Mario's Return, Saturdays Vs. Detroit
Highlight St. Louis Blues
2001-2002 Schedule
ST. LOUIS, July 11, 2001 - An early season Saturday night game at home vs. Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins and three Saturday home games vs. Detroit highlight the St. Louis Blues’ 2001-2002 schedule.
In all, 19 of the Blues’ 41 home games will be played on weekend dates or during the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The schedule features two five-game homestands, including one exclusively against Western Conference rivals in April during the final two weeks of the season.
Highlights of the 2001-2002 Blues home schedule include:
The Blues will open their 35th anniversary season in the NHL on Thursday, Oct. 4, at Columbus and play their home opener one week later on Thursday, Oct 11, vs. the Los Angeles Kings. The Oct. 11 home opener will be 35 years later to the date when the Blues played their NHL game, Oct. 11, 1967, vs. the Minnesota North Stars.
Mario Lemieux will make his first visit to Savvis Center since December 19, 1996, when his Pittsburgh Penguins visit on Saturday, Oct. 20.
The Blues will play four winter holiday home games: Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday, Nov. 24, vs. Phoenix, and three games after Christmas - Wednesday, Dec. 26, vs. Chicago; Friday, Dec. 28, vs. Toronto; and Sunday, Dec. 30, vs. Nashville.
The Detroit Red Wings will play three Saturday games at Savvis Center during the second half of the season - an evening game on Jan. 26 and afternoon games on March 9 and April 13. The April 13 game will be the first contest in a season-ending, home-and-home series vs. Detroit.
The two home appearances by the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche will also come late in the season, Monday, March 11, and Sunday, April 7.
Blues full 44-game season tickets are currently on sale by appointment by calling 314/622-2547 or by writing to [email protected].
Partial season ticket plans (three 11-game plans and one six-game package) will go on sale next week. Information on partial plans will be available on Sunday, July 15, at stlouisblues.com and in a full-page ad in all zones of the Suburban Journals. Group reservations for all games are now being taken at 314/622-5454. Single game tickets will go on sale in late September.
2001-2002 St. Louis Blues Schedule
September - Preseason
Wednesday Sept. 27 CHICAGO 7 p.m.
Friday Sept. 29 NASHVILLE 7 p.m.
Saturday Sept. 30 DETROIT 7 p.m.
October
Thursday Oct. 4 at Columbus 6 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 6 at Nashville 7 p.m.
Thursday Oct. 11 LOS ANGELES 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 13 at Toronto 6 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 17 DALLAS 7 p.m.
Friday Oct. 19 at Minnesota 7 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 20 PITTSBURGH 7 p.m.
Monday Oct. 22 CALGARY 7 p.m.
Thursday Oct. 25 NY RANGERS 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 27 Ottawa 6 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 31 at Colorado 7 p.m.
November
Thursday Nov. 1 CAROLINA 7 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 3 WASHINGTON 7 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 6 SAN JOSE 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 8 VANCOUVER 7 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 10 PHOENIX 7 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 13 at Columbus 6 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 15 at Vancouver 9 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 17 at Calgary 8 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 20 at Edmonton 7 p.m.
Friday Nov. 23 at Detroit 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 24 PHOENIX 7 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 27 OTTAWA 7 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 29 at Columbus 6 p.m.
December
Saturday Dec. 1 COLUMBUS 7 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 2 at Minnesota 6 p.m.
Wednesday Dec. 5 at Phoenix 8 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 6 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 8 LOS ANGELES 7 p.m.
Wednesday Dec. 12 at Chicago 7 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 13 TORONTO 7 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 15 CALGARY 7 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 18 at Philadelphia 6 p.m.
Friday Dec. 21 at Tampa Bay 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 22 at Florida 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Dec. 26 CHICAGO 7 p.m.
Friday Dec. 28 MONTREAL 7 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 30 NASHVILLE 6 p.m.
January
Tuesday Jan. 1 at New Jersey 6:30 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 3 COLUMBUS 7 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 5 DALLAS NOON
Tuesday Jan. 8 at San Jose 9 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 9 at Anaheim 9:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 12 at Pittsburgh NOON
Tuesday Jan. 15 EDMONTON 7 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 17 VANCOUVER 7 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 19 BOSTON 7 p.m.
Monday Jan. 21 at Boston NOON
Wednesday Jan. 23 at Buffalo 6 p.m.
Friday Jan. 25 at Chicago 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 26 DETROIT 7 p.m.
Monday Jan. 28 ANAHEIM 7 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 30 at Washington 6 p.m.
February
ALL-STAR WEEKEND, LOS ANGELES, FEB. 1-2
Tuesday Feb. 5 at NY Islanders 6 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 7 EDMONTON 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 9 PHILADELPHIA 6 p.m.
Tuesday Feb. 12 ATLANTA 7 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 13 at Colorado 7 p.m.
OLYMPIC BREAK, SALT LAKE CITY, FEB. 14-24
Tuesday Feb. 26 at Vancouver 9 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 28 at Calgary 8 p.m.
March
Saturday March 2 at Edmonton 9 p.m.
Thursday March 7 MINNESOTA 7 p.m.
Saturday March 9 DETROIT 2 p.m.
Monday March 11 COLORADO 7 p.m.
Wednesday March 13 at San Jose 9:30 p.m.
Thursday March 14 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.
Sunday March 17 at Anaheim 7 p.m.
Tuesday March 19 NASHVILLE 7 p.m.
Wednesday March 20 at Dallas 7 p.m.
Friday March 22 ANAHEIM 7 p.m.
Sunday March 24 at Chicago 2 p.m.
Tuesday March 26 MINNESOTA 7 p.m.
Thursday March 28 BUFFALO 6:30 p.m.
Saturday March 30 at Nashville 7 p.m.
April
Monday April 1 at Phoenix 8 p.m.
Wednesday April 3 at Dallas 7 p.m.
Friday April 5 CHICAGO 7 p.m.
Sunday
April 7 COLORADO 6 p.m.
Tuesday April 9 NASHVILLE 7 p.m.
Thursday April 11 SAN JOSE 6:30 p.m.
Saturday April 13 DETROIT 2 p.m.
Sunday April 14 at Detroit 3 p.m.
