from Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic,

It’s part of what will be a 19-hour day for Berube, 57, and it comes at the end of a four-game, eight-day road trip that has already had stops in San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim. The night’s game is the third of the season against the Coyotes, and a win would allow the Blues to save face with a 2-2 road trip that began with a lump-inducing 5-1 loss to the Sharks.

Either way, though, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

The Blues are traveling back to St. Louis after the game, and when their chartered plane lands around 3 a.m., Berube will be reunited with his wife, Dominique, and his twin 15-year-olds, son Nashota and daughter Charlotte, for the holiday. They live in Philadelphia, where the children are in high school, and Berube hasn’t seen them since he left for training camp in September.

“It’s going to be good to just hang out for a couple days,” he says. “But today is today. I’m pretty good about separating those things. We’re right there, a couple points behind Winnipeg in the standings for the third spot. It’s a grind, so we just want to keep putting points on the board. That’s my focus: this game tonight.”

And from the early wakeup call Wednesday to the wee hours Thursday, he’ll keep that focus, even with an observer in tow. To give fans a better idea of what it’s like behind the scenes and off camera, Berube has agreed to let The Athletic shadow him from start to finish.

Here’s 19 hours in the life of an NHL coach on game day.

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