Displayed is an early 1970s St. Louis Blues' short sleeve pull-over trainer's jacket. The Blues were part of the six-team NHL expansion that began with the 1967-68 season and doubled the number of teams in the league. St. Louis, with Hall of Famers Jacque Plante and Glenn Hall in goal, was the overall best team in the West Division of the NHL in the Division's first three seasons, a division entirely composed of the six expansion franchises, and the Blues reached the Stanley Cup Finals for each of the club's first three campaigns. In the early 1970s, the club generally was one of the better West Division teams. This trainer's jacket was most likely worn by Tommy "Woody" Woodcock, the initial head trainer for the franchise and the head trainer for the Blues' first 16 seasons. Woodcock was the head trainer for the Blues for 1,362 games, and as was usual for those days, also functioned as the team's equipment manager. Later, Woodcock became the head trainer for the Hartford Whalers and the San Jose Sharks. Hall of Fame hockey coach Scotty Bowman, the first head coach of the Blues, said that Woodcock was "ahead of his time." Bowman added, 'The players trusted him so much." The blue jacket is made of synthetic, knit material and has a Rawlings manufacturer's tag in the neck, with the tag indicating size 40. The sleeves and neck have blue, white and gold trim. There is a working zipper at the neck. On the left chest is a blue, gold and white sewn-on team logo. Above the logo is embroidered "St. Louis" in gold thread. Below the logo is "Trainer," also embroidered in gold thread. The jacket is approximately a half century old, and yet it is in fine condition, and it hearkens back to the vintage years of the St. Louis Blues.