Posts About "Robert Bortuzzo"
Bortuzzo Suspended 4 Games
November 24th, 2019 The St. Louis Blues will be without defender Robert Bortuzzo for their next four games. The 30-year-old blue-liner was suspended four games by the NHL's Department of Player Safety for cross-checking and injuring Nashville Predators' forward Victor Arvidsson. https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1198728751653294080 While...
Hockey Canada Changes, Murray and Point Injured & More News
December 29th, 2016 Hockey Canada is set to make some major changes as of July 2017. Tom Renney announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down as the President of Hockey Canada as of July 1. Current Chief Operation Officer (COO) Scott Smith will continue to fulfill his current duties while also taking on the role of President in place of Renney, who...
Blues Continue to Impress Despite Early Injuries
October 20th, 2015 The St. Louis Blues find themselves in familiar territory early on this season. They currently sit atop the Central Division and the Western Conference with a record of 5-1-0, and are riding a 4-game road winning streak into Tuesday's contest with Montreal (who are 6-0-0). Regular season success is pretty standard in St. Louis, and...
Pittsburgh Penguins Lack Toughness
September 7th, 2015 On paper, the Pittsburgh Penguins are heading into the 2015-16 as a far superior team to the one that was nearly swept by the New York Rangers. Much of the improvement can be attributed to the usage of advanced analytics. There's a common misconception that because "fancy stats" are still relatively new, they do not provide value, but...
Revisiting the Ben Lovejoy Trade
May 8th, 2015 The date was March 2nd, 2015 and the Pittsburgh Penguins were active at the trade deadline as usual. Of the multiple trades the Penguins made, two were significantly more important than the others. Both of these trades focused on bolstering their defensive depth, but one of them was a gamble. The first trade brought defenseman...
Blues Refuse To Repeat Playoffs History
April 17th, 2015 The St. Louis Blues made a statement in losing the opening game of their Round One series in the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Minnesota Wild Thursday night. They've declared to Blues Nation that they will NOT repeat the mistakes of years past! The Blues will NOT win the first two at home and then get swept out of the first...
