2008–09 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2008–09
Year:	2008
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Conferencerank:	6th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	41–31–10
Homerecord:	23–13–5
Roadrecord:	18–18–5
Goalsfor:	233
Goalsagainst:	233
Attendance:	18,554 (96.9%)   [41 games; 760,732]   (19,150 max.)
Goalsleader:	Brad Boyes (33)
Assistsleader:	Brad Boyes (39)
Pointsleader:	Brad Boyes (72)
Plusminusleader:	Patrik Berglund (+19)
Pimleader:	David Backes (165)
Winsleader:	Chris Mason (27)
Gaaleader:	Chris Mason (2.41)

The 2008–09 St. Louis Blues season, the 42nd season for the NHL franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, resulted in the team returning to the NHL Playoffs for the first time since 2004.

Schedule and results

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	St Louis	1–2				11,603	0–1–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010004
2	September 23		2–3	St Louis			10,796	1–1–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010013
3	September 26		4–9	St Louis		Legace	12,526	2–1–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010037
4	September 27	St Louis	3–4			Mason	17,191	2–2–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010050
5	September 29	St Louis	3–4		SO	Legace	18,581	2–2–1	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010063
6	October 1		3–7	St Louis		Mason	12,636	3–2–1	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010077
7	October 4	St Louis	4–1			Legace	7,648	4–2–1	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010096

Summary

Before the regular season, started the Blues were hit hard with an injury to defenseman Erik Johnson. Johnson suffered a leg injury in a golfing accident that put him out for the season. Despite this the Blues had a good start to the regular season, winning their first opening day game in years, and going 5–3–0, before injuries to Manny Legace and Andy McDonald, coupled with poor defensive play, placed the team in last place in their division at 5–8–1. The Blues would win three games in a row to make their record 9–8–1. On November 24, 2008, Blues President John Davidson announced the Blues had traded Lee Stempniak to the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo and center Alexander Steen.^[1] On November 30, Keith Tkachuk became the sixth American-born hockey player, and 72nd overall, to score 1,000 points in a career. The point came on a goal scored in his 1,077th game. He now has 511 goals and 489 assists. The goal helped the Blues to a 4–2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. It was his 362nd point in a Blues' uniform, ranking him eighth all-time.^[2] The Blues would lose their next three games before winning 4–3 over the Phoenix Coyotes. St. Louis would then lose three straight games against teams on the West Coast. The Blues would follow up by losing their next two games to extend their losing streak to five. In that period, defenseman Jay McKee would become another victim of unfortunate injuries for the Blues. The Blues ended the month of December with a poor 4–10–1 record. Just before the All-Star Game break (January 22 to 28), the team gained seven points in their last four games. On February 6, two days after his 36th birthday, goaltender Manny Legace was placed on waivers, and the Blues recalled Chris Holt.^[3]

Andy McDonald returned to active status on February 10 after almost three months out with a broken left leg (since November 16) and promptly made his presence felt with an assist on the Blues' first goal, and then later added a goal of his own, against the Vancouver Canucks, although they ultimately lost the game.

A 6–2–4 surge in February pushed the Blues (60 points on Feb. 24) to an even 26–26 (eight overtime loses) record, and to within five points of the eighth and final playoff spot.

In a dramatic and wild 3–1 win, with the final two goals from the youngsters T. J. Oshie and Patrik Berglund late in the wide-open third period, plus 41 saves from Chris Mason, against the Dallas Stars on February 26, pushed the Blues into 12th place in the Western Conference, only three points from a playoff spot and over .500 for the first time since December 8.^[4]

A crucial 6–1 run from March 20 to April 2 pushed the Blues into eighth place, capped off by a stunning 5–4 win on April 2 over the Detroit Red Wings, their first victory over Detroit all season. The game was highlighted by David Backes' career-high four-goal night.^[5] It was the first four-goal night by any Blues' player since Scott Mellanby did it on March 6, 2003.

A key player in the team's late-season surge was the play of fan favorite T. J. Oshie, who was named NHL Rookie of the Month for March (April 2) after earning 13 points (four goals and nine assists) in 14 games, with the Blues going 9–4–1 in the month.^[6] From January 1 through the game on March 29, Oshie scored 11 goals and recorded 20 assists for 31 points in 37 games, leading all rookies, save for Bobby Ryan of the Anaheim Ducks, in that span. His play garnered praise from several Blues veterans, including goaltender Chris Mason: "T. J. is such a tenacious player. In every game he seems to create scoring chances out of nothing."^[7] Oshie was also listed #8 on "Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects."^[8]

