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Blues Fans Pick Their 1st Round MVP
- Following the Blues defeat of the San Jose Sharks Saturday night I posed the following question on our BluenoteZone.com Facebook Page: “Who Is Your Series MVP” Voting Breakdown Name – Total (%) Brian Elliott – 36 (53.7%) Andy McDonald – 17 (25.3%) Patrik Berglund – 8 (11.9%) Ken Hitchcock – 3 (4.4%) “I...
Blues Beat Sharks in Game 4
The St. Louis Blues have won their third straight game against the San Jose Sharks after losing game one of the playoffs. The Sharks were hungry and aggressive but Ken Hitchcock’s harpoon called defense killed almost every opportunity by San Jose as the Blues took the fourth game of the series 2-1. The teams traded...
Blues Power Past Sharks
The opening round series between the St. Louis Blues and the San Jose Sharks shifted location but not the momentum. After winning the second game in dominating fashion, the Blues followed their first playoff victory in eight years with another beating the Sharks 4-3. Multiple Blues had multiple points and most came on the power...
The Donut Corner – Assuaging Blues Playoff Concerns
The playoffs officially begin tonight, and while the St. Louis Blues do not start their playoff schedule until tomorrow (as the Western Conference’s number two seed, facing the West’s seventh-seeded San Jose Sharks), the thickness of this anticipation would need a steak knife to cut through. There is a bit of trepidation in this next...
The Donut Corner – Team Health and Team Chemistry
St. Louis Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock is in one of the most envied positions in the National Hockey League . . . the head engineer of the team no one thought would be as good as it is, with every player on the current roster available to him because no one is on Injured...
Game Day Preview- St. Louis Blues vs Anaheim Ducks 03-21-12
St. Louis Blues (46-19-8) vs Anaheim Ducks (31-32-11) At Honda Center Game Time 9:00 pm CT TV-FSMW(HD) Radio- KMOX Blues Team Recap- The St. Louis Blues were the first team to clinch a playoff birth in the 2011-2012 NHL season. The Blues with 100 points on the year head out west to finish up their...
Bluenotes for March 21st, 2012 | St. Louis Blues News & Views
It’s game day St. Louis Blues fans! The good guys, all of them, are in California and the healthy ones will take on the Anaheim Ducks. You should know the drill by now. The Bluenotes Podcast audio is below. Listening time is right about 10 minutes. [display_podcast] Links & References Jeremy Rutherford’s Morning Skate blog...
Bluenotes for March 19th, 2012
With St. Louis Blues Radio going on hiatus for a while my podcasting efforts will be moving in to new areas. One will be turning the sometimes daily Bluenotes post in to a daily podcast with updates on the St. Louis Blues and more. In Monday’s episode are updates on David Backes, Andy McDonald, Jason...
Throwdown Lowdown – Islanders @ Blues, 02-16-12
And . . . thud. The St. Louis Blues had every opportunity to extend the winning streak to five games against the Central cellar-dwelling Columbus Blue Jackets, but just never capitalized on opportunities given and overall played very sloppily in a 2-1 loss in Ohio’s capital on Tuesday night. Derek Dorsett, who acted like an...
Fight Card – Crombeen vs. Dorsett 02-14-12
I’m not going to let this go before saying that Derek Dorsett was acting like a general douche all game. If you think Andy McDonald is going to retaliate, you’re living in a land made of marshmallows and candy canes. And it sure as hell isn’t Christmas, Derek. All that said, the early scrap between...
