ST LOUIS, Missouri – This week brought on a new chapter for the St. Louis Blues; two losses and no overtime games. While St. Louis would struggle to start and finish the week, all was not lost. The Blues highlight was Wednesday evening in Detroit where Ty Conklin would shutout his former team for the 1-0 victory.
Chris Stewart sunk the Blues to open the week Monday evening by scoring twice and assisting Paul Stastny for his third point of the evening. Wojtek Wolski logged three points assisting three different Avs on the evening. Peter Budaj may have been the brightest point for Colorado though as he would stop all 35 shots faced for his first shutout of this season.
After a poor showing against Colorado, the Blues took to the road to play the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday evening. The Red Wings have struggled as of late only winning three of their last nine. Ty Conklin though would look to put an end to that. Despite Detroit’s heroic efforts, Conklin was not to be out done. The Wings fired 42 shots on him, and he returned their fire by recording his second shutout of the season. Conklin previously played with Detroit last season. Brad Boyes scored the game winner at 1:56 of the first period as St. Louis would hold Detroit in place for the remainder of the game.
Dustin Penner would lead Edmonton past the Blues on Friday evening recording four points. Penner scored his lone goal of the evening at 17:03 in the third period after assisting Gilbert Brule twice and Sam Gagner once. David Backes would also score twice in the losing effort for the Blues and Erik Johnson would record two assists. Schedule Results of the Past Week: December 7, 2009 (12-11-5) 1st Period 19:49 COL PPG – Chris Stewart (5) Assists: K. Quincey (13) & J. Liles (8) 2nd Period 06:08 COL Paul Stastny (8) – Assists: W. Wolski (17) & C. Stewart (13) 13:53 COL Chris Stewart (6) Assists: J. Liles (9) & W. Wolski (18) 3rd Period 12:44 COL Matt Duchene (9) – Assists: W. Wolski (19) Goalies StL – Chris Mason (L, 18/22) COL – Peter Budaj (W, 35/35) December 9, 2009 (13-11-5) Blues 1, Detroit 0 Scoring – 1st Period 01:56 STL Brad Boyes (8) – Assists: C. Colaiacovo (8) & A. McDonald (9) 2nd Period (none) 3rd Period (none) Goalies StL – Ty Conklin (W, 42/42) DET – Jimmy Howard (L, 25/26) December 11, 2009 (13-12-5) 1st Period 11:14 STL David Backes (5) – Assists: T. Oshie (10) & E. Johnson (16) 2nd Period 07:55 STL PPG – T.J. Oshie (5) – Assists: P. Kariya (6) & E. Johnson (17) 15:35 STL David Backes (6) – Assists: K. Tkachuk (10) 19:49 EDM Gilbert Brule (8) – Assists: D. Penner (16) 3rd Period 08:31 EDM Gilbert Brule (9) – Assists: S. Gagner (13) & D. Penner (17) 11:19 EDM Sam Gagner (7) Assists: D. Penner (18) & G. Brule (12) 13:52 EDM Shawn Horcoff (7) Assists: R. Nilsson (7) & L. Visnovsky (16) 17:03 EDM Dustin Penner (18) – Assists: none Goalies StL – Ty Conklin (L, 33/38) EDM – Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (W, 27/30) Upcoming Weeks Schedule: December 15, 2009 verse Calgary December 16, 2009 at Chicago December 18, 2009 verse Tampa Bay Team News: On Tuesday, December 8, 2009 the Blues acquired Pascal Pelletier from Columbus for Brendan Bell and Tomas Kana. The 26 year old forward has played in 25 games this season with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL where he has recorded 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists). Pelletier is from Labrador City, Newfoundland.
Blues Clues: The St. Louis Blues played their first full week without an overtime game since the week of October 25-31, 2009. The Blues played six overtime games in the month of November and two more in the month of December.
Quote of the Week: From Barrett Jackman in the Post-Dispatch:
“When you were growing up, your parents always gave you a little smack on the side of the head when you were misbehaving,” said Jackman, an assistant captain. “Maybe we need to bring in the old-school approach to get guys going.”
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