St. Louis Blues (hockey)

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St. Louis Blues
Conference	Western
Division	Central
Founded	1967
History	St. Louis Blues 1967-present
Arena	Scottrade Center
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Local Media Affiliates	FSN Midwest KPLR (CW 11) KTRS (550 AM)
Team Colors	Royal Blue, Dark Blue, and Gold
Owner	Dave Checketts
General Manager	Larry Pleau
Head Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Dallas Drake
Minor League Affiliates	Peoria Rivermen (AHL) Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	None
Conference Championships	None
Division Championships	1968-69, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1980-81, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1999-00

The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy tune "St. Louis Blues".

Contents 1 Franchise history 1.1 Early history (1967-70) 1.2 Back to earth (1970-77) 1.3 Purina to the rescue (1977-83) 1.4 Rescued from the brink again (1983-86) 1.5 Close, but no cigar (1986-present) 2 Season-by-season record 3 Notable players 3.1 Current roster 3.2 Team captains 3.3 Hall of Famers 3.4 Retired numbers 3.5 First-round draft picks 3.6 Franchise scoring leaders 4 NHL awards and trophies 5 Franchise individual records 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Franchise history

[edit] Early history (1967-70)

The Blues were one of the six teams added to the NHL in the 1967 expansion, along with the Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Oakland Seals, when the league doubled in size. The newcomers were, however, hampered by restrictive rules that kept virtually all the top players with the existing "Original Six" teams.

St. Louis was the last of the expansion teams to officially get in the league. It was selected over Baltimore at the insistence of the Chicago Blackhawks (owned by the influential Wirtz Family of Chicago), who wanted to unload the decrepit St. Louis Arena, which they also owned, to a new franchise holder. The team's first owner was insurance tycoon Sid Salomon, Jr. His son, Sid III, convinced his initially wary father to make a bid for the team. Salomon then spent several million dollars upgrading the 38-year-old arena, which had not been well maintained since the 1940s, to NHL standards. By opening night, the arena boasted almost 15,000 seats, up from 12,000 at the start of 1967. It never stopped being renovated from that day on, and held almost 20,000 seats by the time the Blues left the arena in 1994.

The Blues, originally coached by Lynn Patrick and then Scotty Bowman, proved to be the class of the admittedly weak Western Division. The playoff format guaranteed one of the expansion teams would make the Stanley Cup Finals, and the Blues would play for the Cup in each of their first three years of existence, although they failed to win a single game in any of the three final series', losing to the Boston Bruins in 1970, and the Montreal Canadiens in 1968 and 1969. While the first Blues' teams included aging and faded veterans like Doug Harvey, Don McKenney and Dickie Moore, the veteran goaltending tandem of Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante proved more durable, winning a Vezina Trophy in 1969 behind a sterling defense featuring players like skilled defensive forward Jim Roberts and hardrock defensemen, the Plagers, brothers Bob and Barclay. New York Rangers castoff Gord Berenson became the expansion team's first major star at center, and Phil Goyette won the Lady Byng Trophy for the Blues in 1970. The Arena was almost always sold out, and became one of the loudest buildings in the National Hockey League; the waiting list for season tickets soon rivaled that of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.

During that time, Salomon gained a reputation throughout the league as the ultimate players' owner. He gave his players cars, signed them to deferred contracts and treated them to vacations in Florida. Players like Plante, Hall and Harvey were used to being treated like serfs, and felt the only way to pay Salomon back was to leave everything on the ice every night.

[edit] Back to earth (1970-77)

The 1970s were less kind to the Blues. Continuing imbalance led the league to transfer the Blackhawks to the West Divsion for 1970-71, and to introduce a "crossover" playoff format that would ultimately exclude any of the expansion teams from the finals for the next three seasons. Bowman left for Montreal in 1971 after a feud with Sid Salomon III, who began to take a greater role in running the team. Older stars such as Hall, Plante and Goyette retired or were traded, as was Berenson for star Detroit Red Wings center Garry Unger. Unger scored thirty or more goals eight straight seasons for the franchise en route to breaking the NHL record for most consecutive games played, but beyond the Plagers on defense talent was thin, and the division was soon dominated by Chicago and the Philadelphia Flyers. St. Louis missed the playoffs outright for the first time in 1974. Realignment placed the team in the Smythe Division the next season and the team got a few good seasons out of forward Chuck Lefley and the reacquired Berenson, but the division in general was so weak as to become a cliché for mediocrity — the Blues won the division title in 1977 while finishing five games under .500 — and they missed the playoffs the two seasons following behind disastrous goaltending.

