Jayden and his mom, Lindsay, boarded a plane Monday and arrived in St. Louis 12 hours later. They live in Grande Praire, Alberta, and first flew to Edmonton and then to Minneapolis before finally landing in St. Louis around 10 p.m. Monday.
"I was so nervous when I wrote that note," Lindsay told stlouisblues.com. "I usually plan trips a year in advance."
It turns out that Lindsay is the goddaughter of Rick and Carol Schwartz. Their son Jaden, of course, is tearing it up in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with eight goals entering Tuesday's Game 7.
"We're farmers, so normally we could never leave home right now," Lindsay said. "But it snowed back home on the weekend, so I knew the weather was bad and we could leave. So I told my husband, maybe I should go to St. Louis and take (Jayden to the game).
We thought about it for an hour, and Rick said he could probably get tickets, so we booked the flight and booked the hotel. That's how it happened."
