Alex Steen scored the lone goal for St. Louis as the Blues fell behind in its National Hockey League Central Conference final with a 3-1 loss at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday (April 30, 2017). Steen’s goal cut into a 2-0 Nashville lead with 7:01 to play in the middle period. Ryan Ellis fired his
The St. Louis Blues evened its National Hockey League Central Division Final series with the Nashville Predators thanks to a late goal from the team’s go-to leader, Vladimir Tarasenko on Friday (April 28, 2017). The Russian forward’s goal with 3:51 to play in the contest snapped a 2-2 tie and lifted the Blues to an
Vern Fiddler fired the game winner with 5:05 to go, nullifying a nice St. Louis rally and lifting the visiting Nashville Predators to a 4-3 series opening win against the Blues at Scottrade Center Wednesday (April 26) in their National Hockey League Central Division final. The Preds never trailed in the contest, but a pair
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info A gutsy third period rally to tie the game was nullified as Magnus Paajarvi’s goal 9:42 into overtime lifted the St Louis Blues to the NHL’s Central Division final and eliminated the Minnesota Wild to an off season full of questions. For years, it seemed the only thing holding
By Jim den Hollander Editor, Midwesthockey.info Charlie Coyle and Martin Hanzal provided the offense and Devan Dubnyk turned aside all 28 St. Louis Blues’ shots as the Minnesota Wild finally found a way to beat the host Blues with a 2-0 win at the Scottrade Center on Wednesday (April 19) night. As a result, the
Three Midwest based teams headed into National Hockey League play on Saturday (Oct. 29) and all three were involved with shutouts. Leading the way was Devan Dubnyk who recorded an unheard of third straight shutout, stopping all 29 Dallas Stars shots, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win at the Xcel Energy Center. The
