The first preseason game of the year!!
After a whole 2 days of practice, the Blues are already on the road today, taking on half of the preseason Columbus Blue Jackets. Half a jacket ....that's like a vest, right?
There's not much to write about, but here are the critical details:
The Blues:
The official game notice is HERE
Forwards:Cody Beach, Rob Bordson, Terry Broadhurst, Maxim Lapierre, Jori Lehtera, Philip McRae, Peter Mueller,Magnus Paajarvi, Chris Porter, Ryan Reaves, Vladimir Tarasenko, Sebastian Wannstrom
Defense:Chris Butler, Barret Jackman, Petteri Lindbohm, Nate Prosser, David Shields, Thomas Vannelli
Goalies:Jake Allen, Matt Climie
Notables in lineup tomorrow against Columbus: top line of Mueller-Lehtera-Tarasenko, d-pairing of Jackman-Vannelli, goalies are Allen-Climie
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) September 20, 2014Forwards include Mueller-Lehtera-Tarasenko, Porter-Lapierre-Wannstrom, Paajarvi-McRae-Reaves and Broadhurst-Bordson-Beach. #stlblues#cbj
— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) September 20, 2014D-pairs include Jackman - Vannelli, Lindbohm - Butler, Prosser-Shields. #stlblues#cbj
— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) September 20, 2014As for the Blue Jackets Vests:
Half of their team is playing in Raleigh this afternoon, and the other half is what we're facing in Columbus tonight. According to their beat writers HERE, the CBJ Lineup will look like this:
Here's the roster for St. Louis:
Forwards: Josh Anderson, Artem Anisimov, Jared Boll, Matt Calvert, Jerry D'Amigo, Marko Dano, Simon Hjalmarsson, Boone Jenner, Nick Moutrey, Kerby Rychel, Markus Soberg, Alexander Wennberg. Defensemen: Dillon Heatherington, Jack Johnson, Brett Ponich, Dalton Prout, David Savard, Jaime Sifers. Goaltenders: Oscar Dansk, Curtis McElhinney.
So, that's our lineups for today. The Blues and Blue Jackets prospects played just a week ago, and the BJs crushed the Blues 7-2. Different teams today, of course, but there will be a little overlap between those rosters. It'll be nice to see us get one back, eh?
There will be no TV coverage, of course. There is no radio coverage either, at least on the St Louis end. However, the CBJ site indicates that this game will be on the air via ESPN AM 1460. I believe I found a web stream for them HERE, but it's just the first thing I found. We'll know for sure once the game starts. Keep an eye in the comments below if anything else comes up. There will also be updates throughout the game on the Blues website/app/twitter account. I'll assume you have those already.
The puck drops at 5:30 St Louis time. Keep tabs on the boys however you can, and Let's Go Blues!!
...and here's the music for the post...