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Blues fire Craig Berube, cutting ties with the coach who led St. Louis to its 1st Stanley Cup title
Read full article: Blues fire Craig Berube, cutting ties with the coach who led St. Louis to its 1st Stanley Cup titleThe St. Louis Blues fired coach Craig Berube on Tuesday night, hours after a 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
Perron scores twice, Blues even series with 4-1 win over Avs
Read full article: Perron scores twice, Blues even series with 4-1 win over AvsDavid Perron scored twice, Jordan Binnington made 30 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 to tie their second-round series at a game apiece.
Kyrou, Perron help Blues beat Wild 5-2 to even series
Read full article: Kyrou, Perron help Blues beat Wild 5-2 to even seriesJordan Kyrou and David Perron each scored twice, Jordan Binnington made 28 saves in his first start this postseason and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 to even the best-of-seven Western Conference series at 2-2.
Panthers find ways to rally again, top Blues 4-3 in shootout
Read full article: Panthers find ways to rally again, top Blues 4-3 in shootoutSam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in a shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3.
Sharks retain Bob Boughner as coach, removing interim tag
Read full article: Sharks retain Bob Boughner as coach, removing interim tagSharks general manager Doug Wilson formally retained Boughner as San Jose's coach Tuesday, removing the interim tag to make him the ninth full-time head coach in franchise history. He’s very open-minded in looking to find solutions.”Boughner also hired Rocky Thompson as his associate coach and John Madden as an assistant coach. Mike Ricci, the former Sharks forward who became an assistant under Boughner, will be an NHL development coach. Thompson succeeded Boughner as the head coach at Windsor in 2015, and he won the Memorial Cup in 2017. He spent the past three seasons as head coach of the AHL's Cleveland Monsters, Columbus' top affiliate.
Throwback 5-game series force players to 'embrace the grind'
Read full article: Throwback 5-game series force players to 'embrace the grind'In a unique situation like this, youre going from not playing to playing playoff-style hockey, so youve got to embrace the grind mentally, physically.This is a different kind of grind after four-plus months off the ice. Eddie Olczyk won and lost one best-of-five series early in his playing career with Chicago and remembers the nerves of being 18 and 19 years old in those moments. Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour understands that urgency despite being drafted two years after the NHL moved to all best-of-seven series. His Hurricanes face the Rangers, whose president, John Davidson, won the only two best-of-five series he played in with New York. In a short series, Quenneville said, anything can happen.___AP Hockey Writer John Wawrow contributed to this report.