1.5 From President's Trophy to Struggling Times (1997–2006)įranchise History Early History (1967–70).The San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL are the two minor league affiliates of the Blues. The Blues have a rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks, with both teams having played in the same division since 1970. With the Blues' victory in their fourth Stanley Cup Final, 49 years after their last appearance and in their 52nd year of existence, they became the final active team from the 1967 expansion to win their first Stanley Cup in 2019. While they made the Stanley Cup Finals in each of their first three seasons, they were swept each time. Their 42 playoff appearances are the most for any non-Original Six NHL team, although the franchise struggled in the postseason throughout much of their history. The Blues qualified for the playoffs in all but nine of their 52 seasons, appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals four times, and won the Stanley Cup in 2019. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Enterprise Center in downtown St. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St.
0 kommentar(er)
