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The Blues fired Yeo late Monday night, shortly
after losing 2-0 to the visiting Los Angeles Kings. Two days
earlier, St. Louis lost 4-0 to the Sharks in San Jose.
Assistant coach Craig Berube will take over Yeo's role on an
interim basis, the team announced.
The Blues are 7-9-3 on the season, in last place in the Central
Division, having dropped four of the past five games. their
point total is the second lowest in the NHL.
Following the defeat to the Kings, Yeo said, according to the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "It's frustrating. It's maddening
because we can't seem to put it all together at the same time
right now. We do the odd game now and in the beginning of the
year, we were scoring goals. The defensive game wasn't there and
we've cleaned up the defensive game and now we're not scoring
goals. Now we've got to put it all together.
"It's frustrating, it's disappointing, losing this game at home.
We wanted to bounce back after last game. Parity aside, you want
to win every game. It sucks when you lose. That's for sure. It's
disappointing not to get this one tonight."
Yeo, 45, produced a 73-49-11 as the Blues' head coach, having
taken over for Ken Hitchcock at midseason in 2016-17. Including
five previous seasons as the Minnesota Wild's head coach, Yeo
has a 481-247-180 overall regular-season record. He has an 11-17
mark in the postseason, including 6-5 with the Blues, all after
his first season in charge.
He never played in the NHL.
Berube, 52, had a 17-year NHL playing career, spending time with
the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames,
Washington Capitals and New York Islanders. He served as the
Flyers' head coach in 2013-14 and 2014-15, going 75-58-28 in the
regular season and 3-4 in the playoffs.
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