Peter Coyote

History Of The St Louis Blues

The St Louis Blues first became members of the NHL or National Hockey League in 1967 when they joined. This team has held some of the most impressive players throughout history on the roster. The teams of long ago and the teams of more recent years have all had impressive players that were known as some of the best in the league.

Dickie Moore, Glenn Hall, Doug Harvey, and Jacques Plante were some of the major hockey stars that helped the team to get its impressive start. More recently Brett Hull, Dale Hawerchuk, Peter Stastny, and Wayne Gretzky have all played with the team as well. There have been many memorable owners to go along with all of these amazing players.

A pair of the most famous owners were the architects Emile Francis and Lynn Patrick. There were some amazing and well known team builders that were a part of the team including Jimmy Devellano and Cliff Fletcher. Plus the coaching staff has included just as many greats like Al Arbour, Scotty Bowman, and Jacques Demers.

The team has had many successes although has yet to win a Stanley Cup. However with those successes have come a whole list of tragedies from the tragic deaths of players, to that of sports casters and even staff. So the team has had to learn how to persevere through the tough times in order to be able to celebrate during the good.

One noticeable change in the history is that the mood seems to change frequently with the owners of the time. Some of these individuals chose to rule with an iron fist and these were years where there was not as much enjoyment. Others seemed to rule by spoiling and showing off what they were proud of which equates to years of happiness and fun.

There have been many times where there has been more than one owner. During the time period of 1971 through 1977 co-owners had some serious problems and the strife caused one of them to leave. In addition at this time finances became a struggle and between 1976 and 1983 which ended in the doors being closed.

This could have been the end for the Blues but later that same year a new owner bought the team, actually missing out on the draft because it was already over. The team quickly became an industry leader at this time making handsome profits yearly. There is also a special spirit that fans feel about the team that was part of their coming back to the game to find success.

It is true that this is unique in that most sports fans do not have these same feelings that a St Louis Blues fan does. This could be for a number of reasons but is most likely due to the fact that they seen the good, the bad, the ups, and the downs and always came out on top. Thankfully this has secured them a future in the sport.

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