St. Louis Blues
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The St. Louis Blues are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They began in 1967. They have never won the Stanley Cup championship, though they made the finals in each of their first three seasons. The Blues won the President's Trophy as top team in the regular season in the year 2000.
The names Blues is a pun (play on words) between the colour blue and Blues music; thus a blue note is the team's logo. There is a song entitled St. Louis Blues.
In their first years, they had a good team because of experienced players such as goaltender Glenn Hall, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player in the playoffs in 1968, even though the team did not win. They had some trouble in the 1970's, until 1980-81, when Mike Liut was named best goalie in the NHL. Bernie Federko, Doug Gilmour, and Joe Mullen were also important players for the team in the 1980's.
Brett Hull, son of Chicago Blackhawks star Bobby Hull, led the NHL in goals in 1990, 1991, and 1992, witht he help of centre Adam Oates. Hull won the Hart Trophy as most valuable player in 1991. Curtis Joseph was a strong goaltender in the 1990's. Al MacInnis (1999) and Chris Pronger (2000) each won the Norris Trophy for best defence; Pronger also won the Hart Trophy in the year 2000. Doug Weight, Pavol Demitra, and Keith Tkachuk were also strong players in the early 21st century.
The Blues made the playoffs 25 years in a row from 1979-80 to 2003-04, but finally missed them in 2006, coming last in the NHL.