by Brian Kennedy | Mar 2, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, St. Louis Blues
Anaheim’s best period thus far this year has been the second. That’s why it was barely OK that they gave up what had been a solid lead in shots and chances and a 1-0 score as period one ended versus the Blues on Monday night. The give-up came with 56.9 seconds...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, St. Louis Blues
“Every minute of the game is important. It doesn’t matter if it’s the last minute, the middle minute, the first minute. They’re all critical,” said Ducks’ coach Dallas Eakins Saturday night. “There were a number of minutes when we were certainly not our best,” he ...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
The Anaheim Ducks are not scoring goals. Sometimes, they win anyway, by the slimmest margin, 1-0. This has happened twice in nine games to start the season. But having played those nine coming into Saturday with St. Louis in town, they had just 14 tallies, against 17...
by Neal McHale | Oct 9, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Alex Pietrangelo, 2020’s most-coveted free agent, did not sign as the free agent market opened on Friday. But, it was not without a major development that could very well decide the future for the former cup-winning captain of the Blues. As much of the day was...
by Neal McHale | Aug 18, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks
In each of the three prior games, the Canucks were able to answer whatever the defending champs threw their way. Even in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss, they took just 37 seconds to answer the Blues first lead of the series. On Monday they couldn’t find the...
by Neal McHale | Jul 13, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
The Blues were one of only two teams to play into last June before ultimately hosting variety of other events to go in line with the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup victory. But even with their active calendar from one year ago, it’s hard to imagine...