In the first hour of tonight’s show, Matt Pauley recaps the Blues’ win over the Arizona Coyotes, marking an end to an impressive homestand that saw the Blues take 3 of 4. To elaborate, Lou Korac of NHL.com and The Hockey News joins the show and discusses the team’s win despite their troubles executing on the powerplay. Dan Caesar, sports media critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, also joins the show to discuss the NFL’s TV ratings in St. Louis and how even a midseason game’s viewership surpasses the World Series. Matt wraps up the hour sharing the news of SLU women’s soccer making the NCAA Tournament.

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