The Blues are bringing in two new coaches for the 2023-24 season

street. Louis – One day after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final, the St. Louis Blues announced two new coaching hires for the upcoming National Hockey League season.

Mike Webber and Michael Babcock will join the Blues as assistant coaches and skills coach for the 2023-24 season.

Weber and Babcock were selected after a search led by Blues coach Craig Berube. They joined after the team parted ways with assistant coaches Craig McTavish and Mike Van Ryn in April.

Weber, 35, joins the Blues’ coaching staff after a three-year stint as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Rochester Americans. A former defenseman with the Buffalo Sabers, Webber helped guide the Americans to a third-place finish in the North Division and a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The 28-year-old Babcock joins the Blues’ coaching staff after completing the 2022-23 season with the Ottawa Senators, to help with game plan, pre-scouting and ice skill development. Not to be confused with former Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock.

Assistant coach Steve Ott and goalkeeper coach David Alexander return to the Birobi coaching staff next year as well. The Blues are looking to bounce back after finishing the 2022-23 season with a 37-38-7 record for 81 points, their worst finish in 82 games in nearly 15 years.