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Carter Chapley

A Canadian native who found himself covering St Louis sports after graduate school, Carter has a passion for sports (especially hockey) and the minute details that make the games special. After covering the college basketball scene in Missouri for two years, and covering special stories like the NHL All-Star Game and the XFL, Carter is excited to get back to his sporting roots and cover the 2019 Stanley Cup Champions.

Blues Need to Keep Pace & Tread Water Waiting for Injury Returns

Carter Chapley | February 27, 2021

In the midst of what can only be considered the worst stretch of St. Louis Blues hockey since the opening to the 2018-19 NHL season, there appears to light from…

Blues Prospect Klim Kostin Breaking Out With Regular Play in KHL

Carter Chapley | February 23, 2021

In a COVID-19 altered season, there is an intrinsic need to embrace the weirdness. With challenges in importing foreign prospects and with the St. Louis Blues AHL affiliate, the Springfield…

Blues’ Parayko Struggles to Impact in New Role

Carter Chapley | February 17, 2021

The 2020-21 NHL season was shaping up to be one where St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko was going to take his big leap from the valued blueliner to prime…

Blues’ Success Relies on a Ryan O’Reilly Rebound

Carter Chapley | February 11, 2021

The St. Louis Blues have looked far better in the past two weeks. After opening the season 3-2-1 with three albatross losses making up their defeats, they’ve bounced back and…

Blues Weekly: Standout Performances Highlight .500 Week

Carter Chapley | January 27, 2021

Blues Weekly is a new series focusing on how the St. Louis Blues performed over the past week. Not simply a recap or game story of the week’s games, but…

Blues Weekly: Up and Down Start to the 2020-21 Campaign

Carter Chapley | January 19, 2021

Blues Weekly is a new series focusing on how the St. Louis Blues performed over the past week. Not simply a recap or game story of the week’s games, but…

Mike Hoffman Takes the Blues’ Power Play From Great to Elite

Carter Chapley | January 15, 2021

Mike Hoffman’s arrival in St. Louis is truly a blessing of the stars aligning. The cap-strapped St. Louis Blues and their general manager/architect Doug Armstrong have been able to parlay…

Blues have Plenty of Options to Create Ideal Defense Pairings

Carter Chapley | January 12, 2021

Coaches at all levels of hockey will often tell you that depth is a vital key to long-term success in a hockey season. Your stars will win you a game,…

Blues Have Difficult Taxi Squad Decisions to Make

Carter Chapley | December 30, 2020

With the hectic nature and potential volatility of the 2020-21 season fast approaching, the NHL has already instituted some key new rules to alleviate potential coronavirus effects on rosters and…

St. Louis Blues Need to Address Their Goalie Depth

Carter Chapley | December 26, 2020

With the NHL now set to return to action, fans, pundits, and organizations are starting to settle on the new type of hockey season that will be coming shortly. New…

Steen’s Retirement Opens Flexibility, Opportunity for Blues to Bolster Roster

Carter Chapley | December 20, 2020

In the wake of the St. Louis Blues great and Stanley Cup champion Alexander Steen’s decision to retire, we certainly must toast a great career but also remember that life…

Filling the Blues’ Leadership Void in 2020-21

Carter Chapley | December 14, 2020

Much is made in the National Hockey League of strong leadership and locker room presence as key factors to success. More so even than raw talent or skill, good guys…

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