Andy Murray: rap 'star', fights of the week and the windiest wind in the world ever also feature in this week's round-up 1) It's El Clásico this weekend, which gives us an excuse for dredging up classic drubbings such as this , this , this and this . And also this game from January 1987 , now known as El día de Gary Lineker because of the Englishman's match-winning hat-trick for Barça....
More photos » by Bill Boyce - AP Andy Murray doesn't know what else to tell his team, and I don't know what else to write about them. Browse more photos » [This article originally appeared in the Nov. 23 issue of St. Louis Game Time.] When you have as many home games as the Blues have had this month, it puts a little strain on the writers of this publication. We have to stretch for topics...
So I have to jet home tonight after work so as I'm typing this sentence, it's 2-2 in the third period. So the links are a little ... early. Let's hope they pull this together and get a dubya. (Update: Blues win!) Blues news This page should have the Blues results. How? Magic. [ Yahoo! Sports ] This is from before the 'Yotes game, but the Blues are feeling the crunch of the slow start. [Belleville News-Democrat]...
Opinion: You can't fire the players, so you fire the coach. And John Davidson and his execs now face this decision: Do they fire coach Andy Murray or start moving players?
from Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Blues scored 2 minutes, 3 seconds into Thursday’s game against Nashville, but coach Andy Murray bluntly said after the game that he knew his club wasn’t headed for a good outcome.... “It’s very disappointing. I’ve got lots of losses as a coach, obviously when you’ve coached as long as I have. That ranks right...
Late last week we had a contest asking you our fair readers what the hell is wrong with the St. Louis Blues . The most creative entry won tickets to a game. We got a few submissions, but one was clearly the best/most creative/most out there. It's from our commenter RFJCC. He uses important physics lessons to explain why the Blues aren't winning. It's all very technical, but he explains it well. Congratulations,...
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP St. Louis Blues' Lars Eller (61) is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the third period of his first NHL hockey game, against the Calgary Flames. Erik Johnson (6) did not kiss Eller. Browse more photos » I had a buddy who used to intentionally put off every assignment until the last possible second. He said he'd done the same thing all through college,...
Yes, friends, our Captain is back ... from his back injury. According to a tweet (never gonna get used to saying that) by the Blues official twitter feed, Eric Brewer will make his 2009-10 season debut tonight against Phoenix. Eric Brewer will play tonight against the Coyotes . No word on who will be out of the lineup ( Tyson Strachan or Alex Pietrangelo seem the likey candidates). More on this as...
Dear Players With Questionable NHL Talent, After our game with Dallas Saturday night, I wanted to set the record straight with all you cement heads who sit at the end of the bench most of the night. I understand your role in the game and the fact that you're trying to provide for yourself and your family like the rest of us. I get it. But the next time I see an asshole like Steve Ott come after my...
NHL October 23, 2009 Watch Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues Video Streaming Live Game Online Score, Results and Schedule WILD (2-6-0) at BLUES (3-3-1) It'll be interesting to see who gets out of the gate fastest in this game. Before winning Wednesday night, Minnesota had struggled with its starts in losing six of its first seven games. Meanwhile, St. Louis coach Andy Murray says his team has started...
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Expletive deleted. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » So I promised the other guy who runs this place that I would do the postgame story talking about all the good things and bad things from the game. And then the game happened. And it was almost all bad things. And suddenly the postgame story didn't really seem that important. I mean, you...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . Sergei Gonchar may have suffered a hand or wrist injury. -The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's recap . " For us not to be ready to play the defending Stanley Cup champions is unacceptable ." - Blues goaltender Chris Mason. -The Associated Press' recap . The Penguins showed off their depth with the likes of Ruslan Fedotenko ( above ) - NHL.com's...
There's not much one can say about an effort like the Blues put out Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins . But if Andy Murray can channel a little bit of Herb Brooks, we'd suggest that he do to the boys what Herbie did to his team back in '79 after a tie with Norway. The story goes that this went on for an hour and forty-five minutes. If you're not familiar with the drill, known as a "Herbie"...
by Adam Gretz Filed under: Blues , Penguins , NHL Press Box Newsmakers in the NHL : During the regular season it's our weekday look at the previous night's action and some of the story lines taking place around the league. Have a tip or something you want linked? Send it in to nhlfanhouse@gmail.com . PITTSBURGH -- St. Louis Blues head coach Andy Murray lifted his starting goaltender, Chris Mason ,...