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St. Louis Blues 22-23
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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1802803" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-notebook-it-took-a-while-for-team-to-get-up-to-game-speed-on/article_03904541-6ca2-5575-8dc1-039b1a63637b.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/ttimmermann" target="_blank">Tom Timmermann</a></p><p></p><p>Training camp and preseason games can only tell a coaching staff so much. On Saturday, Blues coach Craig Berube got his first view of his team under actual NHL game conditions.</p><p>And he felt, at times, his team looked like one playing its first game.</p><p>“Just managing the puck,” Berube said after a rare Sunday practice for the team. “We kind of got out of the summer hockey mode after a little bit. The third period, we took over. Played more direct. Just understanding pressure situations and puck placement. I think we tried to force things too much in critical areas when we don’t need to. You gotta put it deep sometimes and go to work. Neutral zone, a little bit too sloppy.</p><p></p><p>“It takes a bit to get out of it, for sure. Even with exhibition games. They’re not the most intense games. So we expected it. I expected it. I actually thought the first period, watching (it again) today, was pretty good. Other than our shot totals were not good. We missed the net a few times.”</p><p>The Blues had only four shots on goal in the first period — and none in the last 14:09. In the game, they had 13 shots blocked and 14 shots that missed the net. The team had scoring chances in the first period it couldn’t put away.</p><p>“Yeah, didn’t capitalize on ’em,” Berube said. “But second period was a little bit — like I said — too sloppy with the puck.”</p><p>Noel Acciardi was credited with six hits in his Blues debut, Alexey Toropchenko had five and Jake Neighbours four.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1802803, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-notebook-it-took-a-while-for-team-to-get-up-to-game-speed-on/article_03904541-6ca2-5575-8dc1-039b1a63637b.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/ttimmermann']Tom Timmermann[/URL] Training camp and preseason games can only tell a coaching staff so much. On Saturday, Blues coach Craig Berube got his first view of his team under actual NHL game conditions. And he felt, at times, his team looked like one playing its first game. “Just managing the puck,” Berube said after a rare Sunday practice for the team. “We kind of got out of the summer hockey mode after a little bit. The third period, we took over. Played more direct. Just understanding pressure situations and puck placement. I think we tried to force things too much in critical areas when we don’t need to. You gotta put it deep sometimes and go to work. Neutral zone, a little bit too sloppy. “It takes a bit to get out of it, for sure. Even with exhibition games. They’re not the most intense games. So we expected it. I expected it. I actually thought the first period, watching (it again) today, was pretty good. Other than our shot totals were not good. We missed the net a few times.” The Blues had only four shots on goal in the first period — and none in the last 14:09. In the game, they had 13 shots blocked and 14 shots that missed the net. The team had scoring chances in the first period it couldn’t put away. “Yeah, didn’t capitalize on ’em,” Berube said. “But second period was a little bit — like I said — too sloppy with the puck.” Noel Acciardi was credited with six hits in his Blues debut, Alexey Toropchenko had five and Jake Neighbours four. [/QUOTE]
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