St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- A few games ago, the St. Louis Blues traded in their "Hard hat of the game" for the "Weenie hat." Several players had won it recently, but none dared to wear it in their postgame television interview.
Until Saturday.
After a four-point night that lifted the Blues to a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres, David Backes was wearing a hot dog in a bun on top of his head in the locker room.
"I'm the weenie of the game," Backes proclaimed. "Other guys are supposed to be doing their interviews in it when they win it. The heart and soul guys, instead of wearing hard hats, they wanted weenie of the game, so this is what we go with.
"We've been doing it for maybe six, seven, eight games here ... apparently the weenie of the game for them stops at the buzzer. But I'm going to relish this for the rest of the night."
Relish -- see what Backes did there?
Backes set up B.J. Crombeen's tying goal, assisted on David Perron's go-ahead goal, gave the Blues some cushion with his power-play goal and then added an empty-netter, matching a career-high with four points.
Backes, who took a nasty spill into the boards early in the game, now lead the Blues with 16 goals and 37 points.
The Blues are 8-0-1 in their last nine games.
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