This series started out with an overtime. Gary Sabourin scored in the first to give the 2nd-seeded ’69-’70 Blues a 1-0 lead and then Alex Steen netted a PP marker early in the second to tie the game for the 8th-seeded ’13-’14 Blues. There would not be another goal until Steen potted his second of the game seven and a half minutes into overtime. Game 2 was also tied after two periods and then Frank St. Marseille broke the tie late in the third, which was the game-winner and series-tier for the ’69-’70 Blues. They then took Game 3 by a score of 3-2 while Red Berenson was the only player to register a multi-point game with two assists. Game 4 was tied 2-2 after the first period with Steen scoring both of the ’13-’14 Blues’ goals. In the second period, Vladimir Sobotka scored on the PP to give the ’13-’14 Blues a 3-2 lead and later in the period Patrik Berglund scored an insurance marker that was not needed as the ’13-’14 Blues won 4-2.

Then, the ’13-’14 Blues took a 2-1 lead in the second period of Game 5 thanks to a goal from defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. However, Berenson scored early in the third to tie the game back up. With a little more than three minutes left in regulation, Phil Goyette scored for the ’69-’70 Blues to give them their first lead of the game. The ’69-’70 Blues won 4-2 and took a 3-2 series lead with the win. The ’13-’14 Blues forced a Game 7 with a 5-2 win in Game 6. Pietrangelo led them to the win with three assists while fellow defenseman Jay Bouwmeester and Jaden Schwartz and Steen all posted mutli-point games. Game 7 was tied 1-1 after two periods, but Chris Stewart broke the tie four plus minutes into the third to give the ’13-’14 Blues a 2-1 lead. Then, 11 and a half minutes into the period, Berenson tied it for the ’69-’70 Blues and at the 17:10 mark, he scored the eventual game-winner and series-clincher.

GAME 1:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’13-’14 Blues 0 1 0 1 2 ’69-’70 Blues 1 0 0 0 1

GAME SUMMARY: ’13-’14 STL – 2 ’69-’70 STL – 1 (OT) (1-0 ’13-’14 STL)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: LW – Alex Steen (’13-’14 STL) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 9 S

2nd Star: G – Ryan Miller (’13-’14 STL) – W 1.00 GAA .969 SV% (31 SV’s)

3rd Star: G – Jacques Plante (’69-’70 STL) – OTL 2.00 GAA .946 SV% (35 SV’s)

GAME 2:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’13-’14 Blues 0 1 0 — 1 ’69-’70 Blues 1 0 1 — 2

GAME SUMMARY: ’69-’70 STL – 2 ’13-’14 STL – 1 (1-1)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Jacques Plante (’69-’70 STL) – W 1.00 GAA .972 SV% (35 SV’s)

2nd Star: G – Ryan Miller (’13-’14 STL) – L 2.00 GAA .944 SV% (34 SV’s)

3rd Star: C – Phil Goyette (’69-’70 STL) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +2 4 S

GAME 3:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’69-’70 Blues 2 0 1 — 3 ’13-’14 Blues 0 1 1 — 2

GAME SUMMARY: ’69-’70 STL – 3 ’13-’14 STL – 2 (2-1 ’69-’70 STL)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Jacques Plante (’69-’70 STL) – W 2.00 GAA .950 SV% (38 SV’s)

2nd Star: C – Red Berenson (’69-’70 STL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P Even 3 S

3rd Star: RW – Frank St. Marseille (’69-’70 STL) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 2 S

GAME 4:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’69-’70 Blues 2 0 0 — 2 ’13-’14 Blues 2 2 0 — 4

GAME SUMMARY: ’13-’14 STL – 4 ’69-’70 STL – 2 (2-2)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: LW – Alex Steen (’13-’14 STL) – 2 G 0 A 2 P Even 5 S

2nd Star: C – Red Berenson (’69-’70 STL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P Even 9 S 2 PIM

3rd Star: D – Jimmy Roberts (’69-’70 STL) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 1 S

GAME 5:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’13-’14 Blues 1 1 0 — 2 ’69-’70 Blues 1 0 3 — 4

GAME SUMMARY: ’69-’70 STL – 4 ’13-’14 STL – 2 (3-2 ’69-’70 STL)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: C – Red Berenson (’69-’70 STL) – 2 G 1 A 3 P Even 11 S

2nd Star: RW – Vladimir Tarasenko (’13-’14 STL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 2 S

3rd Star: G – Jacques Plante (’69-’70 STL) – W 2.00 GAA .943 SV% (33 SV’s)

GAME 6:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’69-’70 Blues 0 1 1 — 2 ’13-’14 Blues 2 1 2 — 5

GAME SUMMARY: ’13-’14 STL – 5 ’69-’70 STL – 2 (3-3)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: D – Alex Pietrangelo (’13-’14 STL) – 0 G 3 A 3 P +5 3 S

2nd Star: LW – Jaden Schwartz (’13-’14 STL) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 7 S

3rd Star: D – Jay Bouwmeester (’13-’14 STL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +5 4 S 2 PIM

GAME 7:

1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Overtime Total ’13-’14 Blues 1 0 1 — 2 ’69-’70 Blues 0 1 2 — 3

GAME SUMMARY: ’69-’70 STL – 3 ’13-’14 STL – 2 (4-3 ’69-’70 STL)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Jacques Plante (’69-’70 STL) – W 2.00 GAA .952 SV% (40 SV’s)

2nd Star: C – Red Berenson (’69-’70 STL) – 2 G 0 A 2 P Even 7 S

3rd Star: G – Ryan Miller (’13-’14 STL) – L 3.00 GAA .919 SV% (34 SV’s)

The ’69-’70 St. Louis Blues are the 30th team to qualifying for the upcoming 2015 Ultimate NHL Playoff. It will be their first trip to the tournament and they are the 12th team that will make their debut in the upcoming 2015 Ultimate NHL Playoff. Up next is the 2015 Dallas Stars Qualifying Tournament!