by Bill Pollock | Feb 3, 2017 | Sports Features
Mike Yeo won in his first game as Blues coach, a day after he replaced Ken Hitchcock and Jake Allen won his first game in a month. Â He stopped 26 shots and Paul Stastny scored twice to help the Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on a night when the team retired...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 1, 2017 | Sports Features
Ken Hitchcock was fired as coach of the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday and replaced by associate coach Mike Yeo. Â Hitchcock is a Hall-of-Fame coach and it’s always tough to give up on a guy who has won so many games. Â The problem was that Hitch was set up as a...
by Bill Pollock | Jan 27, 2017 | Sports Features
The Minnesota Wild are heading into the All-Star break in first place in the Western Conference, and the St. Louis Blues appear to be heading in the other direction. Â The Blues lost 5-1 on Thursday night at their division rival and head into the All-Star break three...
by Bill Pollock | Jan 25, 2017 | Sports Features
Not only the did the St. Louis Blues snap a three-game losing streak, but did it in one of the toughest buildings in the NHL where the Pittsburgh Penguins are nearly unbeatable. Â Carton Hutton made 34 saves and got some help from the posts and the Blues won 3-0 on...
by Bill Pollock | Jan 22, 2017 | Sports Features
Winnipeg scored three power-play goals, a pair from Bryan Little and one from Nikolaj Ehlers. Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, and Dustin Byfuglien, Mathieu Perreault and Jacob Trouba each added a pair of assists in a 5-3 win over the Blues...
