Plenty Of Positives For St Louis : May 06, 2012

The St Louis Blues season came to an end on Sunday afternoon as they suffered a 4-0 series loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The sweep at the hands of...

Jack Adams Award: Hitchcock or Maclean? : April 30, 2012

The Jack Adams award finalists were announced this afternoon. This is always a hotly debated award with the constant weighing up between team performance and who that should be credited...

Pietrangelo Loss Could De-Rail Blues Hopes : April 29, 2012

During Saturday night's Game 1 of the second round match-up between the St Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings, something very critical to the series may have happened. Kings' forward...

NHL Playoffs Preview: St Louis Blues v Los Angeles Kings : April 26, 2012

The second round of the NHL playoffs kicks off this weekend with the St Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings becoming the second series to get started when the face-off...

Quick First Look At Western Conference Match-ups : April 25, 2012

The 2012 NHL playoffs have thrown up their fair share of surprises already. The Western conference semi-finals are comprised entirely of teams that have never won a Stanley Cup before....

St Louis Blues Prove Regular Season Success Was No Fluke : April 22, 2012

For anyone wondering whether the St Louis Blues could be the real deal in the playoffs or not, your questions have been answered. Against a potentially difficult opposition, who didn't...

San Jose and St Louis Lock Horns Again Tonight : April 14, 2012

The first game was a long gruelling affair, but all of a sudden, they are ready to play again. The Sharks got a huge emotional boost with their first victory...

NHL Playoffs Preview: St Louis Blues v San Jose Sharks : April 09, 2012

The NHL playoffs kick off on Wednesday. Few things are more exciting than the two months of NHL playoff action, the eight series all have their stories to tell. The...

Detroit Leads Dominant Central… Just : March 05, 2012

The Detroit Red Wings are used to leading the Central division, but they are not used to the level of competition that they have faced so far this season. The...

Blues’ Offense Set To Improve : February 14, 2012

Trade talk dominates the NHL headlines right now, but the St Louis Blues are expecting improvements to come from within as their team starts to get healthy. The idea that...

Hitchcock Turns St Louis Into Winners : January 16, 2012

There were a couple of raised eyebrows when St Louis GM Doug Armstrong removed David Payne and replaced him with Ken Hitchcock. There was little doubt that the 6-7-0 Blues...

ST. LOUIS BLUES FIRE HEAD COACH PAYNE, HIRE HITCHCOCK : November 07, 2011

The St. Louis Blues made a bold move on Sunday, firing their head coach, Davis Payne, and hiring long time NHL head coach, Ken Hitchcock. In the midst of a 6-7-0...

st louis blues History

The National Hockey League (NHL) team the St. Louis Blues is based out of St. Louis, Missouri. The team plays in the Western Conference's Central Division. They are named after “St. Louis Blues,” the famous song by W.C. Handy. The team plays in the downtown area of St. Louis at Scottrade Center, a 19,150 seating capacity stadium. The Blues were established as part of the NHL's original expansion in 1967 when the league went to twelve teams from six. The other 1967 expansion teams included the California Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota North Stars.

During the Blues' first three seasons, they were able to reach the final round of the Stanley Cup Finals. In 1968 and 1969, the Montreal Canadiens swept them and in 1970 the Boston Bruins did. The Blues struggled throughout the 1970s after the Chicago Blackhawks transferred t the Western Division and changes were made to the playoff format. St. Louis made it into the playoffs again in 1980, which was their first of what would be 25 post-season appearances in a row from 1980 through 2004. The Blues also won the Presidents Trophy in 1999-2000 as the top scoring team in the NHL.