Posts Tagged ‘St. Louis Blues’
Fantasy in Five: Hockey sleepers
Pardon me for a long hiatus, but “Fantasy in Five” is back and rolling stronger than ever. As we know, fantasy football season is over (sheds a tear), but we still have basketball and now hockey! This will be my first article on fantasy hockey, so you’re reading history at the moment. Since the season starts in a week, I’m …
by Giovanni Mio on January 14th, 2013 1 Comments »
Blues Fire Andy Murray
The St. Louis Blues have fired Andy Murray after starting the season 17-17-6 with 40 points. The Blues are 6-13-3 at home, worst in the league. In place of Murray, Davis Payne will be the interim head coach. Payne was promoted from the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, St. Louis’ AHL affiliate. “Davis is very knowledgeable of the players in our organization …
by Derek Johnson on January 2nd, 2010 Leave a comment »
Breaking News: NHL Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The NHL has just announced the Hall of Fame class of 2009-2010 and what a great class it is as Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Brian Leetch and Lou Lamoriello will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame with this arguably being one of the best classes ever. Yzerman selected 4th overall by the Red Wings in 1983 …
by Mike Cosentino on June 23rd, 2009 Leave a comment »
Montreal Hires New Head Coach
The Montreal Canadiens signed Jacques Martin as their head coach today. Martin, 56, is leaving his previous job as a GM of the Florida Panthers. He is replacing Canadiens GM Bob Gainey, who took over after Guy Carbonneau was fired on March 9th. His contract runs through the 2011-2012 season. At a news conference, Martin stated, “This is a tremendous …
by Remy Gallagher on June 1st, 2009 1 Comments »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 21
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Philadelphia Flyers 1 – Daniel Carcillo nets the only goal for Philadelphia in their loss to their in-state rival. With game 5 going back to Mellon Arena, the Flyers will need to find ways to beat Marc-Andre Fleury if they want to send the series back to Wachovia. Detroit Red Wings 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 – …
by Derek Johnson on April 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 19
Philadelphia Flyers 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – Three periods of 2-1 scores lifted the Flyers to a 6-3 victory over their in-state rivals on Sunday. A much-needed win for the Flyers as they trail 2-1 in the series to Steel City. Vancouver Canucks 3 St. Louis Blues 2 – Penalties killed the team from Missouri as the Canucks scored all …
by Derek Johnson on April 20th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 17
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT) – When your leading goal-scorer fails to connect on an empty net…when your leading scorer takes a hooking penalty late in the game that leads to the tying goal…when one of your players commits a stupid cross-checking penalty with your team on the power play…when another player commits a stupid slashing penalty with …
by Derek Johnson on April 18th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Under Way
With the start of the NHL Playoffs comes a start of 16 teams’ quest for the Stanley Cup. Four of those teams are one step closer to the Cup while four other teams are one step closer to elimination. Let’s briefly recap Wednesday’s games: New York Rangers 4 Washington Capitals 3 – Despite being outshot 35 to 21, the Rangers …
by Derek Johnson on April 16th, 2009 Leave a comment »
St. Louis Blues 1 Colorado Avalanche 0
It was the Brad Boyes/Chris Mason show at Pepsi Arena in Denver, Colorado as the 13,661 fans in attendance witnessed the final game of the NHL regular season between the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche. Prior to the start of this game, the Blues were standing in 8th place and needed a win to take over 6th place in …
by Derek Johnson on April 12th, 2009 Leave a comment »
The Final Stretch: Notes And Thoughts On Current NHL Standings
Alright, first of all I am going to post the standings for the Eastrern and Western Conference only displaying the teams that still have a mathematical chance to make the playoffs. NHL Eastern Conference: NHL Western Conference: 1. y-Boston Bruins 104 PTS/74 GP 1. y-San Jose Sharks 109 PTS/75 GP 2. x-Washington Capitals 99 PTS/76 GP 2. x-Detroit Red Wings …
by Mike Cosentino on March 29th, 2009 1 Comments »