Kings Get Shorty With Blues In Game One Michael Gwizdala | April 28, 2012 Once upon a time Wayne Gretzky skated for both the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues. Fast forward though to Game One of their Western Conference Semifinal Series and…
Five Reasons Why the Kings Will Give St. Louis the Blues Walter McLaughlin | April 28, 2012 Will is a powerful word. Replace it with can, and the entire tenor of the conversation shifts. Can Lindsay Lohan stay out jail? It’s theoretically possible. Can the Pillsbury Doughboy…
NHL Playoff Preview: St. Louis Blues vs Los Angeles Kings Jeff Ponder | April 27, 2012 This series preview was published by THW St. Louis Blues correspondent Jeff Ponder and THW Los Angeles Kings correspondent Ramesh Shanmugam. Regular Season Series Winner Los Angeles Kings (3-1-0) Regular Season Series…
Blues vs. Kings Offense Need Not Apply Meesh Shanmugam | April 24, 2012 As the Conference Quarterfinals wind down, the first Semi-Final matchup was set last night after the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Vancouver Canucks in overtime, 2-1. The Kings finished off…
Sharks Complete Tank, Lose Series to St. Louis in Five Games Walter McLaughlin | April 22, 2012 Seventy-nine. In mathematics, it represents an emirp, as its reverse (97) is also a prime number. In music, the number of cumulative weeks Elvis Presley spent at #1 on the…
(Very) Early Conn Smythe Hopefuls Meesh Shanmugam | April 22, 2012 Anyone who reads this likely realizes that it is asinine to try and handicap the Conn Smythe race this early in the playoffs. The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded to…
Blues Defeat Sharks and Clinch Series on Home Ice Jeff Ponder | April 22, 2012 On April 25, 2002, the St. Louis Blues defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of their Conference Quarterfinal Series. Who knew that this would be the last series-clinching victory…
Perron Assists, Elliott’s Glove Leads Blues to Game 4 Triumph, 2-1 Walter McLaughlin | April 20, 2012 David Perron knows all about expectations. Drafted 26th overall in an admittedly sub-par 2007 draft class, he nevertheless made the Blues straight out of the Juniors, scoring 13 goals and…
The San Jose Sharks Have a Large Hill to Climb Jeff Ponder | April 20, 2012 Battling back from a 3-1 series deficit is no easy task, but that is exactly what the Sharks will have to do in order to stay in the 2012 NHL…
NHL Playoff Preview: St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks Jeff Ponder | April 10, 2012 This series preview was published by THW St. Louis Blues correspondent Jeff Ponder and THW San Jose Sharks correspondent Walter McLaughlin. Regular Season Series Winner St. Louis Blues (4-0-0) Regular…
NHL Playoffs Predictions: Western Conference Edition James Neveau | April 10, 2012 Jim Neveau, Managing Editor Yesterday, I released my picks for the Eastern Conference first round. Just for the sake of brevity, I’ll skip the long and winding intro, give you…
Kings’ Quick for Vezina…and Hart? Meesh Shanmugam | April 9, 2012 In the 3 days that span the gap between the NHL regular season and the playoffs, writers will inundate the internet with playoff matchups and analysis. They will also submit…