St. Louis Blues

How is it going everybody?

Today I am going to talk about one of my favorite sports teams -- the St. Louis Blues. The Blues are currently five points out of the 8th position in the Western Conference Standings. The top eight teams in the standings make the playoffs, so it is going to be important for the Blues to continue to win their games down the stretch. The Blues find themselves last in the standings at 15th, but have been playing much better lately, getting points in there in the last nine out of ten games. Their goaltender Chris Mason has been on fire lately, winning five out of his last six games. He started the year 5-15. Now he is 10-16, which is a big turn around for him. It has sparked the recent Blues' success. For the Blues to even stay in the hunt for the playoffs, they are going to need to get good goaltending from Chris Mason or their backup Manny Legace. Legace has been hurt off and on all year but when he is in the net has been consistent.

The Blues are a very young team. They have the 4th youngest team in the National Hockey League. The Blues are led in scoring by Right Winger Brad Boyes. He has 22 goals and 25 assists for 47 points. He has 11 points in his last six games and has been leading the Blues in scoring and will have to continue to carry them on his back if they want to make a run for the playoffs. Left Winger Patrick Berglund, one of the Blues many rookie players, leads all rookies in the NHL with 17 goals. He is going to be a very good player for the Blues for many years to come. I am really excited for the Blues down the stretch with over 25 games left to go, hoping they make the final playoff spot. That would be really cool to see my favorite hockey team make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in three years.

Well, that is going to do it for today's RitzBitz blog. Next time I am going to talk about the shocking news in baseball with the steroid allegations with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. Until next time, hopefully everybody has a great day.