st louis blues history
st louis blues history
St. Louis Blues tickets will give NHL hockey fans a new look on defense for the 2005-2006 season. The departure of Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis helped change the face of the Blues’ defense by adding three promising young players in Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka, and Doug Lynch. Hopefully, the overhaul on defense will give the Blues a chance to compete for a playoff spot in the rapidly improving Western Conference. The Savvis Center may be the home for the NHL’s most improved team, if the changes work out and St. Louis Blues tickets may be able to bring more than a quick exit from the playoffs to St. Louis hockey fans.
From 1967 to 2004, the St. Louis Blues have reached the Stanley Cup Finals 3 times, and have been to the conference finals 6 times. The Blues also have 7 division titles and one President’s Cup. Blues history includes such greats as Al Arbour, Brian Sutter, Scott Stevens and even the great Wayne Gretzky skate through the years, but the player who stands out the most would be Bret Hull. Son of the hockey great Bobby Hull, Bret laced up for the Blues from 1987 till 1998 and wore the ever present C on his chest from 1992-1996.
Brett Hull was born in Canada in 1964 and will be known as one of the greatest scorers to play professional hockey. Hull’s career started in 1984. He was drafted 117th overall in the NHL entry draft by the Calgary Flames. Hull became a scoring force in the early 90’s. He worked incredibly well with his set-up man Brian Oates. In Hull’s best season, 1990-91, Hull scored an incredible 86 goals. This feat moved him into No. 2 on the single season list just ahead of the great Mario Lemeiux, and just behind the greatest of all time Gretzky who recorded 92. At the end of that great 1991 season, Hull was awarded with the Hart Memorial Trophy, as the NHL’s most valuable player.
Twice Hull scored 50 goals in 50 games. Only Gretzky has done it more with 3 times. Having to live up to your dad is a tough thing in life, but Bret did just that by passing his dad on the all time goal list in 2000, while recording his 611th goal. Among all his other records, Hull has also received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as well as the Lester B. Pearson Award. Brett has also been elected to 8 all-star teams. Hull retired on October 15, 2005 and goes down as the third highest goal scorer in NHL history with 741 goal scored over an illustrious 20 year career.
Grab your St. Louis Blues tickets and head for the Savvis Center for the 2005-06 NHL season. The Blues have been primed for a run at the Conference Finals with a defensive overhaul, a necessary item in the Western Conference. The Central Division is wide open for a run by the Blues but St. Louis hockey fans won’t be happy without a legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup by a team that’s been underachieving.
