http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/players/anthony_nigro/127405 Recent articles about Anthony Nigro en-us The Blues are just days removed from a disappointing playoff exit. Though the pain is still fresh, it's never too early to start planning for the future. It's never too early to start examining what went wrong and what can be improved to secure the elusive Stanley Cup. Now is as good a time as any to start discussing player contracts. This summer is going to be an extremely interesting one. The Blues have some key contracts expiring and will have to be make some very difficult decisions when it comes to which players stay in St. Louis and which will be allowed to test the open market.  With that, here's a list of all of the NHL and AHL free agents in the St. Louis organization. NHL - Restricted Chris Stewart Patrik Berglund Alex Pietrangelo Kevin Shattenkirk Ian Cole Kris Russell NHL - Unrestricted Andy McDonald Scott Nichol Jamie Langenbrunner Adam Cracknell Jordan Leopold AHL - Restricted Evgeny Grachev Tyler Shatto... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:29:19 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/st_louis_free_agents_restricted_and_unrestricted_players_at_the_nhl_and_ahl_level/13618988 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/st_louis_free_agents_restricted_and_unrestricted_players_at_the_nhl_and_ahl_level/13618988 St. Louis free agents: Restricted and unrestricted players at the NHL and AHL level http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/st_louis_free_agents_restricted_and_unrestricted_players_at_the_nhl_and_ahl_level/13618988 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Charlotte Checkers domination of the Peoria Rivermen continued this weekend as they took both games against them in two-game series this weekend. These two wins did not come as easily as they did a couple weeks ago, though as the Rivermen put up a much stronger fight and responded well after getting shutout in back-to-back games. Still, in the end it was the Checkers who came out on top and the two wins improve their record to 9-3-0-1 on the season and give them a six-point lead in the South Division over the Houston Aeros and Oklahoma City Barons.  Charlotte struggled a bit during the first game of the series on Thursday night, falling behind 1-0 early and having to fight an uphill battle during the early stages. This was a problem for them early in the year, but this team always seemed to be able to battle back and reclaim control of the game and that's exactly what they did against Peoria. Shortly after Anthony Nigro scored the opening goal, Zach Boychuk answered for the... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:38:08 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/checkers_sweep_rivermen_in_weekend_series/12180511 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/checkers_sweep_rivermen_in_weekend_series/12180511 Checkers sweep Rivermen in weekend series http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/checkers_sweep_rivermen_in_weekend_series/12180511 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png   The Milwaukee Admirals pull off a win on the road against the Peoria Rivermen, 3-0, and silenced the crowd of 4,675. Not only did the Admirals win Saturday night, but they bounced back off a 2-1 loss to Lake Erie at home the night before. Jeremy Smith led the way with his eighth career shutout by stopping all 34 shots thrown at him. Hard work allowed the Admirals to get the win Saturday night. The first period started off with some urgency for both teams to try and get the opening goal that would help momentum. Captain Mike Moore scored first in the game 15:09 in. Rivermen forward Jaden Schwartz was able to disrupt Moore's first shot, but not the captain's second shot, as it beats Jake Allen low blocker side. Peoria led in shots after the first, 10-8. Milwaukee Head Coach Dean Evason must have lit a fire in the locker room as his team came onto the ice ready to go. Just thirty seconds in, Mark van Guilder was able to put one away for his fourth of the se... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:32:31 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/smiths_shutout_serves_admirals_in_3_0_win/12126340 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/smiths_shutout_serves_admirals_in_3_0_win/12126340 Smith's shutout serves Admirals in 3-0 win http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/smiths_shutout_serves_admirals_in_3_0_win/12126340 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png ST. LOUIS St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the club has assigned 24 players to the Blues' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. In addition, the club has assigned three players to their junior or European teams. The players assigned to Peoria include goaltenders Jake Allen, Paul Karpowich and Mike McKenna; defensemen Taylor Chorney, Ian Cole, Mark Cundari, Cade Fairchild, Scott Ford, Brett Ponich and David Shields; and forwards Jay Barriball, Cody Beach, Adam Cracknell, Stefan Della Rovere, Evgeny Grachev, Philip McRae, Andrew Murray, Anthony Nigro, Anthony Peluso, Jaden Schwartz, Tyler Shattock, Brett Sonne, Vladimir Tarasenko and Sebastian Vannstrom. The players assigned to their junior or European teams include goaltender Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound Attack, Ontario Hockey League), defenseman Jani Hakanpaa (Espoo Blues, Finland) and forward Ty Rattie (Portland Winterhawks, Western Hockey League). Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:27:44 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/blues_assign_27_players/11712238 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/blues_assign_27_players/11712238 Blues assign 27 players http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/blues_assign_27_players/11712238 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png BELOW IS THE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS. For full Admirals coverage, follow our good friends @adsroundtable on Twitter. — Peoria,IL–Three power play goals led the Peoria Rivermen over the Milwaukee Admirals Sunday at Carver Arena in Peoria 4-2. The Admirals dropped to third place in the Midwest Division with the loss. The team has lost four of its last five games. Peoria scored a power play goal at 4:55 of the first period when Admirals starting goalie Atte Engren couldn’t grasp the puck in the crease. Rivermen forward Brett Sterling was able to jam it away from the netminder to T.J. Hensick who buried his 12th goal of the season. Milwaukee tied the game with a power play goal of its own at 7:48. Michael Latta passed the puck from the left corner, looking for Zack Stortini in the slot. Stortini was tied up so the puck came to Juuso Puustinen at the right faceoff dot. His quick shot went through the pads of Rivermen goalie Jake Allen for Puustinen’s 12th goal of the se... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:37:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/admirals_update_ads_get_dumped_by_rivermen/9221479 http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/admirals_update_ads_get_dumped_by_rivermen/9221479 ADMIRALS UPDATE: Ads get dumped by Rivermen http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/admirals_update_ads_get_dumped_by_rivermen/9221479 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png