Their situation was not helped by the decision to keep the Eagles in the Canadian Division to keep the divisions balanced, which left the team with unaffordable travel expenses to games in Toronto and Montreal. The move proved both ill-conceived and ill-timed, as the renamed St. Louis soon began to attract the interest as a potential NHL market, eventually leading the owners of the moribund Ottawa Senators to relocate there for the 1934-35 season. After an ice plant was installed, the minor league St. Louis Arena was not originally designed with hockey in mind, it met NHL standards of the era for size and had good sight lines for the game. The Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) is the team's minor league affiliate.įranchise history Hockey in St. The Blues have a rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom they have shared a division since 1970. With the Blues' victory in their fourth Stanley Cup Finals, 49 years after their last appearance and in their 52nd year of existence, they became the final active team from the 1967 expansion to win their first Stanley Cup. Although perennial postseason contenders for most of their history, the franchise frequently struggled in the playoffs, including consecutive Stanley Cup Finals defeats at the end of their first three seasons. The Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 and have the most Stanley Cup playoff appearances outside of the Original Six. Louis, which has been their arena since moving from St. They play their home games at the 18,096 seat Enterprise Center in downtown St.

The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the six teams from the 1967 NHL expansion and is named after the W. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St.

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