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Zack Stortini
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,...
Throwdown Lowdown – Predators @ Blues, 12-30-11
40 minutes of awesome, 20 minutes of fail. That would describe what happened Tuesday night in Detroit as the St. Louis Blues let a 2-0 (then a 2-1) lead slip through their hands in the third period. To their credit, the Detroit Red Wings played magnificently (especially that goaltender) in the third period to earn...
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 – Flames @ Blues 10-10-11
Well, things went a bit awry for our beloved St. Louis Blues in the season and home opener, taking it on the chin in a 4-2 loss to the Nashville Predators. But there’s good news here, and it comes in two parts: 1) It’s only one hockey game out of 82, and 2) Ryan Reaves...
Throwdown Lowdown – Predators @ Blues 10-08-11
It’s “BACK TO SCHOOL” time, and classes are back in session at PunchFace University! And no one could be any more excited about it than I am. It is so grand to be back in business after a long offseason. When I say “long offseason”, I mean it . . . with the deaths of...
Throwdown Lowdown – Oilers @ Blues 03-24-11
The Blues’ 2-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday at least showed us a team that gave a rat’s you-know-what on the ice, which was helpful. What was NOT helpful was seeing all the not-really-ready-for-the-NHL talent out there. What also helped were a couple fights for me to tell you about, even if I...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Oilers, 02-25-11
And a disappointing Blues stretch continues with a 3-2 loss to a very good Vancouver Canucks late last night. The good? Two things: 1) the Blues played well enough to win, and 2) There was a fight! It was between BJ Crombeen and Tanner Glass, in one that – preliminarily, at least – shows The...
Throwdown Lowdown – Oilers @ Blues, 02-04-11
Hey, remember that game that was played this past Tuesday between the Blues and the Colorado Avalanche? You don’t? Well, why not? It wasn’t PLAYED, you say? Well alright, if you say so . . . . In all seriousness, yes, that really happened – a game played on ice was postponed (to February 22nd...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Oilers – 12-04-10
The 4-1 loss by the Blues to the Washington Capitals was something a lot of pundits would have predicted. What this one reporter was not able to predict, however, is the lack of fighting in that game. Not only that, the lack of a fight has dropped the Blues in the overall fight standings –...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Oilers 1-28-10
There were no fights last night between the Canucks and Blues (at least nothing worth grading, anyway), although I nearly jumped through the television screen to have a few words with the officiating crew after that supposed slashing call in the 3rd period that led to the power play goal that ended up deciding the...