Monday morning, the St. Louis Blues announced that they signed veteran forwards Troy Brouwer and Jamie McGinn to professional tryouts.
Brouwer has not played since being cut from Florida Panthers training camp in September. He’s remained in Calgary since then and has been skating with a junior hockey team.
On Tuesday the St. Louis Blues accepted President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House in recognition of their 2019 Stanley Cup Championship. President Trump spoke on the White House lawn in front of assorted media and politicians, posed for photos with the team, and received a personalized jersey and putter from the team owner and captain.
In a 25-minute speech, President Trump detailed the Blues’ journey to the Cup. He also surprised key players like Jordan Binnington, Brayden Schenn, and Alex Pietrangelo with some time on the microphone to say a few words.
President Trump’s congratulatory speech also covered impeachment, negotiations with Turkey, and the status of the United States’ relationship with China.
By Brennin Weiswerda 3 years ago
The 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues will be visiting the White House on Tuesday. After an early loss to the New York Islanders on Monday, the Blues hopped on a plane to Washington DC and attended Game Three of the National League Championship Series game between the Cardinals and the Nationals.
The Nationals went on to win 8-1 and took a commanding 3-0 series lead.
By Brennin Weiswerda 3 years ago
It’s that time of year again, folks. Hockey season is upon us once more and with that comes your obvious favorite series of posts, numbers for the morning after. Join me on yet another 82-game journey of numbers both large and small, complicated and elementary, maybe even sometimes fun. One thing I can promise is that they will always go well with your morning caffeinated drink of choice.
Your Washington Capitals opened the 2019-20 NHL season with a tasty 3-2 overtime victory over the defending Cup champion St. Louis Blues. They out-shot the Blues 34 to 22 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 40 to 28.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Hey, everyone! Welcome back. Wednesday’s season opener in St Louis also marks the start of RMNB’s 10th year. Let’s get silly.
The Washington Capitals kicked off 2019-20 limply… for about 15 minutes. Clawing back from a two-goal deficit, the Caps served the reigning champion St Louis Blues some darn good hockey on their way to Jakub Vrana’s big overtime winner.
The Caps looked adrift in the first period, allowing Sammy Blais to score an early goal and Alex Pietrangelo to add another on the power play. Alex Ovechkin responded with his first goal of the season, and then Dmitry Orlov added a beautiful power-play goal in the second period. A tense third period gave us no decision, so our first game of the year got supersized, where Jakub Vrana won it in overtime.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Hockey season officially started on Wednesday evening. While celebrating the banner raising ceremony, the St. Louis Blues broke tradition and wore a Stanley Cup patch on their jerseys.
While teams sell jerseys with Stanley cup champion patches, no team has worn a Stanley Cup-esque patch on a jersey during a banner raising ceremony. The Blues’ white patch was immediately noticeable on their bright blue jerseys.
By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago
We did it! We made it! It’s the first game of the regular season and the Capitals are in St. Louis to battle against the Blues. Puck drop will be right around 8pm EST on NBCS.
Little note on injuries, but things are improving.
By Elyse Bailey 3 years ago
I am so proud of all of us for making it here today. It’s the first game of the regular season and the Capitals are in St. Louis to battle the recent Stanley Cup Champions. I think it’s incredibly flattering that the Blues wanted to play us for their first game back (I know that’s not how it works, but I’m going with it).
The puck will be dropping around 8 PM. You can catch all the action on NBCSN and Peter Hassett will meet you back here after the game for a recap. It’s a thrill to be back. Let’s go Caps.
By Elyse Bailey 3 years ago
The St. Louis Blues tugged at everyone’s heartstrings on Tuesday. A day after the players and coaches received their Stanley Cup championship rings, a very special delivery was made to a very special fan.
Laila Anderson, the Blues fan that captured hearts everywhere during the playoffs last season, received her own special Cup ring. A bonus: every ring displays her name inside the band.
By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago
The St. Louis Blues received their Stanley Cup Champion rings from local police and fire department personnel during a private ceremony Monday night.
The rings have the iconic musical note in front of the Stanley Cup on the front. The 75 diamonds creating and surrounding the Cup represent the 75 goals the Blues scored during the playoffs. In total, each ring has 282 diamonds.
By Brennin Weiswerda 3 years ago
