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head coach: Joel Quenneville

roster: C - Pierre Turgeon, Darren Turcotte, Harry York, Craig Conroy, Pascal Rheaume. LW - Geoff Courtnall, Tony Twist, Pavol Demitra. RW - Brett Hull, Jim Campbell, Joe Murphy, Scott Pellerin, Rudy Poeschek, Blair Atcheynum, Kelly Chase, Terry Yake. D - Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger, Steve Duchesne, Marc Bergevin, Chris McAlpine, Jamie Rivers, Rory Fitzpatrick. G - Grant Fuhr, Jamie McLennan.

injuries: Brett Hull, rw (broken left hand Dec. 27, day-to-day); Joe Murphy, rw (surgery to repair torn ligaments in left wrist Nov. 6, indefinite (placed on injured reserve Nov. 6)).

transactions: Recalled Rory Fitzpatrick, d, from Worcester (AHL).

standings:

Western Conference - Central Division
Team         GP   W   L   T   PTS   GF   GA   
Dallas       51  32  11   8    72  155  103
Detroit      52  29  13  10    68  160  117
St Louis     52  26  19   7    59  151  130
Phoenix      50  22  20   8    52  141  137
Chicago      50  20  21   9    49  121  117
Toronto      48  17  24   7    41  117  138

game results:

1/12 at Edmonton    L 2-1
1/14 Dallas         L 2-1
1/20 at NY Rangers  L 3-1
1/22 NY Islanders   T 3-3
1/24 at Chicago     L 5-4
1/26 at Pittsburgh  L 4-2

team news:

by Jim Iovino, St. Louis Correspondent

Mom, can you give me $75?

Banking on the big profits of merchandising, the St. Louis Blues are going to sport a third jersey soon. On Saturday, the Blues will play the Dallas Stars in a new uniform...and new socks and new gloves and new pants.

I haven't seen `em yet, but supposedly the slanted lines at the bottom of the current jerseys will become straight. The red at the bottom will be gone, as well. The Blues say it is a "classic Blues jersey". Whatever that means...

Hull to return, can't be soon enough

Brett Hull had two pins taken out of his hand and could be back in the lineup by Thursday when the Blues play the Leafs or maybe by Saturday's game against the Stars. But no matter how you look at it, his return can't come soon enough.

The last time we met, the Blues had easily defeated the worst teams in the Pacific Division, giving them a four-game win streak. Since then the Blues have gone 0-5-1. That's not good. The offense is struggling. The defense is under a lot of pressure, as is goaltender Grant Fuhr.

St. Louis went three straight games without scoring more than one goal. They lost to Edmonton, 2-1, Dallas, 2-1, and the Rangers, 3-1. They managed to tie the Islanders, who are struggling just as much, but then lost two more to Chicago and Pittsburgh.

By the time the Pittsburgh game was over, everything had collapsed. After Grant Fuhr let in two goals on two straight shots in the first period to Darius Kasparaitis and Eddie Olczyk, he was replaced by Jamie McLennan. McLennan proceeded to give up another goal on the first shot that he faced to Alexei Morozov. Ouch.

Since Hull has been out of the lineup, the Blues have gone 4-7-1. Brett is desperately needed. Hell, the Blues would be happy to have Hull's younger brother Skippy at this point.