Sault Ste. Marie’s Chris Thorburn and Garden River’s Jordan Nolan have reason to celebrate today.
As the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Wednesday night in game seven of the Stanley Cup Final, the team won the trophy for the first time in franchise history.
For Nolan, it’s the third time he’s been part of a Stanley Cup celebration.
The 29-year-old, who is also a former member of the Ontario Hockey League’s Soo Greyhounds, was a part of a pair of Stanley Cup winners in Los Angeles. Nolan was a part of the Kings as the team won the Cup in 2012 and 2014.
Nolan played with the Kings for six seasons before joining the Buffalo Sabres for the 2017-18 season and then joining the Blues this season.
Nolan spent much of the 2018-19 season playing for former Greyhounds coach Drew Bannister with the Blues American Hockey League affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, but also suited up in 14 regular season games with the Blues where he picked up a pair of assists.
In 59 games in San Antonio, Nolan scored 17 goals and 35 points.
Nolan was called up from the Rampage prior to the Blues second round series against the Dallas Stars.
Thorburn, 36, played one game with the Blues during the regular season, his second year with the organization.
The veteran forward played in 50 games for the Blues a season ago but was sent down to the AHL prior to the start of the 2018-19 season.
The Blues called Thorburn up prior to the final game of the regular season and he remained with the team throughout the playoff run.
With San Antonio, Thorburn scored two goals and seven points in 40 games.