In the meantime, the franchise was on the brink of financial collapse. This was partly due to the pressures of the World Hockey Association, but largely due to financial decisions made when the Salomons first got the franchise. The deferred contracts came due just as the Blues' performance began to slip. At one point, the Salomons seriously considered bankruptcy, and cut the team's staff down to three employees. One of them was Emile Francis, who served as team president, coach and general manager all at once, and even swept the Arena at times.

[edit] Purina to the rescue (1977-83)

The Salomons finally found a buyer in St. Louis-based pet food giant Ralston Purina in 1977, who renamed the Arena "the Checkerdome." Only a year after finishing with only 18 wins (still the worst season in franchise history), the Blues made the playoffs in 1980 — the first of 25 straight playoff appearances. By 1981, they were the second-best team in the league in the regular season, with Berenson as coach and fresh new stars, including Wayne Babych scoring 54 goals, future Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie Federko (who would lead the team in scoring), inspirational leader Brian Sutter and franchise goaltender Mike Liut. The Blues fell rather flat in the playoffs that year, losing in six games to the New York Rangers in the second round. The Blues quietly slid back below .500, but they still made the playoffs in 1982 and 1983 despite finishing well below .500 in both seasons.

[edit] Rescued from the brink again (1983-86)

Purina lost an estimated $1.8 million a year during its ownership of the Blues, but took the losses philosophically, having taken over out of a sense of civic responsibility. In 1983, Purina's longtime chairman, R. Hal Dean, retired. His successor wanted to refocus on the core pet food business, and had no interest in hockey. He only saw a division that was bleeding money, and put the Blues on the market. The Blues didn't pick anyone in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft because Purina didn't send a representative; it basically abandoned the team. It finally found a buyer in a group of investors led by WHA and Edmonton Oilers founder Bill Hunter. Hunter then made plans to move the team to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. However, the NHL was unwilling to lose a market as big as St. Louis and vetoed the deal. Hunter then padlocked the Checkerdome and turned the team over to the league. The team appeared destined for contraction in July when Harry Ornest, a Los Angeles-based businessman, came in at the 11th hour to save the franchise. Ornest immediately renamed the Checkerdome back to the St. Louis Arena.

Ornest ran the Blues on a shoestring budget, but the team returned to respectability almost immediately. Doug Gilmour, drafted by St. Louis in 1982, emerged as a superstar. However, while the Blues remained competitive, they were unable to keep many of their young players. More often than not, several of the Blues' young guns ended up as Calgary Flames, and the sight of Flames executive Al MacNeil was always greeted with dread. In fact, several of the Blues' young stars, such as Rob Ramage and Gilmour, were main cogs in the Flames' 1989 Stanley Cup win. Sutter and Federko were probably the only untouchables. By 1986, they reached the league semi-finals against the Flames. Doug Wickenheiser's overtime goal in game six to cap a furious comeback remains one of the greatest moments in team history, but they lost game seven 2-1. After that season, Ornest sold the team to a group led by St. Louis businessman Michael Shanahan.

[edit] Close, but no cigar (1986-present)

The Blues kept chugging along through the late 1980s and early 90s. General Manager Ron Caron was one of the more astute in the league, landing "The Golden Brett" Hull, Adam Oates, Curtis Joseph, Brendan Shanahan (no relation to Michael) and Al MacInnis, among others. While they contended during this time period, they never passed the second round of the playoffs. Still, the Blues' on-ice success was enough for a consortium of 19 companies to buy the team. They also provided the capital to build the Kiel Center (now the Scottrade Center), which opened in 1994.

"The Golden Brett" remained one of the league's top superstars, scoring 86 goals in 1990-91 — technically third only to Wayne Gretzky (who played in St. Louis briefly in 1996) in goals scored in a season in NHL history — Gretzky had had a 92-goal 1981-82 season and continued with a next year of 87 goals. Only "The Great One" has found the net more often than Hull over any given three seasons. The Blues were the second-best team in the regular season in 90-91, but a second-round defeat to the Minnesota North Stars was indicative of their playoff woes.

"Iron Mike" Keenan was hired as both general manager and coach prior to the abbreviated 1995 season, lauded as the "playoff coach" that could cure the postseason turmoil Blues fans had endured for years. He instituted major changes, among them trades that sent away fan favorites Brendan Shanahan and Curtis Joseph, as well as the acquisition of the legendary but aging Gretzky and goalie Grant Fuhr, both from the falling-apart Los Angeles Kings (Gretzky left for the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent following the season). In spite of all he was prophesized to accomplish, his playoff resume with St. Louis included a first-round exit in 1995 and a second-round exit in 1996. Neither the fans nor the team ownership were fond of Keenan or what he did, and he was fired on December 19, 1996. Caron was reinstated as interim general manager for the rest of season, and current GM Larry Pleau was hired on June 9, 1997. But that did not stop Hull, who'd nevertheless endured a lengthy feud with Keenan, from leaving for the Dallas Stars in 1998, who went on to win the Stanley Cup the next year.

