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Preds Beat Blues in Goalie Battle
Game #51 St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators Jumping out of the second half gates, the St. Louis Blues traveled to face the Nashville Predators in latter half of back to back games. The goaltending of each team has been top notch and the match up between Jaroslav Halak against Pekka Rinne did not disappoint....
Pick the Goal Scorer: February 4 vs Nashville Predators
Last night’s game turned into a goaltender battle, with Jaroslav Halak coming out on top with a shut out. The Blues were only able to score one goal on Jonathan Quick. That goal came from Jamie Langenbrunner, who none of our readers picked to score! Hopefully, our fans have better luck picking the goal scorer...
Blues, Halak Shut Out Kings
Game #50 St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles Kings | February 3, 2012 After a long All Star break, the St. Louis Blues hoped to shake the rust off early when they hosted the Los Angeles Kings. The Blues went back to work with large help from Jaroslav Halak who posted his fifth shut out...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Predators, 02-04-12
It can never be pretty, but it can always be effective. That’s a pretty accurate description of many of the St. Louis Blues’ wins this season, and the 1-0 victory last night over the Los Angeles Kings was no exception to that edict. Despite some excitement, there were no fighting majors issued in this contest,...
Pick the Goal Scorer: Feb 3 vs Los Angeles Kings
So far BNZ readers are getting shut out in the Pick the Goal Scorer contest! Only one person picked Patrik Berglund as the first to score for the Blues against the Penguins. She is our only correct guesser thus far! Hopefully tonight brings better luck! Remember, we are keeping a tally of right answers for...
Throwdown Lowdown – Kings @ Blues 02-03-12
Geez, that was a while away from hockey, wasn’t it? I can barely remember who played against the St. Louis Blues in their last game . . . oh wait, now I remember! It was the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were able to sneak out of St. Louis with a 3-2 shootout win. Despite another stupid hit...
Decision 2012: Tarasenko KHL or NHL
The impending choice of one young hockey player has St. Louis Blues fans on the edge of their seats. Will Vladimir Tarasenko choose to stay in the KHL to be a Russian star or will he move over to the NHL to become a World star? The 16th overall pick by the St. Louis Blues...
The Donut Corner – The Biggest Reason Why This Blues Team Is Successful
This has been the greatest season the St. Louis Blues have enjoyed since the era when Chris Pronger was patrolling the blue line for the club, and this team shows flashes of being very alike to those teams. Sure, the season is showing the ripened fruits of a massive, arduous rebuilding process as well as...
Second Half Surge
Well here’s to hoping Brian Elliott’s third period play in the NHL All-Star Game doesn’t translate into the second half of the season… With the Blues being off until Friday, we fans have a lot of time to kill. Mostly, it will be spent watching the Note drop down in the standings through no fault...
My Take: In a Thinning Field One Name Stands Tall
As a few of you read yesterday, I don’t fall in to the camp that fears a trade destroying team chemistry. The benefit of addressing needs greatly outweighs the risk of making a couple of guys unhappy that their buddy was traded. It’s a business and there is the whole franchise’s future to consider. If...