Posts About "Craig Berube"
Blues' Top 5 Coaches in Franchise History
January 21st, 2020 In 52 seasons of St. Louis Blues hockey, there have been twenty-six coaches. It took until the 26th coach for the club to reach the ultimate goal of winning the Stanley Cup. The coaching history for the Blues is one of the more interesting ones in the history of the NHL. This franchise has 180 playoff wins, yet just one Stanley Cup....
Cassidy, Berube, Reirden, Gallant Named NHL All-Star Coaches
January 3rd, 2020 NEW YORK — Boston's Bruce Cassidy, Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues, Washington's Todd Reirden and Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights will be the head coaches at NHL All-Star Weekend later this month. Cassidy's Bruins (.702, 24-7-11), Berube's Blues (.690, 26-10-6), Reirden’s Capitals (.720, 27-9-5) and Gallant's...
Blues' Pre-Holiday Winning Streak
December 24th, 2019 The St. Louis Blues are relishing a five-game win streak but don’t be fooled. They’re not sitting back on their heels. They were hard-fought wins but even when they aren’t playing their best, they find a way to win. Outstanding goaltending, a shining prospect and hard work from the team as a whole are contributing factors to these...
Doug Armstrong - 13 Moves That Brought the Cup to St. Louis
December 24th, 2019 Thirteen. The unluckiest number in the world. But for the St. Louis Blues and its no- longer suffering fans, thirteen is the mark of providence for it was Doug Armstrong, the franchise’s 13th general manager (including interims), who led the team to the promised land. How Armstrong was able to finally break the curse of Scotty...
Blues Find Edge with Skill, Size, and Discipline
November 27th, 2019 The secret sauce to the St. Louis Blues success? General manager Doug Armstrong has constructed a well-balanced, skilled team with one of the strongest defenses in the league, allowing head coach Craig Berube to deploy forward four lines with devastating effect. Okay, so it's not that big of a secret. St. Louis Blues head coach Craig...
Spotlight on St. Louis Blues Coach Berube
November 25th, 2019 Approximately a year ago, the St. Louis Blues fired head coach Mike Yeo and replaced him with Craig Berube on an interim basis. Last in the standings and in desperate need of a change, the team needed fresh leadership. Not many people thought that personnel change would lead to a Stanley Cup. Who was this new leader and why was his...
Variety of Champs Shows There's No One Stanley Cup Blueprint
September 28th, 2019 Had the night of June 13 gone differently, maybe NHL rivals would be looking to the Boston Bruins as the model to follow to win the Stanley Cup. "We were one game away to change the narrative of how teams should be structured," Bruins defenceman Torey ...
St. Louis Blues Lock Down Craig Berube
June 28th, 2019 Even though the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup this season, their head coach, Craig Berube, was labelled as an "interim" replacement for Mike Yeo. That is, until Monday. The Blues announced that the team agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension for Berube. Having the head coach identified before free agency starts in...
For Berube, Accountability Led to Blues' Stanley Cup
June 26th, 2019 ST. LOUIS — Blues general manager Doug Armstrong had his staff produce a list of coaching candidates after firing Mike Yeo in November. He hasn't looked at it since January. The Stanley Cup champions formally announced a three-year contract extension f...
Blues' Berube Signs 3-Year Contract
June 25th, 2019 The St. Louis Blues and Craig Berube have made things official. While Berube was named the team's interim head coach on Nov. 19, 2018 after an abysmal start to the season for the Blues, he has now officially been named the head coach of the team. The Blues would announce that Berube signed a three-year contract to take over the...
Berube's Blues Living Dangerously, On Verge of Winning Cup
June 7th, 2019 BOSTON — Craig Berube's bunch likes to live dangerously. In Game 5 alone, Ivan Barbashev got away with a high hit on Marcus Johansson and Zach Sanford got his elbow up into Torey Krug's head and avoided a penalty. Alex Steen went straight to the penalt...
Former Flyers Finding Success in Stanley Cup Run
May 23rd, 2019 Hang around Philadelphia in the days after a coach is fired, or a player is traded away, you'll inevitably hear something along the lines of "Great, another guy who'll win a championship somewhere else." Welp, if the St. Louis Blues finish their climb toward the top of the NHL totem pole, those eternal pessimists will be sure to let the...
Stars Coach Montgomery Has Starring Role in Team's Success
May 3rd, 2019 The Jack Adams Award finalists are in and you won’t find Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery’s name among them. It isn’t for lack of success, though. Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery - (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Montgomery's Rise to Stardom Truth be told, if this were any other season, Montgomery’s name would likely...
