NHL Hockey Trivia: St. Louis Blues Individual Single Season Records

The St. Louis Blues were one of six teams to enter the National Hockey League in 1967-68 as part of the first wave of modern expansion. The individual records of the Blues were certainly not all set in a couple of magical seasons, as is with the case with many NHL teams. The current team records range in the date they were set from the second year of the franchise to just three years ago.

Test and expand your hockey trivia knowledge of the St. Louis Blues individual records with these four St. Louis Blues trivia questions.

Q. What player holds the St. Louis Blues record for most assists in a single season?

A. Adam Oates had 90 assists in the 1990-91 season, mostly setting up line mate Brett Hull. This was not the best season for Oates when it came to assists. The setup man had 97 helpers with the Boston Bruins in 1992-93. Oates finished his career in sixth on the NHL all-time list for assists with 1,079.

Q. What goalie broke a long standing team record for most shutouts in a season in 2011-12?

A. In 2011-12, Brian Elliott broke a long standing franchise record with nine shutouts. The mark topped a performance by a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie in just the team’s second year in the National Hockey League. Glenn Hall, the team’s main goalie for their first two seasons in the NHL, held opponents goal-less eight times in the 1968-69 season. The effort earned him his third Vezina Trophy.

What’s really impressive about Elliott’s record is that he was not the number one goalie for St. Louis in 2011-12. Brian played in 38 games while Jaroslav Halak appeared in 46. The two combined for 15 shutouts on the season. In 1968-69, Hall appeared in 41 games while Jacques Plante played in 37. The duo combined for 13 shutouts. It should be noted that the schedule in 1968-69 was six games shorter than it was in 2011-12.

Q. Who holds the St. Louis Blues record the most penalty minutes in a single season?

A. In 1975-76 Bob Gassoff sat out 306 minutes. Gassoff was killed shortly after the end of the following season in a freak motorcycle accident. His number 3 was retired by the team the following season and is one of only six St. Louis Blues retired numbers. 1975-76 was the third of just four seasons Bob played in the NHL before his untimely demise.

Q. What St. Louis Blues goaltender holds the team record for the highest save percentage in a single regular season (minimum 25 games played)?

A. Brian Elliott broke another record in 2011-12. Elliott recorded an amazing .940 save percentage to go along with his nine shutouts and team record 1.56 goals against average. The previous record had been set just a few years before by Chris Mason. Elliott simply shattered Mason’s mark of .916. However, Chris saw plenty more action, appearing in 57 games for the Blues in 2008-09.

Hockey Trivia: St. Louis Blues Retired Numbers

The St. Louis Blues entered the National Hockey League for the 1967-68 season, along with five other teams which doubled the NHL in size. The Blues immediately made their mark, making it to the Stanley Cup finals in their first three seasons, something they have not done since.

The team has officially retired the jersey numbers of six players and unofficially has honoured three others. Test and expand your knowledge of St. Louis Blues retired number hockey trivia with the following four questions.

Q. Number 24 is retired by the St. Louis Blues for what player?

A. Bernie Federko was the seventh overall pick in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft by the Blues. Federko played with St. Louis from 1976-77 to 1988-89 and was team captain in his final year with the club. His final year in the National Hockey League was spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Over the summer of 1989, Bernie, along with Tony McKegney, was traded to Detroit for Adam Oates and Paul MacLean. He was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002, way too long after retiring.

Q. The Blues retired number 2 in honour of what defenseman?

A. Al MacInnis was the 15^th overall pick of the Calgary Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. McInnis played for the Blues from 1994-95 to 2003-04. In 1990-91, while still a member of the Flames, Al totalled 103 points. The point total makes one of just five defensemen in National Hockey League history to reach the 100 point plateau. The other four are Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey, Denis Potvin and Brian Leetch. Al was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.

Q. Number 3 is retired by the St. Louis Blues in honour of which player?

A. Bob Gassoff played just four years with the Blues before his life was cut short due to a fatal motorcycle accident in the off-season after the 1976-77 season. The third round pick by St. Louis at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, Gassoff played in 245 regular season NHL games, all with the Blues. He scored just 11 goals and totalled 58 points but filled a specific role with 866 penalty minutes.

Q. St. Louis retired number 8 to recognize what player?

A. Barclay Plager was an original St. Louis Blue, getting his start in the NHL with St. Louis during their inaugural season, 1967-68. He played with the team until the end of the 1976-77 season and was part of the team’s coaching staff until his death in 1988 from cancer. From 1972-73 to 1975-76, Plager served as team captain. After four years of junior hockey in the OHA with the Peterborough Petes, Barclay’s pro career started in 1961-62. He played several years of minor pro hockey in the EPHL, AHL, CPHL and WHL before catching on with the Blues.