The St. Louis Blues opened its 2017-18 Training Camp on Thursday (Sept. 14, 2017) with few new veteran faces in the lineup. The Blues spent most of the summer re-signing its players rather than making big changes and why not? Despite losing out to Nashville in the Central Division final in the spring, the Blues
There are several veteran players who appear to have been given a new lease on a new National Hockey League club this fall. Add Eric Staal to the list as the NHL veteran who had his struggles in Carolina and New York seems to to off to a good start in the Twin Cities with
There’s a good thing there are no style points in hockey. The Detroit Red Wings at times seemed to throw goaltender Jimmy Howard to the Wolves, but he endured, allowing just one goal on 33 shots, leading his team to a 2-1 win in his first start of the new season against the New York
Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info David Backes slammed home the rebound of a point shot by Alex Steen for a powerplay goal with 9:02 to play in overtime Sunday to pull the St. Louis Blues even with the Dallas Stars in their Central Division championship series at Dallas American Airlines Arena triggering a cheer followed
There are plenty of new faces in the Chicago Blackhawks, but the old standbys were the ones piloting the ship in the Hawks most recent pre-season test — a 3-1 win at the United Center Saturday (Sept. 26) against the St. Louis Blues. It was the Blues on the board first, prospect Joel Edmundson, a