get to live out this dream.

With the start of the 2019-20 NHL campaign right around the corner, the final touches were officially added to the Stanley Cup as every member of the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues has now been added to hockey’s most prized possession.



The Blues got the week started by sharing a photo of their part on the Stanley Cup and some of the guys had some awesome reactions to seeing their name on the Cup for the first time. Here’s what some of them had to say to NHL.com’s St. Louis Blues beat writer Chris Pinkert.



Alex Pietrangelo: "Goosebumps. It's pretty cool. I mean, it was cool to have around, but when you have an opportunity to see your name on it, it's pretty damn cool."



Colton Parayko: "Holy $^&%!"



Ryan O'Reilly: "That's incredible, it's amazing, part of history. You never think you'll actually be on there, but look at that, that's incredible. That's so cool."



Jake Allen: "My name popped right out at me, I saw it right away. It's unreal. It will be on there for 64 years. It's great to hoist the Cup and to actually see your name there, it's so special. It's real, it's actually real."



Brayden Schenn: "I'm speechless. It's what you work for your whole life being a hockey player, and to see your name on the Stanley Cup with a lot of the game's greats, it gives you goosebumps looking at that."



Vladimir Tarasenko: "It's why you play the game. It's nice to see your name where you've achieved something big in your career, especially with this city and this team. I'm happy to see a bunch of my friends on the Cup, and I said it in an interview (before), but I hope it's not the last one."



It’s been two straight years we’ve seen a team get engraved on the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history, so perhaps this year will be the third straight year we see it happen.

(H/T NHL.com/StLouisBlues)