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Kevin Bieksa
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Canucks, 03-01-12
When the St. Louis Blues have all cylinders firing, they are a scary club to watch if you’re an opponent. We caught a glimpse of that kind of hockey club last night in seeing them dismantle the young Edmonton Oilers piece-by-piece last night in a 5-2 victory where the score really didn’t indicate how much...
Throwdown Lowdown – Canucks @ Blues 01-12-12
Remember when the St. Louis Blues sucked at hockey back in the middle to late ‘00’s? I’m starting to forget those days, thanks to performances like we saw in Le Centre Bell on Tuesday. A dominating 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on their court was a thing of beauty, as was the standing ovation...
Throwdown Lowdown – Canucks @ Blues 11-04-11
So . . . now what? Goaltending was not the issue in the St. Louis Blues’ 4-2 loss in Edmonton to the Oilers, this despite the presence of a struggling Jaroslav Halak. It was clearly the team in front of him that was playing at a lackluster level. Moreover, it seemed most of the team...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Canucks 10-26-11
Might the boys be turning things around? Might there be a goaltender controversy? It’s still way too early to tell on either of those questions, but a great 60-minute effort from the St. Louis Blues resulted in a 4-2 victory over a hot Philadelphia Flyers squad that has taken the Eastern Conference by storm to...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Canucks, 02-24-11
Quite a disappointing two-game swing at home, eh folks? Following up an already-disappointing-enough loss to the division rival Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, the Blues turned around and laid a 4-3 regulation egg on Tuesday for the Colorado Avalanche to sweep up. Yes, those were the same Colorado Avalanche that had done two things lately: 1)...
Throwdown Lowdown – Canucks @ Blues, 02-14-11
I would wish everyone a grand Valentine’s Day, but the fact is that I do not like Valentine’s Day. In fact, I will be wearing all black today in honor of Stupid Love Saint Day. GO ME! Now, on to the business at hand . . . . That was NOT the big weekend the...
Throwdown Lowdown – Canucks @ Blues – 12-20-10
Saturday’s disappointing 4-1 Blues loss to the San Jose Sharks did bring some excitement, in the form of three fights – which was an expected development after the previous tilt between the teams. The problem? The Blues didn’t win any of these fights. But some temporary good news came of it later (more on that...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Canucks – 12-05-10
Last night’s 2-1 Blues overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers was clearly a disappointment, but at least they got a point. But we also got to see Stefan Della Rovere’s first NHL fight – he squared off against former Blackhawk Colin Fraser, which earns points in my book. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the fight nor...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Canucks 1-27-10
As expected, the fists flew in Stampede City on Monday night. As anticipated, one of the fights was between Cam Janssen and Brandon Prust. And as we all know he can, Janssen took down Prust, with an impressive finish to boot. Unfortunately, Janssen got involved with Brian McGrattan earlier in a matchup that proved to...
