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Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Devils, 02-09-12
Road wins are really cool, y’know. The St. Louis Blues were able to snag a big two points in Ottawa on Tuesday in Brian Elliott’s return to the place he called home to begin his National Hockey League career, earning a win over the Ottawa Senators 3-1. There was an early scrap between two familiar...
Fight Card – Crombeen vs. Konopka 02-07-12
After the first of two goals on two shots by the St. Louis Blues, which led to a goalie being yanked WAY, WAY early in the match by the Ottawa Senators, Blues tough guy BJ Crombeen squared off with the leader in National Hockey League fighting majors, one Zenon Konopka. Konopka is not an easy...
Pick the Goal Scorer: February 7th vs Ottawa Senators
Better late than never, am I right? Here is tonight’s Pick Goal Scorer post. Put your guess to tally the St. Louis Blues first goal in the comments below. some sort of Blues themed prize awaits the season’s best picker after Game 82. Game Info Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at Scotiabank Place. Opposing Netminder: Craig...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Senators, 02-07-12
Well, that sucked. The St. Louis Blues were hoping to break their struggles with the Nashville Predators, but instead found out how good Pekka Rinne really is . . . AGAIN . . . in a 3-1 regulation loss in Tennessee on Saturday. A great fight happened, and it was recapped here. Sure, Ryan Reaves...
Random thoughts on a not so cold Monday before Christmas…
Is it really above 50 degrees before 7am? Seriously?! Christmas is 5 work days and one “wish I could sleep in but can’t” day away. Didn’t the farmers almanac predict this would be a wicked winter? Guess not… Anyways… On to hockey related rambling…. Of Blues & Blue Jackets After watching last night’s 6-4 Blues...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Predators, 12-17-11
Two things completely unexpected happened in Thursday night’s 4-1 St. Louis Blues home victory over the New York Rangers. First, the Blues were able to dominate action for about 45 of the 60 minutes of play despite a full four-day layoff. Secondly, there was only one penalty called, and at that, it was a petty...
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...
Around the NHL – Week 3
During the first week of the season we see teams jump out to surprising starts, both strong and weak. The second week is meant for those teams to either continue to separate themselves or bounce back from a rough start. The third week of the NHL season, however, is when I believe teams begin to...
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...
Division Previews: The Northeast
In preparation for the 2011-2012 NHL season, BlueNoteZone will be presenting divisional previews. Covered in this entry is the Northeast Division. - – - The Northeast Division features your defending Stanley Cup Champions and four more-than-hungry teams wanting to take their place in 2011-2012. The one team that’s least likely to dethrone the champion are...
