List of St. Louis Blues general managers explained

The St. Louis Blues are an American professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).^[1] The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team with five other teams. The Blues first played their home games at the St. Louis Arena until 1994; they play their home games at Enterprise Center, formerly the Scottrade Center and first named the Kiel Center. The franchise has had eleven general managers since their inception.

Key

Key of terms and definitions

Term	Definition
No.	Number of general managers
Ref(s)	References
–	Does not apply
	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

General managers

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Name	Tenure	Accomplishments during this term	Ref(s)
1	Lynn Patrick	May 5, 1966 – May 29, 1968	1 Stanley Cup Finals appearance (1968) 1 playoff appearance	^[2] ^[3]
2	Scotty Bowman	May 29, 1968 – April 30, 1971	2 Stanley Cup Finals appearances (1969, 1970) 2 division titles and 3 playoff appearances	^[4]
–	Lynn Patrick	May 7, 1971 – October 30, 1971		^[5] ^[6]
3	Sid Abel	October 30, 1971 – April 17, 1973	2 playoff appearances	^[7]
4	Charles Catto	May 7, 1973 – April 7, 1974	No playoff appearances	^[8] ^[9]
5	Lou Angotti	April 7, 1974 – August 24, 1974		^[10]
6	Sid Salomon III	August 24, 1974 – April 12, 1976	2 playoff appearances	^[11]
7	Emile Francis	April 12, 1976 – May 2, 1983	2 division titles and 5 playoff appearances	^[12] ^[13]
8	Ron Caron	August 13, 1983 – July 17, 1994	2 division titles and 11 playoff appearances	^[14] ^[15]
9	Mike Keenan	July 17, 1994 – December 19, 1996	2 playoff appearances	^[16]
–	Ron Caron (Interim)	December 19, 1996 – June 21, 1997	1 playoff appearance	^[17]
10	Larry Pleau	June 21, 1997 – July 1, 2010	Won Presidents' Trophy (1999–2000) 1 division title and 8 playoff appearances	^[18]
11	Doug Armstrong	July 1, 2010 – present	Won General manager of the Year Award (2011–12) Won Stanley Cup (2019) 1 conference title, 3 division titles, and 10 playoff appearances

See also

• List of NHL general managers

Notes

• A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. Interim general managers do not count towards the total.
• Gerry Ehman and Denis Ball have been wrongly identified as general manager when their official title was director of player personnel, whose main duties were to be in charge of the amateur scouting and made decisions regarding the NHL draft. The error must have begun when Chuck Catto was demoted from general manager to director of player personnel on April 7, 1974. Sid Salomon III took on the title of President and Managing Director after the position of general manager was eliminated on August 24, 1974.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosters, Arena Information, and Aerial Maps. NHL Enterprises, L.P. July 22, 2015.
2. News: Patrick To Head St. Louis Blues . Eureka Humboldt Standard . May 6, 1966 . 8 . . July 22, 2015 .
3. News: Blues Promote Bowman to GM Hire Harvey . . May 30, 1968 . 14 . . July 22, 2015 .
4. News: Scotty Bowman Quits NHL Blues . Warren Times-Mirror and Observer . May 1, 1971 . 9 . . July 22, 2015 .
5. News: Abel Named Coach of Blues . The Decatur Herald . May 8, 1971 . 15 . . July 22, 2015 .
6. News: Blues Name New Coach . . November 1, 1971 . 7 . . July 22, 2015 .
7. News: Sid Abel to become manager of new KC hockey franchise . The Daily Capital News . April 18, 1973 . 9 . . July 22, 2015 .
8. News: New Blues manager wants 'hungry hockey players' . The Daily Capital News . May 8, 1973 . 7 . . July 22, 2015 .
9. News: EHMAN NAMED ST. LOUIS . The Herald . May 25, 1974 . 20 . . July 22, 2015 .
10. News: Angotti Gets Promotion During Loss . St. Louis Post Dispatch . April 8, 1974 . 27 . . August 26, 2016 .
11. News: Blues Drop General Manager . St. Louis Post Dispatch . August 25, 1974 . 27 . . August 26, 2016 .
12. News: Blues name Francis to coach, manager . The Daily Journal . April 13, 1976 . 11 . . July 22, 2015 .
13. News: Francis Looks To Build Whalers Into Winner . . 9 . May 3, 1983 . July 22, 2015 .
14. News: Blues name Caron to post . . August 14, 1983 . 73 . . July 22, 2015 .
15. Web site: HOCKEY; Two Days Later, Keenan Is Back: As Coach of the Blues . . Joe . Lapointe . July 18, 1994 . July 22, 2015.
16. Web site: Keenan Is Out As the Coach Of the Blues . . Joe . Lapointe . December 20, 1996 . July 22, 2015.
17. Web site: Blues hire Larry Pleau as general manager . . June 9, 1997 . July 22, 2015.
18. Web site: Armstrong Takes Over as Blues GM . St. Louis Blues . Chris . Pinkert . July 1, 2010 . July 22, 2015.