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Starting in 1996 I gleaned the web, newspaper articles, magazines, pictures, etc. which I wanted to keep and along with some original content add the things I'm interested in and I hope you are too. I come from Missouri originally and operate this site from Oklahoma. I have a construction background, but since the stroke I do this Web Site. The Contact Us, The Small Print, and a Link Exchange are located on the contact page.

From 1967-1994 the Blues played in the old Arena. They started as a 'gray poupon' fan favorite, but quickly became a blue-collar team for a blue-collar fan base. It was during these years I became a fan and a season ticket holder in 1984, driving over a 100 miles each way from home to see a game. Yep, I was a fan! Which pretty much sums up these pages about 'The Arena' years of the St. Louis Blues.

Since entering the NHL, the St. Louis Blues have employed some of the greatest players in history. Such old-time hockey heroes as Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey, Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante helped give the team its start. Legendary architects Lynn Patrick and Emile Francis once ran the Blues, and championship team builders Cliff Fletcher and Jimmy Devellano had stints on the St. Louis hockey staff. Coaches include Stanley Cup champions Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour and Jacques Demers.

The Blues were the best of the NHL's six expansion teams, playing a disciplined defensive game that allowed them to outperform the other fledgling franchises. Midway through their inaugural campaign, Scotty Bowman convinced future Hall of Fame forward Dickie Moore to make a comeback. Moore, who hadn't laced up the blades since retiring at the end of the 1964-65 season, quickly established himself as the team leader.

With Moore and, later, Doug Harvey providing the emotional lift, the Blues survived two gruelling seven-game marathons against Philadelphia and Minnesota before reaching the Stanley Cup finals. Waiting there to welcome them were the well-rested Montreal Canadiens, still steaming from their loss to the underdog Toronto Maple Leafs 12 months earlier. The Blues fought hard, losing in four one-goal games, but it was clear the gap in talent was too wide for the Blues to overcome.

Hall and Jacques Plante were stellar in goal and the Plager brothers, Barclay and Bob, led a gritty defense that also featured Al Arbour and Doug Harvey. Red Berenson, Ab McDonald and Gary Sabourin led the offense. Berenson's six-goal game in Philadelphia during the 1968-69 season remains one of the great milestones for the franchise.

Bowman added the general manager's portfolio to his resume in 1968 and he continued to mold his oldtimers into a lovable team that filled the old St. Louis Arena. Alas, the good times would not last. The Blues continued to be the best of the bunch in the West Division, reaching the Stanley Cup finals again in both 1969 and 1970. Once there, however, they were unable to win a game against their Original Six opponents, dropping four-game decisions to Montreal and Boston.

The Bedlam Series refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, of the Big 12 Conference's South Division. Both schools were also members of the Big 8 Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

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