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Stadium:
Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center (formerly Kiel Center and Savvis Center) is a 20,000 seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1994. It is nicknamed "The House that Brett Hull Built". It is the home of the NHL St. Louis Blues ice hockey team. Known for the quality of its ice (Scottrade Center was voted 2nd-best rink in a poll of NHLers, behind only Montreal's Bell Centre), the Scottrade Center is respected as one of the louder NHL arenas due to several factors including the 9-second foghorn blast after every Blue's goal followed by an organ rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In. Besides ice hockey, the center features a range of arena programming, including professional wrestling, concerts, ice shows, family shows, and other sporting events. It hosts approximately 175 events per year, drawing nearly 2 million guests annually. For the first quarter 2006, Scottrade Center ranked second among arenas in the United States and fourth worldwide in tickets sold. Pollstar, a highly respected industry trade publication, consistently ranks Scottrade Center among the top 10 arenas worldwide in tickets sold to non-team events.

Seating Chart:
Scottrade Center Seating Chart

Team History:
The Blues were one of the six teams added to the NHL in the 1967 expansion, along with the Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and California Seals, when the league doubled in size. The newcomers were, however, hampered by restrictive rules that kept virtually all the top players with the existing "Original Six" teams. They are, along with the Los Angeles Kings, one of the only teams from the 1967 Expansion not to have won a single Stanley Cup: the Philadelphia Flyers won it in 1974 and 1975, the Pittsburgh Penguins won it in 1991 and 1992 and the California Seals/Minnesota North Stars merger won it in 1999 as the Dallas Stars.

Season Preview:
The Blues hit rock bottom last season, finishing dead last and earning the franchise's first No. 1 overall pick in the entry draft. The free fall ended a streak of 25 consecutive postseason appearances, but yielded top-notch defensive prospect Erik Johnson. The collegian won't be with the big team this season, but the Blues have a good defensive foundation for years to come. To no one's surprise, new owner Dave Checketts turned to former Rangers netminder and long-time broadcaster John Davidson to oversee the operation as team president. Davidson opted to keep GM Larry Pleau in his post, at least for the time being. Likewise, coach Mike Kitchen was given a two-year deal, allowing him to work with a real NHL team after being left with odds and sods during the ownership vacuum that existed last season. Both Pleau and Kitchen will likely be given the heave-ho if the Blues don't show signs of moving forward. It's a difficult challenge given that the Blues squandered much of their future in trying to build a pre-lockout winner. And while there have been some interesting additions this offseason, the Blues are still miles from being a playoff team. The best they can hope for is to be competitive.

Official Site:
http://blues.nhl.com/