A Simple History Lesson On The St Louis Blues

The St Louis Blues have been a part of the National Hockey League or NHL since their humble start in 1967. There is a rich history that includes some of hockeys all time great players behind this impressive team. The team rosters over the years have had a lot of the all time great players from the past and even in more recent years.

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.

Success has been felt even without a Stanley Cup win. However the downside to success is that tragedy is felt harder including the loss of loved players, sports casters, and coaches to tragedy and death. Therefore when the team has pushed on their pride has swollen and they have had a perseverance that others might not have felt.

The different owners have often set the moods that the players had while spending their time playing for the Blues. Some of the owners have been tough and offered few things besides a chance to play a sport that one loves. While other owners have given their players cars and other gifts that were meant to attract them to stay with the team.

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.

Soon after in 1983, even though they were not able to participate in the draft that year, the Blues were up and running under new ownership. During this time things became profitable and once again an industry leader was born. Plus the spirit that has gone along with these changes has led many fans in the city and elsewhere to feel pride and happiness in a team that was once failing.

So it can easily be seen why a St Louis Blues fan is completely different from most sports fans. They have been through the good, bad, ups and downs with their team and continue to have pride in what could have been. There is no reason to predict anything but a positive future at this time.

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