by Jason Scales | May 30, 2019 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Blues tie series 1-1 with split in Bruins building. Boston, Ma. – The St. Louis Blues just might be the most resilient team in NHL history. Since the calendar flipped from 2018 to 2019 no team has done as big of a 180 degree turn as the Blues. Last place in the...
by Darryl Houston Smith | May 28, 2019 | Boston Bruins, Darryl's Dispatch, NHL, St. Louis Blues
A Stanley Cup Final rematch 49 years in the making will see the St. Louis Blues vie for their first-ever title against the six-time Cup champion Boston Bruins. The Bruins return to the Final for the third time in the last nine postseasons, while the Blues end a...
by Jason Scales | May 28, 2019 | Boston Bruins, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Bruins Take Game One Despite Trailing 2-0 in Second Period Boston, Ma. – After a six day wait for the Blues and their faithful, and an eleven day wait for the Bruins and their fans, the Stanley Cup Finals finally kicked off at TD Garden. Both teams showed a bit...
by Darryl Houston Smith | May 28, 2019 | Darryl's Dispatch, St. Louis Blues
Q. Doug, two parts. Your general feeling sitting here knowing you’ve helped take this team to the Cup; and second part how did Binnington, could you say, end up in Providence? Did they call you or did you call them? DOUG ARMSTRONG: Okay. Well, obviously...
by Chris Lynch | May 27, 2019 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Boston- May 10, 1970, is a blessed day in Boston sports memory. On that Mother’s Day at Boston Garden, Bobby Orr took a pass from Derek Sanderson and slipped the puck through the legendary Glenn Hall’s pads to win the Bruins’ first Stanley Cup in 29 years. As the puck...
by Matthew Dibiase | May 23, 2019 | Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets
In my book The Art of the Dealers: the NHL’s Greatest General Managers I not only ranked St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong as one of the 50 greatest general managers in hockey history I was also forced to assign him membership in sad club: the Heartbreak Managers club...