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Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Hurricanes, 03-15-12
Normally, when you play like crap against a desperate team in their building, you lose your ass. In this case, somehow the St. Louis Blues were able to garner a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to a Chicago Blackhawks squad that is desperately trying to stay ahead of the Western Conference playoff bottom-feeders. Things...
Fight Card – The Chicago Double-Bill, 03-13-12
It was a playoff atmosphere in Chicago last night, and as such, things got a little testy in the first period. There was not just one fight, but two between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks, though neither of them really fit the billing it should have.
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Blackhawks, 03-13-12
The St. Louis Blues needed to escape that weekend with, at the fewest, three points. They got four from the downtrodden Columbus Blue Jackets, and the second one was practically stolen by the goaltender. Sunday’s 2-1 victory was a beauty, in which Jaroslav Halak showed why he will likely be the first choice in net...
Fight Card – Columbus Home-And-Home Triple Bill
Divisional home-and-home matchups always bring the best (worst?) out of teams. Take, for instance, the one the St. Louis Blues and Columbus Blue Jackets staged this weekend. Between the two games, there were three fights, which I pretty much expected.
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Blue Jackets, 03-11-12
Beat the teams you’re supposed to beat. The Columbus Blue Jackets, no offense to them, are a team the St. Louis Blues are supposed to beat, and after a shaky beginning, that’s exactly what happened in a relatively dominant 4-1 win in the first leg of a home-and-home with our blue-coated division mates. We even...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blue Jackets @ Blues, 03-10-12
First place overall in the entire National Hockey League? That’s totally awesome. The St. Louis Blues made that happen with help from a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. The downside? Well, partially because George Parros was in the press area for this game, there were no fighting majors handed out during the contest. I’ll...
Throwdown Lowdown – Ducks @ Blues, 03-08-12
So not only are the St. Louis Blues allowed to play home games, they’re allowed to win them as well. They’re even allowed to win them in blowout fashion over fierce rivals, which is exactly what the case was Tuesday in a 5-1 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks. As anticipated, there was a duel in...
Fight Card – Bollig vs. Reaves, 03-06-12
Tuesday night’s game gave us a solid scrap between St. Louis Blues enforcer Ryan Reaves and recent Chicago Blackhawks call-up and St. Charles, MO native Brandon Bollig. It happened early in the game, before all the scoring by some team that has been accused of being a boring team lately for no founded reason other...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blackhawks @ Blues, 03-06-12
A day of rest can do many great things . . . such as turn a solid-yet-zombie-like hockey team into a team that can beat just about anyone. The St. Louis Blues showed just that to the San Jose Sharks for most of their 3-1 win beside the bay on Saturday to complete a very...
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...