The Blues clinched a playoff spot in their second-to-last game of the season (#81), and their last home game, on April 10, in front of a raucous, standing-room-only crowd of 19,250, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 in their 40th win of the season. The defense was superb, giving up only 17 shots, their lowest of the season. This is the first season since 2003–04 the Blues have made the playoffs. In the 2005–06 season, the Blues were in last place overall, and in 2007–08, they were tied for the fourth-worst record in the NHL.^[9] The Blues completed one of the greatest late-season playoff surges in NHL history.^[10]

On the same day the Blues clinched a playoff spot, their first-round draft pick in 2008, Alex Pietrangelo, 19, was assigned from the Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Blues' top minor-league affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL).^[11]

Divisional standings

Standings  

Conference standings

Standings  

Schedule and results

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log
October: 5–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 2–5 St Louis 19,150 1–0–0 2 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020014 2 October 11 St Louis 2–5 16,234 1–1–0 2 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020018 3 October 13 St Louis 5–4 SO Legace 19,045 2–1–0 4 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020032 4 October 16 1–6 St Louis Legace 18,550 3–1–0 6 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020054 5 October 18 3–4 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 4–1–0 8 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020073 6 October 22 4–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 4–2–0 8 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020090 7 October 24 4–0 St Louis Legace 19,150 4–3–0 8 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020104 8 October 25 0–4 St Louis 19,150 5–3–0 10 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020116 9 October 30 1–0 St Louis Mason 17,860 5–4–0 10 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020142
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 6–3 St Louis Mason 19,150 5–5–0 10 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020159 11 November 5 St Louis 2–5 Mason 16,144 5–6–0 10 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020180 12 November 6 St Louis 4–5 SO Bishop 17,496 5–6–1 11 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020191 13 November 8 St Louis 3–5 Legace 17,182 5–7–1 11 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020207 14 November 12 St Louis 3–4 Mason 18,690 5–8–1 11 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020221 15 November 14 St Louis 4–3 OT Legace 22,260 6–8–1 13 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020240 16 November 16 3–2 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 6–8–2 14 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020253 17 November 21 2–3 St Louis OT Legace 19,150 7–8–2 16 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020284 18 November 22 St Louis 2–1 Mason 18,568 8–8–2 18 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020292 19 November 25 St Louis 1–0 SO Mason 13,825 9–8–2 20 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020306 20 November 26 St Louis 1–3 Legace 14,568 9–9–2 20 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020318 21 November 29 4–2 St Louis Legace 19,150 9–10–2 20 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020334 22 November 30 St Louis 4–2 Mason 14,078 10–10–2 22 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020347
December: 4–10–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 0–6–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 St Louis 0–4 Mason 18,568 10–11–2 22 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020363 24 December 5 4–3 St Louis OT Mason 17,365 10–11–3 23 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020377 25 December 6 3–4 St Louis Legace 19,150 11–11–3 25 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020389 26 December 8 3–6 St Louis Legace 14,537 12–11–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020401 27 December 10 St Louis 2–4 Mason 16,058 12–12–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020413 28 December 11 St Louis 2–6 Mason 13,851 12–13–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020420 29 December 13 St Louis 4–5 Mason 17,496 12–14–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020440 30 December 16 6–3 St Louis Mason 16,426 12–15–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020451 31 December 18 St Louis 2–4 Bishop 18,277 12–16–3 27 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020461 32 December 20 2–4 St Louis Legace 19,150 13–16–3 29 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020482 33 December 21 6–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 13–17–3 29 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020487 34 December 23 St Louis 1–4 Legace 20,066 13–18–3 29 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020502 35 December 27 2–3 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 14–18–3 31 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020523 36 December 28 4–3 St Louis Mason 19,150 14–19–3 31 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020528 37 December 30 4–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 14–20–3 31 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020544
