If you're not a huge basketball fan, you might be surprised to learn that Charles Barkley is a big hockey fan.  He loves the sport, has talked about it on numerous occasions and has even attended some games.

Playoff hockey is a whole different level of awesome and Barkley has never been afraid to speak his mind, so Tuesday night during the NBA on TNT's broadcast, he made it known that he wanted the Denver game to get started so he could watch the end of the Stars and Blues game.

Game 7 between the Blues and Stars was absolutely incredible, so we're not shocked Barkley wanted to watch that instead of the two blowout games in the NBA.

There's also nothing more exciting than a Game 7 that goes to (double) overtime and when it was all said and done, the Blues got the job done on home ice.

 

 
<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;”> Pat #Maroon and Jon #Hamm share a moment following the #Blues’ series-clinching victory. . (🎥: Twitter/hochman)

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