I looked up and I could see people standing at the very top and I'm like, 'Oh my God.' The fact that the fans of St. Louis can cheer as loud as they did when Jamal Mayers was introduced on the other team and Darren Pang, who never played for the Blues but he's part of our community. You looked around the stadium and you couldn't believe it.

The game started and the whole thing was surreal. Guys were having conversations with one another, and it was like we hadn't lost a beat.

It was amazing how it hit everybody.

The Turgeon family lost one of their twins in a car accident in 2010. They were wondering if they should come back to St. Louis for the game because it might resurrect a bunch of tough emotions. Well, Pierre was standing next to Wayne Gretzky on the blueline, telling him how grateful they were that they came. 'Gretz' went and sat in the penalty box because he was going to have tears running down his face if he stayed on the blueline.

You had Adam (Oates) and Brett (Hull) laughing on the bench, knowing exactly what the other guy was going to say before he said it. You had Al (MacInnis) and Prongs (Chris Pronger) sitting beside each other in the locker room, two of the greatest defensemen that ever played for us. You had guys stopping in the middle of the game to get pictures with Gretz.