Defenseman Chris Pronger (acquired from the Hartford Whalers in 1995 for Shanahan), Pavol Demitra, Pierre Turgeon, MacInnis, and goalie Roman Turek kept the Blues a contender. In 1999-2000, they had the best record in the NHL during the regular season, earning the Presidents' Trophy, but were stunned by the San Jose Sharks in the first round in seven games. In 2001, the Blues advanced to the Western Conference Finals before bowing out in five games to eventual Champions Colorado Avalanche.

Despite years of mediocrity and the stigma of never being able to "take the next step", the Blues were a playoff presence every year from 1980 to 2004 — the second longest active streak in North American professional sports at the time. Amidst a depletion in talent over recent years and an unstable ownwership situation, the Blues finished the 2005-06 season with their worst record in 27 years. They missed the playoffs for only the fourth time in franchise history. Also, for the first time in club history, the normally excellent support seen by St. Louisans began to fade away, with crowds normally numbering around 12,000, a far cry from the team's normal high (about 18,000 in a 19,500 seat arena) and a sign that the city's sports fans have lost faith in the team's ability to play quality hockey.

Wal-Mart heir Bill Laurie purchased the Blues in 1998, but on June 17, 2005 announced that he would sell the team, after years of poor personnel moves by his GM Larry Pleau and what many saw as general neglect of the team due to former Memphis Final Four guard Laurie's overriding desire to land a NBA side, which he never recieved. On September 29, 2005 it was announced that Laurie has signed an agreement to sell the Blues to Dave Checketts. On November 14, 2005 the Blues announced that Checketts' group, Sports Capital Partners, has officially withdrawn from negotiations to buy the team. On December 27, 2005 it was announced that the Blues had signed a letter of intent to exclusively negotiate with General Sports and Entertainment, LLC. However, after the period of exclusivity, Checketts entered the picture again. On March 24, 2006, the Lauries completed the sale of the Blues and the lease to the Savvis Center to Checketts, Sports Capital Partners (SCP) and TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P. Checketts promptly installed John Davidson as team president and de facto GM, moving the much-maligned Pleau to a mostly advisory role. The former Rangers goalie promptly made some big deals, picking up Jay McKee, Bill Guerin and Manny Legace from free agency, and bringing Doug Weight back to St. Louis after a brief (and productive) stopover in Carolina. Davidson is attempting to build a strong American base of players for the Blues, just like the Dallas Stars have done with players from Finland and the New York Rangers are attempting to do with Czech skaters. The New Jersey Devils already have many strong Americans too.

At the beginning of the 2006 season, the Blues started out looking quite competitive in the Central Division. However, injuries have plagued the side (their three top defensemen — Barret Jackman, Christian Bäckman and McKee — have all been sidelined) and the lack of a pure sniper has hampered them as well. The jury is out, though, about fan support, due to two reasons: Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals' 2006 World Series championship, which has drawn energy away from the Blues; and the fact that the normal Christmas rush to buy tickets as gifts has not taken place. However, the 17,500-plus crowd seen at Scottrade Center for the Opening Night win against Boston, made even more notable given that the Cardinals were playing the New York Mets at Busch Stadium that same night, was seen by the St. Louis hockey faithful as a promising sign that hockey is back in "Baseball City USA". However, the team has quickly fallen into a deep hole, best evident by their 5-1 loss to Detroit on the night that the team retired Brett Hull's number in front of a sellout crowd. Many hockey fans and pundits have speculated that the best Christmas gift that Checketts and Davidson can give Blues fans is head coach Mike Kitchen's walking papers, in the hopes that a new coach can light a fire under the Note that the former Toronto Maple Leafs boss could not. On December 11, 2006, the Blues announced that Kitchen was fired and replaced by former Los Angeles Kings coach Andy Murray. [1]

