The Blues head into the hurricanes
On the Friday of October 21st, 2011, the Carolina Hurricanes will be traveling to St. Louis to play the St. Louis Blues. The match which is scheduled at around 8:05 PM is expected to have many Blues fans since they will be paying home in St. Louis. It has also been a long time coming meeting of the two brothers in the NHL, Anthony Stewart of the Carolina Hurricanes who plays as a forward and his small brother Chris who plays as a forward for the St. Louis Blues.
Anthony is in his sixth season in the NHL and Chris fourth but they have never met before in a match. This is actually the first time the two brothers will face each other in a National Hockey League game. Chris Stewart who says that he owes his career to his brother who had persuaded him to join the ice game as opposed to football has better numbers as compared to his brother. He has 69 goals to 20 for Anthony and 138 points to 53 points of the elder brother. However, their meeting in Friday’s game will be a comparison show in the same game against each other.
The Blues are the favorites here but the Carolina Hurricanes are looking forward to spoil the party for the Blues. The game will be the first meeting between the Hurricanes and the Blues this season which makes the Blues want to take some revenge on the Carolina Hurricanes because the last time the two met in December 11, 2010, the Hurricanes won a 2-1 victory at Scottrade Center. The 2011-12 season started off poorly for the Hurricanes which lost its first three games but after their October 10th loss at New Jersey, they have won their next three matches straight against other teams such as the Buffalo team and the Bruins who are the defending Stanley Cup champions. They defeated Bruins both at home and again in Boston. The Hurricanes are so then looking to take two points in St. Louis for a home stretch four-game win.
The Blues have also had a rough start of the season with anticipations of a playoff berth; things are not looking good for them, the needs some allpro performances for their stars. They are going to be playing eight of nine games on the road. The Friday’s game against Hurricanes being the only game they will play at home. They have had a 1-3-0 stretch in their first four games which puts them in a desperate situation to clinch this win against Hurricanes. The Hurricanes are hoping as the wait to wrap up their four-game trip in Winnipeg which will be played on Saturday night, the game at Gateway City will be another win like their previous wins in St. Louis ever since January 5th, 2008.
