2023 WJC Day 3 Preview Stephen Ground | December 28, 2022 Day 3 of the 2023 World Junior Championship (WJC) in Halifax and Moncton will feature the return to action of the tournament’s two presumed powerhouses. But Canada and the United…
2023 WJC Day 2 Preview Stephen Ground | December 27, 2022 Day 2 of the 2023 World Junior Championship (WJC) has big shoes to fill. Day 1 will be remembered as one of the most eventful first days of the competition…
Snuggerud, Robertsson Represent Blues at 2023 WJC Stephen Ground | December 26, 2022 Today, the day after Christmas, the 2023 World Junior Championship (WJC) kicks off. Each year, the WJC pits the best hockey players under 20 years old against each other in…
2023 WJC Day 1 Preview Stephen Ground | December 26, 2022 Each year during the holiday season, the eyes of the hockey world turn to the World Junior Championship (WJC), which kicks off on Monday on the Eastern seaboard of Canada.…
3 Blues Quietly Having Good Seasons Stephen Ground | December 18, 2022 There’s no question that the St. Louis Blues are not having the season they hoped to. Certainly, general manager Doug Armstrong did not plan to be speaking about a rebuild…
3 Changes the Blues Can Make Before Christmas Stephen Ground | December 5, 2022 The St. Louis Blues have lost five of their last six and are 11-13 on the season in what can only be described as a shocking start for the former…
Binnington’s Antics Are Not Helping the Blues Stephen Ground | December 5, 2022 The St. Louis Blues could never have expected the season they’ve experienced so far. First, they made history, becoming the first NHL team ever to lose eight games in a…
Blues End November with Critical 3-Game Stretch Stephen Ground | November 24, 2022 For better or worse, the St. Louis Blues have made history. They are the first team in over 100 years of NHL hockey to lose eight games in a row…
Blues Goaltending: View From the Crease (November 2022) Stephen Ground | November 16, 2022 No one expected that the St. Louis Blues would be 5-8-0 13 games into the season or that general manager Doug Armstrong would have already openly discussed the possibility of…
Blues Problems Go Well Beyond O’Reilly Stephen Ground | November 3, 2022 After a five-game losing streak, the St. Louis Blues are left searching for answers, wondering how deep the problems in their organization go. But team captain Ryan O’Reilly quickly blamed…
3 Blues Anxious to Put October Behind Them Stephen Ground | October 31, 2022 It’s appropriate that the St. Louis Blues play on Halloween night because their season so far has been nothing short of frightening. 3-4-0 and on a four-game losing streak, the…
Blues’ Perron Decision Being Tested Early Stephen Ground | October 29, 2022 St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong made a difficult decision this offseason. Evaluating a team that had exploded the season prior offensively but struggled in front of its own…