St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today that the Blues have assigned 18 players to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, including forwards Nikita Alexandrov, Sam Bitten, Hugh McGing, Matthew Peca, Juraj Pekarcik, Dylan Peterson, Simon Robertsson, Jakub Stancl, Sam Stange, Nikita Susuev, and Christopher Wagner, along with defensemen Michael Buchinger, Quinton Burns, Marc-Andre Gaudet, Samuel Johannesson, and Anthony Kehrer, and goaltenders Will Cranley and Vadim Zherenko. In addition, forward Justin Carbonneau (Blainville-Boisbriand – QMJHL) and defenseman Adam Jiricek (Brantford – OHL) were returned to their junior teams.
The Blues will continue the 2025 preseason schedule when they host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, September 30, at 7 p.m. at Enterprise Center. The game will be available to stream for free on both stlouisblues.com and the Blues app. The stream will carry the same territorial restrictions as a normal regular-season broadcast on FanDuel Sports Network. Fans can visit the “Where to Watch” page on the Blues website to find out if their zip code is included in the broadcast territory.
