‘Déjà Vu All Over Again’ for Hitchcock?
The St. Louis Blues, hot off of their stellar 2011-2012 season, thundered out of the gate in the shortened 2013 (2012-2013) campaign, posting a 6-1-0 record. However, during the past four games,...
View ArticleFront Office Material: Doug Armstrong
Doug Armstrong Rank #32 Plus 41 Minus 2 Value +39 Managing Experience: Dallas Stars, 2002-2007 St. Louis Blues, 2010-present NHL General Manager of the Year...
View ArticleKings Capitalize on Blues’ Collapse
It’s hard to know where the story is when one team goes up 4-1, fights, chases the opposite goalie, and then collapses into a heap of nothingness, allowing the other team to score five unanswered...
View ArticleDucks’ Offense Gets “W,” Keeps Streaking
Heading into Sunday evening, the Anaheim Ducks had won their last ten straight on home ice and had the best record to a start of the season in franchise history. Their record of 17-3-3 was also the...
View ArticleFront Office Material: Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman Rank #27 Plus 60 Minus 9 Value +51 Managing Experience: St. Louis Blues, 1968-1971 Buffalo Sabres, 1979-1987 Western Division Titles, 1968-1970...
View ArticleKings Need History and Hope
The LA Kings now know one thing—what it feels like to find themselves in a 0-2 hole in the playoffs. Not that that knowledge is ancient history for them. Two years ago, they were down a game to the...
View ArticleIcetime for Everyone
The LA Kings needed to shake things up going into game three with the Blues, to get some scoring, from somewhere. Their answer? Dress an additional defenseman. Sounds counterintuitive, right? Sounds...
View ArticleA Tiny Margin Better
Going into the night, there were questions about what the Blues would try to do to shift things in LA, with the obvious hope that they could win game four and go home with a chance to close their...
View ArticleKings: Here Are St. Louis’s Secrets
Sun Tsu said it plainly thousands of years ago: “If you do not know the plans of your competitors, you cannot make informed alliances.” We’ll assume for the moment that by alliances he meant plans,...
View ArticleLetting a Goalie Beat You
“Goaltending is a big part of it. I thought the best player in the series was their goalie, and in the end, he made the big saves when we had five or six close-in chances.” That was Ken Hitchcock’s...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: St. Louis Blues @ Dallas Stars (9/15/13)
The St. Louis Blues beat the Dallas Stars 6-5 in a shootout at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Anthony Vence photographed the game for Inside Hockey.
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Mike Peluso
With a new season comes a new feature. Every Thursday, Inside Hockey will be featuring a Throwback Thursday column on the New Jersey Devils. Stories from times long past, cherished memories and a...
View ArticleHoltby Leads Caps to Division Lead with 46-save Night
Buoyed by Braden Holtby’s 46-save performance, the Capitals took advantage of subpar goaltending and a tired opponent Sunday night to record their 12th win of the season and third victory in a row....
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Blues at Bruins (11/21/13)
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in a shoot out. Derrick Roy scored the game winning goal for the Blues.
View ArticleMiller Solid in Debut, but Bs Fall to Blues
First it was Adam McQuaid. Then Dennis Seidenberg. The Bruins, built on defense, lost two of their best stay-at-home defensemen, forcing the call up of Kevan Miller in preparation for Thursday night’s...
View ArticleBlues Let Down
The Kings blew a point on Saturday night by letting Michael Cammalleri of the Calgary Flames in behind the defense off a faceoff with seconds on the clock. A few nights before that, they took the...
View ArticleStars Ring In New Year With Victory
The Stars rang in the new year by continuing the same effective play with which they rang out the old late in 2013. Dallas upended Los Angeles, 3-2 on New Year’s Eve at American Airlines Center to...
View ArticleNo Power For Rangers Play In Loss To Blues
NEW YORK – One of the strongest elements of the Rangers’ game let them down Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, and because it did, they’ll be heading into the NHL Stadium Series at Yankee...
View ArticleWolves Acquire Cundari, Trade Locke
Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Wolves announced that six-time AHL All-Star Corey Locke had been traded to the Abbotsford Heat in exchange for defenseman Mark Cundari. Locke, who has played for five...
View ArticleIsles at a Loss To Explain Overturned Goal vs. Blues
The New York Islanders were at a loss for words after their 4-3 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues Saturday afternoon. It’s a game that to a man, the team felt they should have won. None of them...
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