O'FALLON, Ill. — One Blues fan isn't just mourning the loss of the first game in the Western Conference Finals.
He's also saying goodbye to all of his memorabilia that he's collected for years.
Mike Hamilton lost his collection in a house fire on Friday in O'Fallon.
"I went inside and my room was completely black. Everything was melted. Things on the wall were just burnt to crisp," Hamilton said.
Year after year, Hamilton was racking up his collection. But in seconds, it was all gone.
"My bobbleheads are all black from the smoke. My hockey pucks from the Blues 14 Fund and they are all autographed and all different bobbleheads from bobblehead nights," Hamilton adds.
Almost 100 hockey pucks signed are now ruined and autographed jerseys are covered in ashes.
Even though these may be material things, for the Hamiltons, hockey is a way to bring the family together.
"The Blues mean a lot to our family," he said. "It's a good way for us to connect. We all love watching hockey and we all bond."
This fire isn't stopping Hamilton from re-building.
"I'm going to slowly start it getting going again once everything gets fixed in the house and that's when I'll really kick my collection back off."
If you want to help the Hamiltons out, a link to their Facebook page is below. They said you can message them.