USA Hockey is bringing two former St. Louis Blues into the U.S.
Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2026, with T.J. Oshie and Ryan Suter set to be inducted on Nov. 30 in Washington.
They’ll be joined by Amanda Kessel, Phil Kessel, and longtime trainer Stan Wong.
For Blues fans, Oshie’s name still hits with extra weight. St.
Louis grabbed him 24th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and by the time he debuted in 2008, he looked like the kind of player this market embraces instantly. He played 443 games for the Blues and posted 100 goals and 200 assists for 310 points, including a 60-point season in 2013-14.
He was a shootout weapon, a penalty-killer, and one of the key pieces on those Central Division-winning teams that kept running into trouble in the West.
The connection between Oshie and the fan base never really faded. He had the smile, the edge, and the kind of energy that made him impossible to ignore whenever he was on the ice.
He never won a Cup in St. Louis, but he was one of the defining faces of the pre-2019 Blues - the skilled, tough-to-play-against group that made Market street echo when he had the puck.
His departure on July 2, 2015, still carries that familiar sense of what could have been. The Blues sent Oshie to Washington for Troy Brouwer, prospect goaltender Phoenix Copley, and a 2016 third-round pick.
At the time, it looked like a reasonable hockey trade for a team trying to shake things up. Brouwer gave St.
Louis one solid season, while Oshie kept producing in Washington and later won the 2018 Stanley Cup, piling up 21 points in 24 playoff games. A year after that, St.
Louis finally won its first Cup without him.
Oshie also became a national name while he was still in St. Louis.
At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, he scored four times in six shootout attempts in a 3-2 win over Russia, and the nickname “T.J. Sochi” stuck.
He also represented the United States at the World Junior Championship, the World Championship, and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
His career ended after a back injury forced him out following the 2023-24 season. He did not play in 2024-25 and retired on June 9, 2025, finishing with 1,010 games, 302 goals, 393 assists, and 695 points.
Blues fans never really let him go, either. When he returned to St. Louis for the team’s Hall of Fame night, the building and the crowd treated him like one of their own.
Suter’s path to the Hall is different, but just as notable. The Madison, Wisconsin native played 1,526 regular season games, which ranks second among all U.S. defensemen behind only Chris Chelios.
He finished with 696 points over stops in Nashville, Minnesota, Dallas, and St. Louis.
His Hall of Fame selection also adds another layer of family history. Suter joins his father Bob and uncle Gary in the Hall.
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