January 02, 2010

Blues Fire Murray

The St. Louis Blues have canned their head coach Bruce Murray after a four year run. The Blues have named 39 year old Davis Payne to take over the team on an interim basis.

Murray had a 118-102-38 record during his tenure and took the team to the playoffs for the first time in four years last spring. They were quickly eliminated by Vancouver in four straight games.

Apparently, the Blues front office decided a change was needed because the team was 6-13-3 at home this season, a league worst. The topper may have been the team blowing a 3-1 lead after two periods on New Year's Eve and losing 4-3.

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