But he could not be with his son on Tuesday. Neil Armstrong is in an assisted living home battling Parkinson's disease and dementia in Sarnia, Ontario. Doug brought the Stanley Cup there on July 27 so he and his dad could share a father-son bond.
"Each of those occasions, they've been very meaningful to myself," Armstrong said. "When you have children yourself and they grow, you understand all the sacrifices your parents make for you. I respect that more obviously going through what I did with my own kids now."
Armstrong was an assistant GM with the Dallas Stars when they won the Stanley Cup in 1999. He'd wondered if he'd ever get the chance to celebrate another one with his dad.
The Blues won the Stanley Cup for the first time since entering the NHL in 1967 in June.
"Being able to share the Stanley Cup with him, to share the ring with him, we did it 20 years ago and to be able to share some of the experiences I've been through the past two decades with him, well, that's pretty special," Doug Armstrong said.
"He gets a big smile out of it and those are few and far between for him. So it's been great."
Tuesday was a great day for the Blues, who were coming off a 3-2 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.
After touring the displays and the archives, players, staff and fans gathered in the Hall's theater where Blues executives Larry Robinson (Class of 1995) and Al MacInnis (Class of 2007), both members of the Hall, presented a Stanley Cup ring to Hall curator Phil Pritchard and chairman Lanny McDonald.
"We've been doing this ceremony since 2007 and this is the first time an entire team has attended the event," Pritchard said. "That says a lot about what the St. Louis Blues are.
"It's also the first time we've had a member of ownership here for this."
Pritchard was referring to Blues chairman Tom Stillman.
"Every time we come to an event like this, I wonder when this Stanley Cup dream will come to an end," Stillman said. "So far it hasn't.
"It's still special. For players. For management. For the fans. And for me."