St. Louis Blues Tickets

St. Louis, Missouri heralded in the game of hockey in 1967. The St. Louis Blues were one of the six NHL expansion teams joining the league that year and played at the St. Louis Arena. The franchise's first game was at home against fellow exapnsion foes, the Minnesota North Stars and the teams played to a 2-2 tie. Under the coaching of Scotty Bowman the Blues had a memorable run in their inaugural season. Beating all odds, they defeated the Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota North Stars in their first two rounds of the playoffs, to face off against the venerable Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup finals. The Blues played a close, defensive style of hockey but lost to the powerhouse Canadiens. The next year saw much of the same from the St. Louis Blues. Their hardworking, defensive style of play continued to put them head and shoulders above most expansion teams. Backstopped by the future hall of fame duo of Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall, they were once again making a playoff run and as in the previous year, lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup finals. Their third year saw them finish first in the Western division and make it to an unprecidented third straight Stanley Cup final. But once again they fell short to an original six opponent, this time the Boston Bruins.