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South St. Louis County News

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The Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting had some special guests in 2019, when the city presented St. Louis Blues mascot Louie and Bob Plager, one of the franchise’s first players, with a proclamation honoring the Blues and their Stanley Cup-winning season. ‘The whole city of Crestwood was pulling for you, the whole St. Louis region was pulling for you,’ said Mayor Grant Mabie, above left, as he presentedLouie and Plager with a copy of the proclamation at the Aug. 27 meeting.

PHOTOS: Remembering Bob Plager’s 2019 visit to South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 2, 2021

St. Louisans are recalling decades of fond memories after St. Louis Blues hockey legend Bob Plager, 78, died last week. Plager died Wednesday, March 24, when his vehicle collided with another vehicle...

 Oakville hockey star and native Pat Maroon drinks out of the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row after the Tampa Bay Lightening defeated the Dallas Stars Sept. 28 for the Stanley Cup title. NHL players were kept in a ‘bubble’ and regularly tested for COVID-19 during the shortened season. ‘A kid from South County getting a Stanley Cup ring. Unbelievable,’ Maroon’s father Phil Maroon said.

Pat Maroon does it again, winning Stanley Cup with new team

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 5, 2020

Oakville’s hometown hero did it again. Pat Maroon, 32, the Oakville native who famously helped the St. Louis Blues win the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last year, won the Stanley Cup again Sept....

Blues player Pat Maroon started off his day with the Stanley Cup by taking photos with his family at his home in Clayton. Maroon then paid a visit to All American ice rink in Green Park, where St. Louis County Police officers, including Green Park Officer Jeremy Hake, posed for photos with Maroon and Stanley. After eating toasted raviolis from the Cup at Charlie Gitto’s on The Hill, Maroon then finished the day on a lake to the west of St. Louis with family and friends, and a private concert from country star Adam Sanders.

PHOTOS: Stanley Cup comes to South County

July 24, 2019

Oakville native Pat Maroon got his day with the Stanley Cup Saturday to do whatever he wanted. He ate toasted raviolis out of it and brought it to South County to pay tribute to those who helped his youth...

Oakville native Pat Maroon (No. 7, right) waves at the crowd of hundreds of thousands under the Arch and down Market Street at the Blues’ Stanley Cup parade Saturday. Maroon’s son Anthony, 10, sits on the shoulders of player Jaden Schwartz, and Oskar Sundqvist (No. 70) is also pictured. The night the Blues won the Cup, Anthony said his father would bring it to Telegraph Road in Oakville.

Blues defeat Bruins 4-1 to take a Stanley Cup victory for the ages

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  In a storybook ending 52 years in the making, the St. Louis Blues won the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last week, defeating the Boston...

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan OReilly on the airplane home from Boston.

With Blues celebrating historic victory, the Stanley Cup could be headed to South County

June 13, 2019

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan O'Reilly on the airplane home from Boston. The Blues won their first-ever Stanley Cup Wednesday. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The...

St. Louis Blues players including Oakville native Patrick Maroon, right, and Jordan Binnington visited children at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital around Christmas 2018.

Call Newspapers readers heard about Pat Maroon first

May 29, 2019

Today Patrick Maroon is a hockey star with the St. Louis Blues, helping lead them to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 49 years. But Oakville High hockey fans also know he was a key member...

Ex-Blues player will coach Lutheran South

Ex-Blues player will coach Lutheran South

November 30, 2018

The Lutheran High School South Hockey Club will be coached by a former player of the St. Louis Blues. The club said it is “thrilled” to announce that Dwight Schofield will serve as its varsity head...

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