Parise Hurt in Blues Big Win

ST.LOUIS - The Blues bounced back with a big win against division rival Detroit Red Wings with an 8-3 win. This keeps them pace with a few teams that are also sitting near the bottom of the league. The victory, however was costly as Zach Parise caught a rut and ended up going into the boards hard. He has an undisclosed lower body injury and will miss the next 8 games. The good thing is the team has some depth at center with David Bolland and Jason Jaspers signing just after the start of the season.

On a funnier note, the original lines that were written on the white board prior to the game somehow got erased when Patrick Elias was trying to teach John Tavares how to speak Czech. In the mix of words were all the players names. One's guess is that they were trying to describe each of their teammates in Czech. The players saw a bunch of names written in the same line and assumed that was the lineup for the night. Even backup goaltender Jeff Glass was shocked to see himself as the starting goalie. Whatever the case may be, it worked for tonight.

Chuck D Bich