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Chris Pronger
Christopher Robert Pronger (born October 10, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who was a senior advisor of hockey operations for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally selected second overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Pronger has played for Hartford, the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers before the 2009–10 season. He was captain of the Blues, Ducks and Flyers. He has appeared in the Stanley Cup finals with three different teams (Edmonton, Anaheim and Philadelphia), winning the Cup with the Ducks in 2007. Pronger won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season, becoming the first defenceman to win the…
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Paul Stastny
Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985) is a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey centre currently playing in his second tenure with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights. Of Slovak lineage, Stastny is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Šťastný, who played for the Colorado Avalanche‘s predecessor, the Quebec Nordiques, and finished his career with the St. Louis Blues. His older brother Yan has played for the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues. His uncles Anton and Marián Šťastný both played in the NHL during the 1980s, also for the Nordiques. Stastny began his junior hockey career with the River City Lancers of the United States Hockey League before moving to the University of Denver Pioneers in 2004. He won the NCAA Men’s…
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TJ Oshie
Timothy Leif “T. J.” Oshie (born December 23, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, as the 24th overall pick. He then spent the first seven years of his NHL career with the Blues before being traded to the Washington Capitals in 2015. Oshie won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals in 2018. Oshie is widely considered a shootout specialist in the NHL and is one of the top career leaders in goals scored and scoring percentage…
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All of the highlights from Opening Night of the 2021 Covid Season!
Penguins – 3 Flyers – 6 Canadiens – 4 Maple Leafs – 5 Blackhawks – 1 Lightning – 5 Canucks – 5 Oilers – 3 Blues – 4 Avalanche – 1
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Ryan O’Reilly to be named the Blues’ 23rd captain in club history
Per Sportsnet: Ryan O’Reilly is set to be named the 23rd captain in St. Louis Blues history, The Athletic‘s Jeremy Rutherford reports. Rutherford adds an announcement could come later this week. O’Reilly will replace Alex Pietrangelo, who wore the “C” for four years but left the Blues in free agency to join the Vegas Golden Knights. “He will make a great captain. Good luck to him, no doubt he is the right choice,” Pietrangelo told Rutherford. The 29-year-old O’Reilly is entering his third season with the Blues and won the Conn Smythe and Selke Trophies in the club’s Stanley Cup-winning 2018-19 season. Last season he placed third in both Selke…
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Brett Hull
Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964) is a Canadian-born American former ice hockey player and general manager, and currently an executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes between 1986 and 2005. His career total of 741 goals is the fourth highest in NHL history, and he is one of five players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He was a member of two Stanley Cup winning teams – 1999 with the Dallas Stars and 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings. In 2017 Hull was named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players‘ in history.[1] Known as one of the game’s greatest snipers, Hull was an…
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Dale Hawerchuk
Dale Hawerchuk (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL’s Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001. Hawerchuk served as the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019. Playing career[edit] Hawerchuk was a young prodigy who received his first pair of skates at age two and, according to his father, “was skating…
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Doug Gilmour
Douglas Robert Gilmour (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for seven different teams. Gilmour was a seventh round selection, 134th overall, of the St. Louis Blues at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and recorded 1,414 points in 1,474 games in the NHL between 1983 and 2003. A two-time All-Star, he was a member of Calgary’s 1989 Stanley Cup championship team and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward in 1992–93. Internationally, he represented Canada three times during his career and was a member of the nation’s 1987 Canada Cup championship team. Gilmour was nicknamed “Killer” by a Blues teammate due to his likeness in appearance to serial killer Charles Manson (though others have attributed it to his…
