St. Louis Steamers

St. Louis Steamers

General Info

The St. Louis Steamers were founded as an expansion team on July 13, 1979.

 

Arena

Home Arena:

St. Louis Arena (Checkerdome 1978-1985)

Capacity:

17,931

Field Dimensions:

200 x 85

 

No Relation

The St Louis Steamers that are currently members of the new-MISL have no relation to this franchise.

 

Ownership

1979-1983

Ben Kenner and Partnership

1983-1987

Thomas M. Bowers and Partnership

1987-1988

Bing Devine

 

Coaching

1979-1981, 1985-87

Pat McBride

1981-83

Al Trost

1983-85

Dave Clemmens

1987-88

Tony Glavin

 

 

Team Record

Regular Season

201-215

Playoffs

19-18

Overall

220-233

 

Sidekicks vs Steamers Regular Season Comparison

Home

Away

Total

Overtime

2nd OT

1 Goal

1984-85

0-1

1-1

1-2

1-0

0-0

1-0

1985-86

1-0

0-2

1-2

0-0

0-0

0-0

1986-87

1-1

1-0

2-1

0-0

1-0

1-0

1987-88

2-0

1-1

3-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

Totals

4-2

3-4

7-6

1-0

1-0

2-0

 

Sidekicks vs Steamers Regular Season Month By Month

Home

Away

Total

Overtime

2nd OT

1 Goal

November

1-0

0-1

1-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

December

0-1

1-1

1-1

1-0

0-0

1-0

January

1-0

0-1

1-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

February

1-0

1-0

2-0

0-0

1-0

1-0

March

1-0

1-1

2-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

April

0-1

0-0

0-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

Totals

4-2

3-4

7-6

1-0

1-0

2-0

 

Sidekicks vs Steamers Day of Week Comparison

Home

Away

Total

Overtime

2nd OT

1 Goal

Sunday

2-0

2-0

4-0

1-0

0-0

1-0

Monday

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

Tuesday

0-1

0-0

0-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

Wednesday

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

Thursday

1-0

0-0

1-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

Friday

1-0

1-3

2-3

0-0

1-0

1-0

Saturday

0-1

1-1

1-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

Totals

4-2

3-4

7-6

1-0

1-0

2-0

 

Attendance

Season

Dallas Total

Dallas Average

St. Louis Total

St. Louis Average

1984-85

5,163

5,163

26,868

13,434

1985-86

5,289

5,289

19,414

9,707

1986-87

14,326

7,163

7,983

7,983

1987-88

20,997

10,499

15,959

7,980

Totals

45,775

7,629

70,224

10,032

 

Sidekicks vs Steamers Goal Scoring

Overall

Sidekicks

Steamers

Goals Scored

61

58

Per Game Average

4.69

4.46

 

Home

Sidekicks

Steamers

Goals Scored

30

21

Per Game Average

5

4.2

 

Road

Sidekicks

Steamers

Goals Scored

31

38

Per Game Average

4.43

5.43

 

What Happened to Them?

The Steamers closed their office after the 1987-88 season and thier franchise was terminated by the MISL on June 22, 1988.

 

Sidekicks vs Steamers All-Time Regular Season Results

Game

Day

Date

Site

Result

Attendance

Record

1

Saturday

December 1, 1984

Reunion Arena

Lost 4-7

5,163

0-1

2

Sunday

December 30, 1984

St. Louis Arena

Won 7-6  (OT)

15,094

1-1

3

Friday

March 15, 1985

St. Louis Arena

Lost 3-6

11,774

1-2

4

Saturday

December 14, 1985

St. Louis Arena

Lost 5-7

8,187

1-3

5

Friday

January 24, 1986

St. Louis Arena

Lost 4-6

11,227

1-4

6

Thursday

March 13, 1986

Reunion Arena

Won 7-1

5,289

2-4

7

Sunday

November 16, 1986

Reunion Arena

Won 5-3

7,309

3-4

8

Friday

February 20, 1987

St. Louis Arena

Won 3-2 (2OT)

7,983

4-4

9

Tuesday

April 14, 1987

Reunion Arena

Lost 1-4

7,017

4-5

10

Friday

November 13, 1987

St. Louis Arena

Lost 4-7

12,102

4-6

11

Friday

January 8, 1988

Reunion Arena

Won 6-4

9,277

5-6

12

Sunday

February 14, 1988

Reunion Arena

Won 7-2

11,720

6-6

13

Sunday

March 27, 1988

St. Louis Arena

Won 5-3

3,857

7-6