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McLellan Fired, Hitchcock Hired as Oilers Coach

After an unusual season in 2017-18 where no NHL head coaches had been fired, Todd McLellan has now become the fourth coach during the 2018-19 season to be dismissed. McLellan and the Oilers have strugged mightily since their breakout 2016-17…

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Hitchcock and Gallant Lead Early NHL Coaching Changes

While the entire NHL fan base and half the teams in the league focus on the Stanley Cup playoffs, teams elsewhere have quickly started to prepare for the future. The Dallas Stars changed their coach after failing to make the playoffs,…

Hitchcock Signs On For One Last Ride with Blues

Today St. Louis Blues and coach Ken Hitchcock announced a one-year extension to his contract. Hitchcock later confirmed in a press conference that 2016-17 will be his final year and plans to retire from coaching once it’s over. The Blues advanced…

Jack Adams Award Snubs

The three finalists for NHL Coach of the Year have been announced. Each of the three deserve to be a finalist. Paul MacLean, John Tortorella, and Ken Hitchcock have led massive turnarounds of their franchises. MacLean took a team that finished…

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David Perron of the St. Louis Blues sports his new White Reebok 20k Skates against the New Jersey Devils. Perron scored a goal in the second period that helped the Blues win in a 4-3 shootout victory. Must be the…

NHL Photo of the Day

Dallas Stars’ Kari Lehtonen gets deked and scored on by St. Louis Blues’ forward T.J. Oshie. Oshie’s goal midway through the third period put the Blues up in an eventual 1 – 0 victory. The victory has put the Blues…

St. Louis Blues hire Ken Hitchcock

The St. Louis Blues juggled pieces of their lineup in the offseason in an attempt to get the right pieces in place and get back into the playoff picture. However, after a slow start this season where the Blues have…