January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 St Louis 1–2 Mason 17,092 14–21–3 31 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020560 39 January 3 2–5 St Louis Legace 19,150 15–21–3 33 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020572 40 January 9 St Louis 6–4 Legace 18,630 16–21–3 35 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020612 41 January 11 St Louis 1–2 Legace 16,839 16–22–3 35 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020627 42 January 13 St Louis 1–3 Mason 19,289 16–23–3 35 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020639 43 January 15 2–5 St Louis Legace 17,545 17–23–3 37 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020651 44 January 17 2–1 St Louis OT Legace 19,250 17–23–4 38 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020669 45 January 19 St Louis 5–4 SO Mason 17,565 18–23–4 40 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020677 46 January 21 St Louis 2–0 Mason 22,299 19–23–4 42 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020698 47 January 29 3–1 St Louis Mason 18,639 19–24–4 42 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020721 48 January 31 0–4 St Louis Mason 19,150 20–24–4 44 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020738
February: 8–2–4 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 4–1–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 2 St Louis 3–4 SO Mason 19,384 20–24–5 45 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020745 50 February 3 St Louis 4–2 Mason 13,560 21–24–5 47 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020751 51 February 5 2–1 St Louis SO Mason 15,668 21–24–6 48 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020768 52 February 7 1–4 St Louis Mason 19,250 22–24–6 50 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020786 53 February 10 6–4 St Louis Mason 16,431 22–25–6 50 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020801 54 February 12 St Louis 3–4 SO Mason 14,307 22–25–7 51 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020815 55 February 13 0–1 St Louis Mason 19,150 23–25–7 53 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020822 56 February 16 1–2 St Louis Mason 16,341 24–25–7 55 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020843 57 February 18 St Louis 3–4 Mason 14,305 24–26–7 55 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020855 58 February 19 St Louis 2–1 OT Mason 15,037 25–26–7 57 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020866 59 February 21 1–0 St Louis OT Mason 19,250 25–26–8 58 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020885 60 February 24 1–2 St Louis Mason 17,512 26–26–8 60 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020901 61 February 26 St Louis 3–1 Mason 17,603 27–26–8 62 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020916 62 February 28 St Louis 3–1 Mason 15,893 28–26–8 64 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020932
March: 9–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 5–0 St Louis Mason 19,250 28–27–8 64 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020950 64 March 6 St Louis 4–3 OT Mason 13,831 29–27–8 66 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020967 65 March 7 St Louis 3–5 Mason 17,591 29–28–8 66 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020975 66 March 10 2–5 St Louis Mason 17,708 30–28–8 68 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020998 67 March 12 1–3 St Louis Mason 19,150 31–28–8 70 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021012 68 March 14 5–2 St Louis Mason 19,250 31–29–8 70 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021020 69 March 15 3–5 St Louis Mason 19,150 32–29–8 72 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021035 70 March 17 St Louis 1–2 SO Mason 16,839 32–29–9 73 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021048 71 March 19 St Louis 0–3 Mason 18,630 32–30–9 73 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021060 72 March 20 St Louis 3–2 Mason 19,289 33–30–9 75 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021069 73 March 24 0–2 St Louis Mason 19,150 34–30–9 77 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021093 74 March 26 2–4 St Louis Mason 19,250 35–30–9 79 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021107 75 March 28 3–4 St Louis SO Mason 19,250 36–30–9 81 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021124 76 March 29 St Louis 5–2 Mason 17,095 37–30–9 83 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021128
April: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 St Louis 1–3 21,548 37–31–9 83 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021148 78 April 2 St Louis 5–4 19,935 38–31–9 85 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021153 79 April 4 St Louis 4–5 OT 18,532 38–31–10 86 https://web.archive.org/web/20090409010852/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=1171&season=20082009&gameType=2 80 April 7 St Louis 5–1 13,761 39–31–10 88 https://web.archive.org/web/20090411083128/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=1195&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page 81 April 10 1–3 St Louis 19,250 40–31–10 90 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021211 82 April 12 St Louis 1–0 13,661 41–31–10 92 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021227

