South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

A hometown hero’s homecoming

October 16, 2021

Three-time Stanley Cup champion and South County’s very own Pat Maroon paid a visit to his alma mater Sept. 15 at Oakville High School, donning an OHS hockey jersey. Maroon won his third Stanley Cup...

Former St. Louis Blues left wing and South County native Pat Maroon celebrates with fans along the Stanley Cup Parade route in downtown St. Louis June 15, 2019.

Blues to require proof of COVID vaccine or negative test for entry

October 1, 2021

The St. Louis Blues announced beginning Friday, Oct. 15, fans ages 12 and older attending home games are required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a recent negative COVID-19 test result...

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...

St. Louis Blues players including then-player and Oakville native Patrick Maroon, right, and Jordan Binnington visit with a patient at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital around Christmas 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Blues-Golden Knights game postponed as Vegas player, coach enter COVID-19 protocols

January 28, 2021

The National Hockey League announced Thursday that as a result of a player and another member of the Vegas Golden Knights coaching staff entering the NHL’s COVID Protocols, the team’s game tonight...

 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....

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper brought Maroon in to the team this year fresh off the Stanley Cup. The decision ended well as the Lightning also claimed the Stanley Cup Monday night, Sept. 28, 2020.

South County’s hockey hero Pat Maroon does it again, winning Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 30, 2020

South County’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 Monday...

The 2019 Stanley Cup-winning Blues reunite in this sneak preview released by the NHL.

Stanley Cup champion 2019 Blues team will reunite tonight, virtually

April 8, 2020

The 2019 Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues team will reunite virtually tonight to commemorate the scheduled first day of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, which are suspended due to the coronavirus. The...

Top 10 Stories of the Year: Merger, Stenger and trolley place regionalism on St. Louis center stage

Top 10 Stories of the Year: Merger, Stenger and trolley place regionalism on St. Louis center stage

January 9, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com With the leaked news that nonprofit organization Better Together was proposing a sweeping city-county merger that would merge St. Louis County...

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.

Mabie sings the Blues: Bobby Plager comes to Crestwood to accept city resolution honoring Blues

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 6, 2019

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting had some special guests last week, as the city presented St. Louis Blues mascot Louie and Bob Plager, one of the franchise’s first players, with a proclamation...

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