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St. Louis Blues

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The St. Louis Blues are a professional hockey team in the National Hockey League (the NHL). The St. Louis Blues play in the Central Division of the Western Conference with four other teams: the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators.  Blues tickets will be a hot item during the 2014-2015 NHL hockey schedule.

St. Louis Blues 2014-2015 Outlook

St. Louis was unable to keep Ryan Miller in town, as he left for Vancouver. Once again, the Blues are left without a reliable starting goaltender. Brian Elliot and Jake Allen are decent goalies, but they don’t have the ability to carry the team. Goaltending has been an issue historically for the Blues. Will it continue to kill them in the stretch run?

The Blues made arguably the biggest splash in free agency when they signed former Avalanche center Paul Stastny to a 4-year, $28 million contract on July 1st. Stastny was the best free agent on the market, and he will bring more offense to a team with plenty of forward depth. The Blues also were able to re-sign Steve Ott, who they brought over from Buffalo with Miller. Other than Stastny and Ott, the Blues roster looks mostly the same. With names like Backes, Oshie, Steen, and Tarasenko on the roster, this team is set to make some noise yet again.

History

The St. Louis Blues franchise was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1967 as part of the 1967 NHL expansion in which the league doubled its size by adding 6 additional teams to the original 6 NHL teams.  In addition to the St. Louis Blues, the NHL issued invitations to the California Seals (a now-defunct franchise), the Los Angeles Kings, the Minnesota North Stars (now the Dallas Stars), the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins.  The St. Louis Blues reached the Stanley Cup Finals during each of the franchise’s first 3 seasons in the NHL – an unprecedented accomplishment for an expansion franchise.  However, the Montreal Canadiens swept the St. Louis Blues 4-0 in each of 1968 and 1969, while the Boston Bruins swept the St. Louis Blues 4-0 in 1970.  The St. Louis Blues have not played in another Stanley Cup Finals series since then.    

The St. Louis Blues have retired the following players’ numbers:  Al MacInnis’ #2; Bob Gassoff’s #3; Barclay Plager’s #8; Brian Sutter’s #11; Brett Hull’s #16; Bernie Federko’s #24; and Wayne Gretzky’s #99 (retired league-wide by the NHL on February 6, 2000).  Bob Plager’s #5 jersey number and Doug Wickenheiser’s #14 jersey number have been honored, but not officially retired.  Dan Kelly, St. Louis Blues legendary broadcaster from 1968-1989, has been recognized with an honorary shamrock that hangs from the rafters at the Scottrade Center.

St. Louis Blues TV/Radio

All St. Louis Blues hockey games can either be seen on the FSN Midwest television network or on KPLR-TV Channel 11 in the greater St. Louis area.  ESPN has television rights to St. Louis Blues hockey games based on the popularity of the game. Tune into the St. Louis Blues flagship station KMOX 1120 on your AM dial to catch each St. Louis Blues hockey game on the radio.

Scottrade Center

The St. Louis Blues play their home games in the Scottrade Center.  The Scottrade Center opened in October 1994.  In addition to hosting St. Louis Blues NHL hockey games, Scottrade Center also hosts all of the home college basketball games for the NCAA Division I St. Louis Billikens.  Scottrade Center holds a seating capacity of 19,250 devoted die-hard St. Louis Blues fans.  The largest attendance at an event at Scottrade Center was 22,612 fans during the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s College Basketball Tournament.  The NCAA frequently selects Scottrade Center to hold collegiate events, including the 2007 NCAA Frozen Four Hockey Championships, the NCAA Wrestling Championships in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009 and the NCAA Women’s Final Four Basketball Tournament in 2001 and 2009.  Scottrade Center hosts about 175 events each year and draws just under 2 millions guests annually.  Scottrade Center has also played host to numerous memorable and historic concerts and special events during its 24 year history, including a youth service celebrated by Pope John Paul II in 1999, Frank Sinatra’s last concert performance in 1994, and Billy Joel and Beyonce Knowles concert performances in 2007.

Stadium:
Scottrade Center
1401 Clark Avenue
16 Brett Hull Way (honorary location)
St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Event Resources

http://blues.nhl.com
www.scottradecenter.com

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