Playoffs

See main article: 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The St. Louis Blues returned to the NHL Playoffs for the first time since 2004 with a sixth-place finish in the Western Conference. They were swept in four straight games in the first round by the Vancouver Canucks in large part due to the goaltending of Roberto Luongo. It was the first time the Blues were swept in a playoff series since the Dallas Stars did it to them in 1994^[12]

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference quarter-final vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 4–0 Date Visitor Score Home OT Goaltender Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 St. Louis 1 – 2 Vancouver Mason 18,630 0–1 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030171 2 April 17 St. Louis 0 – 3 Vancouver Mason 18,630 0–2 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030172 3 April 19 Vancouver 3 - 2 St. Louis Mason 19,500 0-3 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030173 4 April 21 Vancouver 3 - 2 St. Louis OT (19:41) Mason 19,250 0-4 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030174
Legend:

Player statistics

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blues. Stats reflect time with Blues only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blues only.

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st NHL Game	October 10, 2008^[13]
	1st NHL Goal	October 13, 2008^[14]
	1,000th NHL Point (511th Goal)	November 30, 2008
	1st NHL Game	December 18, 2008^[15]
	1st NHL Game	December 18, 2008^[16]
	1st NHL Goal	December 20, 2008^[17]
	1st NHL Point (Assist)	December 21, 2008^[18]
	500th NHL Assist (#16)	January 19, 2009^[19]
Andy Murray (coach)	300th NHL Win	February 19, 2009^[20] ^[21]
Andy Murray (coach)	100th Blues Win	April 10, 2009^[22]

Transactions

Trades

June 4, 2008	To St. Louis Blues T. J. Fast (D)	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round draft pick in 2009
June 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues 3rd round draft pick (#70) in 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers (RW)
June 20, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Chris Mason (G)	To Nashville Predators 4th round draft pick in 2008
November 24, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Alexander Steen (C), Carlo Colaiacovo (D)^[23]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Lee Stempniak (RW)
December 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Jonathan Filewich (RW)^[24]	To Pittsburgh Penguins 6th round draft pick in 2010
March 4, 2009	To St. Louis Blues Danny Richmond (D)^[25]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Wozniewski (D)

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
		($ unknown) Blues Sign Defenseman Mike Weaver (July 10)
		($ unknown) Blues Sign Forward Matt Foy (July 14)
	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Forwards Paddock, Regier (July 15)
	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Forwards Paddock, Regier (July 15)
		($ unknown) Blues Ink Forward Brad Winchester (July 16)
		($ unknown) Blues Sign Defenseman Andy Wozniewski (July 17)
Tyson Strachan (D)	Peoria Rivermen (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Free Agent Tyson Strachan (Oct. 9)
		($ unknown) Blues Add Depth, Sign Goalie Chris Holt (Oct. 30)

Player	New team
	Vancouver Canucks (July 2)
	Chicago Blackhawks (July 7)
	Montreal Canadiens (July 16)

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
David Koci (LW)		October 21^[26]
B. J. Crombeen (RW)		November 18^[27]

Placed on waivers

Player	Waiver Date
	February 6^[28]

Signed prospects

Player	Signing Date
Philip McRae (F)	March 12^[29]
Anthony Peluso (F)	March 12
Brett Sonne (F)	March 12
Aaron Palushaj (F)	April 3^[30]

Contract renewals

Player	Contract Terms (yrs, $/yr.)
	2 yrs. ($ unknown) Blues Sign Stastny to 2-Year Deal (July 3, 2008)
	4 yrs. ($4.7 mil./yr.) Blues Ink McDonald to 4-Year Extension Blues sign center Andy McDonald to 4-year, $18.8 million contract extension (February 9)
	3 yrs. ($ $1.45 mil./yr.) McClement signs 3-year extension McClement Signs Multi-Year Contract (May 26)
	1 yr. ($2.15 mil.) St. Louis Blues sign Keith Tkachuk to one-year, $2.15 million deal (June 19) Blues Re-Sign Keith Tkachuk: 5-Time All-Star returns for 18th NHL season, wanted to remain a Blue

Draft picks

St. Louis's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, June 20-June 21, 2008.^[31]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Shoots	Nationality	League	Birthplace, Date	Height, Weight
1	4	Alex Pietrangelo^[32]	D	R		Ontario Hockey League	King City, ON  January 18, 1990	6' 3", 206 lbs.
2 (from ATL)	33	Philip McRae	C	L		Ontario Hockey League	Minneapolis, MN  March 15, 1990	6' 2", 189 lbs.
2	34	Jake Allen	G	L (gloves)		Quebec Major Junior Hockey League	Fredericton, NB  August 7, 1990	6' 2", 175 lbs.
3	65	Jori Lehtera	C	L		SM-liiga	Helsinki, Finland   December 23, 1987	6' 2", 191 lbs.
3 (from FL)	70	James Livingston	RW	R		Ontario Hockey League	Halifax, NS   March 8, 1990	6' 1", 200 lbs.
3 (from SJ)	87	Ian Schultz	RW	R		Western Hockey League	Calgary, AB   March 8, 1990	6' 1", 179 lbs.
4	95	David Warsofsky	D	L		US National Team Development Program U-18	Marshfield, MA   May 30, 1990	5' 8", 160 lbs.
5	125	Kristoffer Berglund	D	L		Sweden-2 League	Umeå, Sweden   August 12, 1988	5' 10", 180 lbs.
6	155	Anthony Nigro	C	L		Ontario Hockey League	Vaughan, ON   January 11, 1990	6' 0", 189 lbs.
7	185	Paul Karpowich	G	L (gloves)		Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League	Thunder Bay, ON   October 25, 1988	6' 0", 160 lbs.

See also

• 2008–09 NHL season
• St. Louis Blues seasons
• St. Louis (sports)

Farm teams

Peoria Rivermen

The Peoria Rivermen are the Blues American Hockey League affiliate in 2008–09.

Alaska Aces

The Alaska Aces are the Blues affiliate in the ECHL.

