2005 St. Louis Blues

The long-awaited return to the ice in 2005-06 was not a happy one for the St. Louis Blues. The Blues set a team record 11-game losing streak in the fall, then matched it as the season came to a close. The end result was an unfortunate record of 21 wins to 46 regulation-time losses plus the frustration of 15 overtime losses, for a total of 57 points. That ranked them at the bottom of the Central Division, the Western Conference, and the National Hockey League, not a place that a team with their winning history is likely to occupy for long.

The St. Louis Blues -- playing in downtown St. Louis, Missouri's Savvis Center -- are one of the most successful teams in the sporting world, having set a professional sports record by reaching the playoffs for the 24th consecutive year in 2002-2003. Organized in 1966, the Blues were an immediate success that season. Led by Hall of Fame coaching legend Scotty Bowman, the Blues reached the Stanley Cup Finals three consecutive times in their first three years. Nevertheless, the Blues are still shooting for their first NHL Championship.

Thanks to their successful run over the last quarter of a century the Blues have built some classic rivalries with the greatest teams in hockey. The Savvis Center rocks, especially when rivals such as the Detroit Redwings or Chicago Blackhawks come to town.

St. Louis is one of the country's foremost sports cities, playing home to the St. Louis Cardinals (Busch Stadium), always one of the teams to beat when baseball season starts in March; the NFL's Rams (Edward Jones Dome) are already neck-deep in their trek to the Superbowl when the first puck is dropped for the Blues in October; St. Louis also has a devoted NCAA basketball following thanks to the St. Louis Billikens (who also play at the Savvis Center) and the annual Missouri-Illinois basketball game. Coast To Coast has great tickets for all these sporting events as well as for exciting live concerts and theater!