Blues play-by-play broadcaster Chris Kerber cut off the question before the final words were finished.



How long had he been thinking about calling a Blues’ Stanley …



“Twenty-five years,” Kerber blurted out. “I’m serious. I’ve called more game-winning goals and championships in my head … millions of them.”



Color analyst Joe Vitale will tell you he never envisioned an NHL playing career and certainly never pictured himself behind a microphone. After six seasons in the league, Vitale sounded like a seasoned veteran in his first year with Kerber, but that didn’t stop him from soliciting advice from good friend, Fox Sport’s Joe Buck, in the postseason.



“I think for Joey, he knew what to do, but I told him, ‘Just watch and describe what you’re witnessing,'” Buck said.



The date was June 12, and the temperature in Boston was 75 degrees when Kerber and Vitale...