Former St. Louis Blues defenseman and coach Al Arbour passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and dementia, Bleedin’ Blue reported earlier today.
But since the news broke, stations and media outlets everywhere have been paying tribute to him in wonderful fashion. From videos to old anecdotes, articles that are more than 40 years old and ones that were written today, St. Louis, and the hockey world as a whole, remembers Al Arbour.
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Here’s one that SI dragged out of its vault on Arbour, written during his 1972 season with the St.