Tavares Suspended

ST.LOUIS - The Blues take a commanding 3 games to 0 lead in the first round against the Detroit Red Wings after Gleason fired a one timer from Elias past Tyler Plante. Unfortunately they lost Tavares to a game misconduct halfway through the third and will see him sit for one game after the league handed out a 1 game suspension. He will sit along with Dubinsky for his last game before they both return.

"It's been a good series and each game Detroit has been getting better and better. We lost another center so we will really have to pick up the slack now, but as long as we stick to our game we should be good. We don't want to give any team a chance regardless of what the series lead is. Detroit is still a strong team and are capable of putting a 4 game win streak and we plan to not let that happen." Coach Tom Renney said at the press conference.

The team has been playing some strong defense backstopped by one of the top goaltenders this year in Daniel Larsson, keeping a low 3 GA in the postseason. They will continue that as they close out the series on Monday against the Wings in Motown.

On other news, the Medicine Hat Tigers rebounded from their 3-0 loss to the Wolverines with a 5-3 win the other night. They hope to take back home advantage when they head to Ann Arbor for the next 2 games.

Ryan Rishaug