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1967-68	74	27	31	19	--	70	177	191	792	3rd in Western	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Flyers) Won in Semifinals, 4-3 (North Stars) Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1968-69	76	37	25	14	--	88	204	157	838	1st in Western	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Flyers) Won in Semifinals, 4-0 (Kings) Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1969-70	76	37	27	12	--	86	224	179	876	1st in Western	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-2 (North Stars) Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Penguins) Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Bruins)
1970-71	78	34	25	19	--	87	223	208	1092	2nd in Western	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (North Stars)
1971-72	78	28	39	11	--	67	208	247	1150	3rd in Western	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-3 (North Stars) Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Bruins)
1972-73	78	32	34	12	--	76	206	248	1195	4th in Western	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Black Hawks)
1973-74	78	26	40	12	--	64	206	248	1147	6th in Western	Did not qualify
1974-75	80	35	31	14	--	84	269	267	1275	2nd in Smythe	Lost in Preliminary Round, 0-2 (Penguins)
1975-76	80	29	37	14	--	72	249	290	1274	3rd in Smythe	Lost in Preliminary Round, 1-2 (Sabres)
1976-77	80	32	39	9	--	73	239	276	877	1st in Smythe	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1977-78	80	20	47	13	--	53	195	304	845	4th in Smythe	Did not qualify
1978-79	80	18	50	12	--	48	249	348	1055	3rd in Smythe	Did not qualify
1979-80	80	34	34	12	--	80	266	278	1037	2nd in Smythe	Lost in Preliminary Round, 0-3 (Black Hawks)
1980-81	80	45	18	17	--	107	352	281	1657	1st in Smythe	Won in Preliminary Round, 3-2 (Penguins) Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Rangers)
1981-82	80	32	40	8	--	72	315	349	1579	3rd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 3-1 (Jets) Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Black Hawks)
1982-83	80	25	40	15	--	65	285	316	1281	4th in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-3 (Black Hawks)
1983-84	80	32	41	7	--	71	293	316	1614	2nd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 3-1 (Red Wings) Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (North Stars)
1984-85	80	37	31	12	--	86	299	288	1301	1st in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-3 (North Stars)
1985-86	80	37	34	9	--	83	302	291	1478	3rd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 3-2 (North Stars) Won in Division Finals, 4-3 (Maple Leafs) Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Flames)
1986-87	80	32	33	15	--	79	281	293	1572	1st in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Maple Leafs)
1987-88	80	34	38	8	--	76	278	294	1919	2nd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-1 (Blackhawks) Lost in Division Finals, 1-4 (Red Wings)
1988-89	80	33	35	12	--	78	275	285	1675	2nd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-1(North Stars) Lost in Division Finals, 1-4 (Blackhawks)
1989-90	80	37	34	9	--	83	295	279	1809	2nd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-1 (Maple Leafs) Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Blackhawks)
1990-91	80	47	22	11	--	105	310	250	1987	2nd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-3 (Red Wings) Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (North Stars)
1991-92	80	36	33	11	--	83	279	266	2041	3rd in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Blackhawks)
1992-93	84	37	36	11	--	85	282	278	1889	4th in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-0 (Blackhawks) Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Maple Leafs)
1993-94	84	40	33	11	--	91	270	283	1659	4th in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Stars)
1994-951	48	28	15	5	--	61	178	135	1077	2nd in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Canucks)
1995-96	82	32	34	16	--	80	219	248	1823	4th in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Maple Leafs) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3-4 (Red Wings)
1996-97	82	36	35	11	--	83	236	239	1336	4th in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Red Wings)
1997-98	82	45	29	8	--	98	256	204	1414	3rd in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Kings) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Red Wings)
1998-99	82	37	32	13	--	87	237	209	1308	2nd in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Coyotes) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Stars)
1999-00	82	51	19	11	1	114	248	165	1139	1st in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Sharks)
2000-01	82	43	22	12	5	103	249	195	1345	2nd in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Sharks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-0 (Stars) Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Avalanche)
2001-02	82	43	27	8	4	98	227	188	1343	2nd in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Blackhawks) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Red Wings)
2002-03	82	41	24	11	6	99	253	222	1618	2nd in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Canucks)
2003-04	82	39	30	11	2	91	191	198	1274	2nd in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sharks)
2004-052	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2005-06	82	21	46	--	15	57	197	292	1355	5th in Central	Did not qualify
2006-07*	26	7	16	--	3	17	61	91	433	4th in Central

¹ Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.

² Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

^* Current Stats as of 12/05/2006 (PM).

