Jay Bouwmeester
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Bernie: It Was A Bad Dream Of A Night In Anaheim. But Give Thanks For Jay Bouwmeester, Who Made It Through.
Because it was a late-night game at Anaheim, 9 p.m. St. Louis time, it’s a challenge for Blues fans to stay up and make it through three periods, and maybe an overtime. That includes this…
4 days ago -
Bernie: Winning The Stanley Cup Will Dramatically Change The Lives of These Blues’ Players And Coach
Oh, yeah. Friday, July 12, will mark the one-month anniversary of the Blues’ stunning victory in Game 7 in Boston. It’s been a month since Stanley moved to St. Louis. When the Blues captured the…
7 months ago -
Bernie On The Big Blue Wave: This Is Their City, This Is Their Time.
The evening began with Brett Hull’s primal scream — Let’s Go Blues!!! — that could be heard all the way back to 1967, and the inception of our town’s beloved hockey franchise. In between there…
9 months ago -
The Berserk Blues Were Ready To Take On Anybody To Win Game 2: The Bruins, Big Papi, Brady, Gronk, Damon, Affleck, The Wahlbergs.
After the Blues hushed the loudmouths in Boston with a blue-streak flare of an overtime goal by Carl Gunnarson, I put this note on Twitter: The St. Louis Blues played their first regular-season NHL game…
9 months ago -
Bernie: 49 Years Of Waiting. And 49 Reasons Why The Blues Are Heading To The Stanley Cup Final.
I write this because I am, well, deranged today. So much excitement, with the Blues turning St. Louis into a hockey town. Wait a minute; St. Louis already was a hockey town … a great…
9 months ago -
Bernie: With a Merciless 5-0 Thrashing of San Jose, The Blues Move One Step Closer
The 2018-2019 Blues have already accomplished so much. They have accomplished more than any honest or reasonable person could have expected, given the sorry state of a dysfunctional team when management sacked the overwhelmed coach…
9 months ago -
Bernie: The Blues Gave Game 1 To The Hungry Sharks. And Now It’s Time To Get Serious.
It was a strange Game 1 of the Western Conference final. It reminded us of the volatility of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the quick-change, lightning-strike nature of momentum and fortune. And for your St.…
9 months ago -
Bernie’s Blues Bytes: Raise A Glass to Pat Maroon’s Magic Moment, One Of the Best in Modern STL Sports History
Recently regenerated thoughts after another Go-Crazy-Folks night in the crusade for the Stanley Cup, a campaign that is chewing on your nerve endings bur does not include sleep… 1. Pat Maroon’s winning goal in the…
9 months ago -
Confident Blues Had ‘Self Control’ In Game 6 To Save The Season And Set Up a Game 7 Thriller
As just about every living Blues fan knows, the team’s fun victory song is “Gloria,” the 1982 hit by the late Laura Branigan. On Sunday, when the Blues elbowed their way out of elimination and…
10 months ago -
Bernie’s Blues Bytes: The Note Must Regenerate And Reinvent After Game 4’s No-Show
This Dallas vs. St. Louis second-round NHL playoff series is a mind-bending experience. Check that … this entire Stanley Cup tournament is a big, busted bracket of insanity. The Blues take us up… then down.…
10 months ago