St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced changes to the Blues hockey operations staff today. Bill Armstrong (no relation to Doug) has been promoted to Assistant General Manager and will retain his Director of Amateur Scouting title, while former Assistant General Manager, Martin Brodeur, will leave the organization to pursue other opportunities. In addition, Kevin McDonald has been named General Manager of the Blues’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, as well as a pro scout for the Blues. Former NHL defenseman Glen Wesley has been named a Development Coach, while former Blues defenseman Barret Jackman will not return to the hockey operations staff for the 2018-19 season. Additional title changes include Ryan Miller, who has been named Director of Hockey Operations, and Dave Farrish, who has been named pro scout. The Blues and San Antonio have also rounded out the Rampage’s coaching staff, adding former Blues defenseman J.J. Daigneault and former Blues assistant coach Daniel Tkaczuk as assistants to Rampage Head Coach Drew Bannister.
On departing the Blues organization Brodeur said, “I want to thank Tom Stillman, Doug Armstrong, Chris Zimmerman and the Blues organization for giving me the opportunity to continue my playing career and begin my career off the ice in hockey operations. I am looking forward to the next chapter of my career.”
Bill Armstrong, 48, originally joined the Blues in July of 2004 as an amateur scout. After seven seasons in that role, Armstrong was named the Blues’ Director of Amateur Scouting in August of 2010. Among his responsibilities as Director, Armstrong was in charge of overseeing the organization’s participation in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft. In that role, he orchestrated the selections of impactful roster players such as Vince Dunn, Joel Edmundson, Robby Fabbri and Colton Parayko, as well as highly-regarded prospects such as Ville Husso, Klim Kostin, Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas. Prior to joining the Blues, Armstrong spent six seasons as a coach in the American Hockey League (AHL), including 1998-99, when he helped guide the Providence Bruins to the 1999 Calder Cup Championship as an assistant. As a player, the Richmond Hill, Ontario, native captured the 1990 Memorial Cup with the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Oshawa Generals before being drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the third round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Armstrong went on to play nine seasons in the AHL, recording 64 points and 1,169 penalty minutes in 439 career regular season games.
The full hockey operations staffs for both the Blues and the Rampage can be found below.
| St. Louis Blues
President of Hockey Operations, GM – Doug Armstrong VP, Hockey Operations – Dave Taylor Asst. GM and Dir. of Amateur Scouting – Bill Armstrong Senior Advisor to GM – Al MacInnis Senior Advisor to Amateur Scouting – Larry Pleau Senior Consultant to Hockey Ops – Larry Robinson GM of S.A. Rampage and Pro Scout – Kevin McDonald Dir. of Player Personnel – Rob DiMaio Dir. of Hockey Operations – Ryan Miller Dir. of Player Development and Pro Scout – Tim Taylor Pro Scout – Dave Farrish Development Coach – Glen Wesley Development Coach – Dave Rogalski |
San Antonio Rampage
Head Coach – Drew Bannister Assistant Coach – Daniel Tkaczuk Assistant Coach – J.J. Daigneault Video Coach – Ryan Ward Medical Trainer – Koryd Lavimoniere Equipment Manager – Steve Passineau Assistant Equipment Manager – Jack Markwardt
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