Friday’s Hot Clicks: Team Puppy Barclay Joins the Fun at Blues Practice

After a literal fist fight on Monday, Thursday’s practice was a lot more adorable.

This Air Bud sequel rocks

Here’s what Blues practice looked like on Monday. 

And here’s how it went down on Thursday. 

Ruff practice 🏒 #stlblues pic.twitter.com/5czhpopgrc

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) December 13, 2018

What a difference a few days can make. 

And it was all for a good cause, too! The dog’s name is Barclay and he’s going to be hanging out with the Blues around the office and at home games all season long in an effort to help him feel comfortable around lots of people. That’s because Barclay will eventually be training to be a service dog for a child with autism. The Rangers are doing the same thing with a dog named Ranger. 

Barclay, who was born in September, will be with the Blues for 12 to 18 months before going off for service dog training. In the meantime, you can follow him on Instagram.

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Are you kidding me?

There are better goalies in the NHL but I don’t think anyone makes more absurdly acrobatic saves than Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Lightning. 

Here are two saves he made in the same month last season.

VASY DID IT AGAIN. pic.twitter.com/NljV0Btddb

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) February 25, 2018

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A shorts suit in December?

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