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Marseille, Phil Goyette and, of course, Barclay and Bob Plager. The franchise launched the Hall of Fame coaching career of Scotty Bowman during its expansion era and employed many prominent veterans, including Glenn Hall, Jacques Plante, Red Berenson, Al Arbour, Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey, Ab McDonald, Frank St. Coach Craig Berube hugs Blues legend Bob Plager after the Game 7 victory in the Stanley Cub Final. That has been a persistent story line.īut the other recurring Blues theme has been outsized ambition. Many ownership groups came and went as the franchise teetered on thin financial ice. I’ve always said, I’d love to win the Stanley Cup. They’ve been waiting a long time, and they deserve it. Louis, you walk around there, and every time you talk to somebody about the Blues, it’s ‘we.’ It’s their team, Plager said. Bob Plager was on the ice for the Blues back in 1970, and he was still with the franchise when it finally claimed hockey’s biggest prize. That was only fitting, since the Bruins beat the Blues the last time they played for the Cup. The Blues upset the Winnipeg Jets in the first round, outlasted the Dallas Stars in the second round, hammered the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference finals and then stopped the streaking Boston Bruins to win the Cup. They climbed up the standings and into the playoff bracket. With rookie Jordan Binnington rising from obscurity to catch fire in goal, the Blues reversed course with an 11-game winning streak. We never really had that mindset where we were completely out of it, but we knew that we were running out of time and we kind of just got our mojo as a team. We just couldn’t seem to put three or four wins together. We did a good job of sticking together and coming together, Blues winger Jaden Schwartz recalled. But that challenge became their blessing, since the players bonded on the road and started playing for each other. The Blues faced a brutal schedule during the second half of the season, 25 of 41 games on the road. Rival general managers were inquiring about all of his key players. Armstrong wondered if the roster needed a makeover. The Blues sat dead last in the NHL on Jan. Berube set out to clean up the team’s defensive play, build team cohesion and rebuild the group’s confidence.Ĭhange did not come easily or quickly. 19, 2018 and promoted assistant coach Craig Berube to replace him on an interim basis. General manager Doug Armstrong fired coach Mike Yeo on Nov. And then came an epic title run that finally occurred - in the spring of 2019 - when fans least expected it.

Decade after decade passed without a championship. Those early teams set an aggressive tone that carried throughout the franchise’s history.īut the wait for the Cup became excruciating. They played for the Cup in 1968, 19, losing to Montreal twice and Boston once. Louis Blues’ earliest days, their fans must have believed a Stanley Cup parade was inevitable.Īfter all, the Blues emerged as the best of the NHL’s first six expansion franchises. Louis Blues Comes to a Glorious Close with Stanley Cup Championship By Jeff Gordonīack in the St. San Jose, Game 6 Introduction 52-Year Quest for St.

This special commemorative book also includes in-depth profiles of Binnington, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, David Perron, and other Blues stars. Louis Post-Dispatch, Glorious takes fans through this unbelievable journey, from the fractured state of the team in November to the whirlwind push to save the season to the final exhilarating minutes against the Boston Bruins.

Packed with stunning photography and expert analysis from the St.

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In a thrilling postseason, the Blues prevailed in hard-fought series against the Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks to reach the Stanley Cup Final. Louis went from last place in January to winning 30 of their final 45 games to secure a playoff berth. Led by captain Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly, and rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington, St. Near the bottom of the standings in November, the Blues replaced head coach Mike Yeo with Craig Berube. Louis Blues' run to the 2019 Stanley Cup was filled with the kind of twists and turns that defy belief.