External links

• Official website of the St. Louis Blues
• 2008-09 St. Louis Blues GAMES
• 2008-09 St. Louis Blues TEAM and PLAYER Statistics
• Internet Hockey DB, Current Player Roster/Stats - St. Louis Blues

Notes and References

1. StlBlues.com
2. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=395320 Tkachuk Reaches Another New Milestone
3. Web site: St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers . . 2009-02-07 . 19 February 2009 . https://archive.today/20090313090554/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/blues/story/A4E111832FB30AD2862573E80023521A?OpenDocument . 13 March 2009 . dead .
4. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Dallas, Blues 3, Stars 1 (February 26, 2009) . 2009-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090305134212/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=916&season=20082009&gameType=2 . 2009-03-05 . dead .
5. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Detroit, Blues 5, Red Wings 4 (April 2, 2009) . 2009-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090408002908/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=1153&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page . 2009-04-08 . dead .
6. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416372 Oshie Named NHL Rookie of the Month: Blues' rookie helped spark Playoff surge with 13 points in 14 games (Apr. 2)
7. Web site: Young Blues on Cusp of Playoffs (Apr. 1) . 2009-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090409010053/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416181 . 2009-04-09 . dead .
8. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/11090/hockeys_future_top50_prospects_spring2009110 Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects, Spring 2009 1-10, (Apr. 9, 2009)
9. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis - 04/10/2009 . 2009-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414043511/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&seas=20082009&gtype=2&gnum=1211 . 2009-04-14 . dead .
10. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=417750 Blues Go Marchin' In: St. Louis is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2004
11. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=417672 Blues Assign Pietrangelo to Peoria, (Apr. 10)
12. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: Vancouver @ St. Louis - 04/21/2009 . 2009-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090425205146/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=174&season=20082009&gameType=3 . 2009-04-25 . dead .
13. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/blues/story/8473AA4DD0D015B2862574DB001487A4?OpenDocument Rookie will start season on blue line
14. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=32&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page Blues 5, Maple Leafs 4, SO
15. Web site: Recap Capitals 4, Blues 2 . 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221102144/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=461&season=20082009&gameType=2 . 2008-12-21 . dead .
16. Web site: Blues Assign Bishop, Junland to Peoria . 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221102139/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=399120 . 2008-12-21 . dead .
17. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=482&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page St. Louis Blues - Recap: Minnesota @ St. Louis (Dec. 20, 2008)
18. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: Boston @ St. Louis (Dec. 21, 2008) . 2008-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222103229/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=487&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page . 2008-12-22 . dead .
19. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Boston (Jan. 19, 2009) . 2009-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090124053355/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=677&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page . 2009-01-24 . dead .
20. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Team - Andy Murray . 2009-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090204090249/http://blues.nhl.com/team/coach_murray.htm . 2009-02-04 . dead .
21. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Nashville (Feb. 19, 2009) . 2009-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227183002/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=866&season=20082009&gameType=2 . 2009-02-27 . dead .
22. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis (Apr. 10, 2009) . 2009-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414091629/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=1211&season=20082009&gameType=2 . 2009-04-14 . dead .
23. Web site: NHL.com - Blues Acquire Steen, Colaiacovo . 2008-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081129013026/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=394132 . 2008-11-29 . dead .
24. Web site: NHL.com - Blues Acquire Filewich from Pittsburgh . 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221102124/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=399062 . 2008-12-21 . dead .
25. Web site: NHL.com - Blues Acquire Richmond from Penguins: Pittsburgh gets defenseman Andy Wozniewski from St. Louis . https://web.archive.org/web/20090309004314/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=412165 . 2009-03-09 . dead . 2009-03-07 .
26. Web site: Blues Claim David Koci from Waivers . 2008-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022213902/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=387802&page=NewsPage&service=page . 2008-10-22 . dead .
27. Web site: Blues Claim B.J. Crombeen from Waivers . 2008-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001041323/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=393100 . 2011-10-01 . dead .
28. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/blues/story/A4E111832FB30AD2862573E80023521A?OpenDocument St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers
29. Web site: Blues Sign 3 Prospects to Pro Contracts: Philip McRae, Anthony Peluso & Brett Sonne signed contracts on Thursday . 2009-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090316233501/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=413573 . 2009-03-16 . dead .
30. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416554 Blues Sign Aaron Palushaj
31. 2008 NHL Entry Draft Results Blues Draft History
32. Web site: Pietrangelo Named Top Prospect: Blues' rookie T.J. Oshie makes Top 10 Prospects at Hockey's Future, (Apr. 9, 2009) . 2009-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413035446/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=417381 . 2009-04-13 . dead .