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of December 13, 2006. [2]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1		Curtis Sanford (Injured)	L	2000	Owen Sound, Ontario
30		Jason Bacashihua	L	2001	Garden City, Michigan
34		Manny Legace (IR)	L	2006	Alliston, Ontario

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4		Eric Brewer	L	2005	Vernon, British Columbia
5		Barret Jackman - A	L	1999	Trail, British Columbia
20		Jamie Rivers	L	2006	Ottawa, Ontario
25		Dennis Wideman	R	2004	Kitchener, Ontario
27		Bryce Salvador	L	1996	Brandon, Manitoba
28		Matt Walker (Injured)	R	1998	Beaverlodge, Alberta
29		Jeff Woywitka	L	2005	Vermillion, Alberta
55		Christian Bäckman	L	1998	Alingsas, Sweden
74		Jay McKee (IR)	L	2006	Kingston, Ontario

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
7		Keith Tkachuk	LW	L	2001	Melrose, Massachusetts
9		Jay McClement	C	L	2001	Kingston, Ontario
10		Dallas Drake - C	RW	L	2000	Trail, British Columbia
12		Lee Stempniak	RW	R	2003	West Seneca, New York
13		Bill Guerin	RW	R	2006	Worcester, Massachusetts
17		Ryan Johnson	C	L	2003	Thunder Bay, Ontario
18		Radek Dvořák	RW	R	2006	Tabor, Czechoslovakia
21		Jamal Mayers	RW	R	1993	Toronto, Ontario
22		Joel Perrault	C	R	2006	Montreal, Quebec
26		Petr Cajanek	C	L	2001	Zlin, Czechoslovakia
33		Vladimir Orszagh (IR)	RW	L	2005	Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
39		Doug Weight - A	C	L	2006	Warren, Michigan
58		Dan Hinote	RW	R	2006	Leesburg, Florida
62		Martin Rucinsky	LW	L	2006	Most, Czechoslovakia

[edit] Team captains

[edit] Hall of Famers

• Glenn Hall, G, 1967-71, inducted 1975
• Jacques Plante, G, 1968-70, inducted 1978
• Joe Mullen, F, 1979-86, inducted 2000
• Bernie Federko, C, 1976-89, inducted 2002
• Grant Fuhr, G, 1995-99, inducted 2003

[edit] Retired numbers

• 2 Al MacInnis, D, 1994-05, number retired April 9, 2006
• 3 Bob Gassoff, D, 1974-77, number retired October 1, 1977
• 5 Bob Plager, D, 1967-78, number not officially retired but honored.
• 8 Barclay Plager, D, 1967-77, number retired March 24, 1981 [3]
• 11 Brian Sutter, LW, 1976-88, number retired December 30, 1988
• 14 Doug Wickenheiser, LW, 1984-87, number honored and unofficially retired
• 16 Brett Hull, RW, 1987-1998, number retired December 5, 2006
• 24 Bernie Federko, RW, 1976-89, number retired March 16, 1991
• 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1996, number retired league-wide February 6, 2000
• Dan Kelly, Broadcaster, 1968-89, recognized with an honorary shamrock that hangs from the rafters at Scottrade Center

[edit] First-round draft picks

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Blues player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Bernie Federko	C	927	352	721	1073	1.16
Brett Hull	RW	744	527	409	936	1.26
Brian Sutter	LW	779	303	333	636	.82
Garry Unger	C	662	292	283	575	.87
Pavol Demitra	LW/C	494	204	289	493	1.00
Al MacInnis	D	613	127	325	452	.74
Red Berenson	LW	519	172	240	412	.79
Chris Pronger	D	598	84	272	356	.60
Pierre Turgeon	C	327	134	221	355	1.09
Doug Gilmour	C	384	149	205	354	.92

[edit] NHL awards and trophies

[edit] Franchise individual records

• Most Goals in a season: Brett Hull, 86 (1990-91)
• Most Assists in a season: Adam Oates, 90 (1990-91)
• Most Points in a season: Brett Hull, 131 (1990-91)
• Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Bob Gassoff, 306 (1975-76)
• Most Points in a season, defenseman: Jeff Brown, 78 (1992-93)
• Most Points in a season, rookie: Jorgen Pettersson, 73 (1980-81)
• Most Wins in a season: Roman Turek, 42 (1999-00)
• Worst Attendance in NHL history, 5,410 November 30th 2006 vs Nashville Predators at Scottrade Center

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of St. Louis Blues players
• Head Coaches of the St. Louis Blues
• 1967 NHL Expansion
• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons

[edit] External links

• Official website of the St. Louis Blues
• Let's Go Blues -- #1 Fan Site of St. Louis Blues Hockey
• Scottrade Center - Home of the Blues, Mid-America's Premier Venue

St. Louis Blues Head Coaches
Patrick • Bowman • Arbour • Abel • McCreary• Talbot • Angotti • Young • Boivin • Francis • Plager • Berenson • Demers • Sutter • B. Plager • Berry • Keenan • Roberts • Quenneville • Kitchen • Murray