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1968/69: The Blues continued to sign legendary players as Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall shared the goaltending duties. Plante and Hall would go on to win the Vezina Trophy as the Blues finished in first place with a solid record of 37-25-14, as they were helped by the blueline play of the Plager Brothers, Barclay and Bob who became instant fan favorites. However, the highlight of the season came on November 7th when Red Berenson scored 6 goals in an 8-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. In the playoffs the Blues would dominate the West sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings on the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. However, once again in the finals the Blues would be no match for the Montreal Canadiens who swept their way to a 2nd straight Stanley Cup out scoring the Blues 12-3.
1969/70: In their 3rd season the Blues continued to be the best of the expansion teams winning the Western Division again with a record of 37-27-12. In the playoffs the Blues would need 6 games to beat the Minnesota North Stars to reach the Western Finals where they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in 6 games for a return trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. However, playing an established team in the Finals again the Blues are swept this time the sweep comes at the hands of the Boston Bruins.
1970/71: The Blues continued to play strong hockey as they finished in 2nd place with a record of 34-25-19, as the Chicago Blackhawks are relocated into the Western Division. However, there would be no return trip to the Stanley Cup Finals as the Blues are beaten by the Minnesota North Stars in 6 games.
1971/72: Sidney J. Salomon III take a more active role in the running of the franchise owned by his father, as Scotty Bowman the clubs GM and Coach departs to lead the Montreal Canadiens, he would go on to become the winningest coach in NHL history. In the make of the departure of Bowman the Blues go through 3 coaches while posting a disappointing record of 28-39-11. However, they would still sneak into the playoffs by finishing in 3rd place. In the playoffs the Blues would make some noise stunning the Minnesota North Stars in 6 games to reach the semifinals. However, in the semis they would be swept by the Boston Bruins in 4 straight
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| Sat, October 11, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Mon, October 13, 2008, 1:00 pm | | |
| Thu, October 16, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, October 18, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Wed, October 22, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Fri, October 24, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, October 25, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Thu, October 30, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Wed, November 5, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Thu, November 6, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, November 8, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Wed, November 12, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Fri, November 14, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sun, November 16, 2008, 5:00 pm | | |
| Fri, November 21, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, November 22, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Tue, November 25, 2008, 6:00 pm | | |
| Wed, November 26, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Sat, November 29, 2008, 1:00 pm | | |
| Sun, November 30, 2008, 3:00 pm | | |
| Wed, December 3, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Fri, December 5, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, December 6, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Mon, December 8, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Wed, December 10, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
| Thu, December 11, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Sat, December 13, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Tue, December 16, 2008, 7:30 pm | | |
| Thu, December 18, 2008, 7:00 pm | | |
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Did You Know
The '''St. Louis Blues''' are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues," and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis.
Franchise history
Early history (1967–70)
The Blues were one of the six teams added to the NHL in the 1967 expansion, along with the Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and California Seals. They are, along with the Kings and Seals, one of the three teams from the 1967 expansion not to have won a Stanley Cup.
St. Louis was the last of the expansion teams to officially gain entry into the league, chosen over Baltimore at the insistence of the Chicago Blackhawks. At the time, the Blackhawks were (and still are) owned by the influential Wirtz family of Chicago, which also owned the then-decrepit St. Louis Arena. The Wirtzes sought to unload the Arena, which had not been well-maintained since the 1940s, and thus pressed the NHL to give St. Louis a franchise over Baltimore. The team's first owners were insurance tycoon Sid Salomon Jr., his son, Sid Salomon III, and Robert L. Wolfson, who were granted the franchise in 1966. Sid Salomon III convinced his initially wary father to make a bid for the team. Salomon then spent several million dollars on massive renovations for the 38-year-old Arena, which increased the number of seats from 12,000 to 15,000.
The Blues were originally coached by Lynn Patrick who, after a quick resignation, was replaced by Scotty Bowman. Although the league's rules effectively kept star players with the Original Six teams, the Blues managed to stand out in the inferior Western Division. Capitalizing on a playoff format that required an expansion team to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Blues reached the final round each of their first three seasons, though they were swept first by the Montreal Canadiens in 1968 and 1969 and then by the Boston Bruins in 1970.
While the first Blues' teams included aging and faded veterans like Doug Harvey, Don McKenney and Dickie Moore, the veteran goaltending tandem of Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante proved more durable, winning a Vezina Trophy in 1969 behind a sterling defense that featured players like skilled defensive forward Jim Roberts and hardrock brothers Bob and Barclay Plager. Phil Goyette won the Lady Byng Trophy for the Blues in 1970 and New York Rangers castoff Red Berenson became the expansion team's first major star at center. The Arena quickly became one of the loudest buildings in the NHL, a reputation it maintained throughout its tenure as the Blues' home.
During that time, Salomon gained a reputation throughout the league as the ultimate players' owner. He gave his players cars, signed them to deferred contracts, and treated them to vacations in Florida. The players, used to being treated like mere commodities, felt the only way they could pay him back was to give their best on the ice every night.[ at Blues Web site]
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