By: Sammy Stava Eighth seeded Drake faced off against ninth seeded Illinois State to tip-off the 30th edition of Arch Madness in St. Louis. The winner would get the challenging, yet huge opportunity of facing top seeded Northern Iowa in the Quarterfinals on Friday. Starting off the MVC Tournament with a thrilling first 20 minutes,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou Men’s Basketball fell in its regular season road finale, 75-67, at Ole Miss on Wednesday night in Oxford, Miss. Mizzou stormed back to erase a 15-point first-half deficit, but a late Rebel run down the stretch was just enough to hold off the Tigers’ effort. Sophomore Xavier Pinson led the Tigers…
NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Blues are working hard to defend their Stanley Cup crown and forging the type of win they did in a fast-paced game against the New York Rangers proved that point. Brayden Schenn scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves as…
By: Sammy Stava It’s that time of year. The regular season is over, and the 2020 State Farm Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket is officially set, and it begins on Thursday evening. And for the 30th consecutive season, it is being held in St. Louis – which is the second longest running conference tournament in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colton Parayko scored on an unassisted wraparound at 3:23 of overtime, sending the St. Louis Blues to their sixth consecutive victory with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night. “I don’t really get that close to the net all the time,” Parayko said. “I saw the opportunity…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou Men’s Basketball secured its first SEC road win of the season with a 61-52 victory over Vanderbilt in Nashville on Wednesday night. Senior Reed Nikko scored a career-high 14 points and grabbed five rebounds, and sophomore Xavier Pinson added 17 points in 21 minutes to lead Mizzou. The Tigers dominated down…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Zach Sanford was in the right spot when the St. Louis Blues needed it most. Sanford had career-high nine shots on goal and finished with two goals and an assist, helping to rally the Blues to a wild 6-5 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. Sanford scored the tiebreaking…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington made 32 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 Sunday. Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Blues, who have won four straight and remained atop the Western Conference standings. “I thought…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Binnington had a light night in net for the St. Louis Blues, yet he couldn’t relax, even as his teammates peppered Antti Raanta with shots. Ryan O’Reilly scored and Binnington made 14 saves to lead the Blues to a 1-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night. “It’s kind…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev said he had a good feeling when he arrived at the Enterprise Center on Tuesday. It showed in his play. Barbashev scored twice and the St. Louis Blues snapped a season-worst five-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. It was the…