Blues Relieve Drew Bannister of Duties, Hire Jim Montgomery

Jared PettusNovember 25th, 2024St. Louis Blues

(New York, NY) The St. Louis Blues organization announced on Sunday it had relieved Drew Bannister from his duties as head coach and replaced him with former Blues Assistant, Jim Montgomery.

Montgomery was an assistant with the Blues from 2020-2022. He was spent the last two full NHL seasons as the head coach of the Boston Bruins where he was fired on Wednesday of last week.

Montgomery posted a 120-41-23 record with the Bruins that included the best season in NHL history in 2022-23, 65-12-5.

Drew Bannister was fired after just 22 games as head coach with a record of 9-12-1. Bannister was signed to a two-year contract in the offseason after being promoted to interim head coach last year after the Blues fired Craig Berube.

Montgomery and the Blues agreed to a 5-year contract on Sunday.

Out of Town Scoreboard

Football
Week 8, Thursday - Final
North County24
St. Clair14
Week 8, Friday (KFMO, Video) - Final
Farmington36
Festus41
Week 8, Friday 
Dexter-
Central-
Week 8, Friday 
Potosi-
DeSoto-
Week 8, Friday 
Windsor-
Fredericktown-
Week 8, Friday 
Chaminade-
Hillsboro-
Week 8, Friday 
Jefferson-
Ste. Genevieve-
Week 8, Friday 
Bowling Green-
Valle Catholic-
Fall Softball
Class 3, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday - Final
2-Fredericktown20
7-Affton0
Class 3, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday - Final
3-North County13
6-Herculaneum1
Class 5, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday - Final
1-Lindbergh16
8-Farmington2
Girls Tennis
Class 1, District 1 Tournament, Championship Game
Thursday - Final
1-Kennett5
2-North County2
Thursday - Final
St. Pius1
Fredericktown0
Thursday - Final
Farmington1
Perryville0
MAAA Conference Tournament, Semifinal
Thursday (KFMO, Video) - Final
1-Potosi25, 25
4-Bismarck23, 19
MAAA Conference Tournament, Semifinal
Thursday (KFMO, Video) - Final
2-Valle Catholic25, 21, 25
6-Ste. Genevieve21, 25, 23
MAAA Conference Tournament, 3rd Place Game
Thursday (KFMO, Video) - Final
4-Bismarck25, 25
6-Ste. Genevieve19, 20
MAAA Conference Tournament, Championship Game
Thursday (KFMO, Video) - Final
1-Potosi25, 25
2-Valle Catholic20, 19
Thursday - Final
McKinley Classical14, 11,   7
St. Paul25, 25, 25
Thursday - Final
Kaskaskia11, 13, 13
Mineral Area25, 25, 25

Broadcast Schedule

Friday, October 17:
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s
6:30p, FB, Week 8: Farmington @ Festus^
Saturday, October 18:
12:30p, SB, C3D1 Semis: 2-Fred'town vs 3-NC
5:30p, NHL: Dallas @ St. Louis*
Sunday, October 19:
11:00a, NFL, Week 7: Las Vegas @ Kansas City
Monday, October 20:
3:30p, SB, C3D1 Final: IF Fred/NC
Tuesday, October 21:
6:00p, VB: Southwestern IL @ Mineral Area+
6:30p, NHL: Los Angeles @ St. Louis*
Thursday, October 23:
6:30p, FB, Week 9: Sullivan @ North County
6:30p, NHL: Utah @ St. Louis*
Friday, October 24:
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s
6:30p, FB, Week 9: Central @ Farmington^
Saturday, October 25:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Detroit*
Monday, October 27:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
6:00p, NFL, Week 8: Washington @ Kansas City
Tuesday, October 28:
6:45p, NHL: Detroit @ St. Louis*
Thursday, October 30:
6:30p, NHL: Vancouver @ St. Louis*
Friday, October 31:
6:30p, FB, Districts: TBD vs TBD
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+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3