by Andy Holman | Oct 22, 2017 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights
What a difference a half century makes. Fifty years ago, a handful of games into the 1967 NHL season, the league’s grand expansion strategy appeared ready to collapse even before it had managed to skate its first few strides. At the box office and on the ice, things...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 22, 2017 | Homepage, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights
Las Vegas, NV – Hockey people not from here keep saying the same thing: Vegas hockey is about everyone else but the people in Vegas. It’s a place that’s good at attracting tourists, and having a hockey team will be just one more way to bring people from elsewhere to...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 22, 2017 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights
So much happens in the Vegas Golden Knights in-arena game presentation that it doesn’t seem like there could be more spectacle than there is. And then there is. The excitement begins before the game, in the form of a question from a dominating male voice: “Are you...
by Brad Kurtzberg | Oct 9, 2017 | Homepage, New York Islanders, NHL, St. Louis Blues
The New York Islanders scored two goals in the final 6:56 of regulation to earn a point before falling 3-2 to the St. Louis Blues in a shootout Monday afternoon. Vladimir Tarasenko scored both goals for the Blues and scored again in the shootout to lead St. Louis....
by Bob Fina | Feb 6, 2017 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, St. Louis Blues
The visiting St Louis Blues shut-out the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 2-0 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Carter Hutton (#40 STL) 2nd Kenny Agostino (#73 STL) 3rd Nick Cousins (#25 PHI)
by Matthew Dibiase | Feb 4, 2017 | NHL, St. Louis Blues
The firing of Ken Hitchcock as head coach of the St. Louis Blues was a sad and ignominious end for what was one of the greatest coaching careers in NHL history. This was supposed to be Ken Hitchcock’s farewell to the NHL; a final sentimental seasonal run to cap a...