{"id":559004,"date":"2026-04-01T22:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559004\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:11:07","slug":"snuggerud-named-nhl-rookie-of-the-month-for-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559004\/","title":{"rendered":"Snuggerud named NHL Rookie of the Month for March"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues right wing Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a>, who posted 7-8\u201415 in 14 games to lift the Blues to a 10-2-2 March \u2013 the best record in the Western Conference \u2013 and within four points of a playoff spot, has been named the NHL\u2019s \u201cRookie of the Month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snuggerud edged New York Islanders teammates Matthew Schaefer<\/a> (4-12\u201416 in 16 GP) and Calum Ritchie<\/a> (5-6\u201411 in 16 GP), New York Rangers right wing Gabe Perreault<\/a> (4-10\u201414 in 16 GP), and Montreal Canadiens teammates Jakub Dobes<\/a> (7-3-0, 2.21 GAA, .927 SV%) and Ivan Demidov<\/a> (4\u20117\u201411 in 15 GP) for the honor.<\/p>\n

Snuggerud collected points in 10 of his 14 appearances to lead March rookies in goals (7), even-strength goals (7), even-strength assists (7), even-strength points (14), plus\/minus (+14) and game-winning goals (t-2), while also ranking among the top three rookies in points (2nd; 15), shots on goal (2nd; 45) and assists (3rd; 8). He produced four straight multi-point performances from March 6-12 (5-4\u20149), a run achieved by only one other rookie in Blues history: Brian Benning<\/a> (March 21-29, 1987: 2-9\u201411 in 5\u00a0GP).<\/p>\n

Snuggerud became the first St. Louis rookie to accumulate at least 15 points in a single calendar month since November 1989, when Rod Brind\u2019Amour<\/a> totaled 6-9\u201415 across 14 contests. Snuggerud also became the fourth Blues rookie this century to score at least seven goals in one calendar month, joining Zachary Bolduc<\/a> (8 in March 2025), David Backes<\/a> (7 in February 2007) and Marty Reasoner<\/a> (7 in February 2000).<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old\u00a0Snuggerud, a first-round pick (23rd overall) from the 2022 NHL Draft, has registered 17-22\u201439 through 61 total games this season to place among the rookie leaders in game-winning goals (1st; 5), power-play goals (t-3rd; 4), goals (t-4th; 17), points (t-4th; 39), shots on goal (5th; 144), assists (t-5th; 22), plus\/minus (6th; +8) and power-play points (t-10th; 8). He is on pace to become the third St. Louis rookie in the past 30 years to notch at least 40 points in a season, following Patrik Berglund<\/a>\u00a0(21-26\u201447 in 2008-09) and Jim Campbell<\/a> (23-20\u201443 in 1996-97).<\/p>\n

Snuggerud \u2013 who joins Schaefer (October), Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt<\/a> (November), Demidov (December) and Boston Bruins center Fraser Minten<\/a> (January) as a recipient in 2025-26 \u2013 is the first Blues player selected as a \u201cRookie of the Month\u201d since goaltender Jordan Binnington<\/a> in March and February 2019. Snuggerud also is the first St. Louis skater in 13 years to receive the honor, following right wing Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a> in January 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues right wing Jimmy Snuggerud, who posted 7-8\u201415 in 14 games to lift…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-559004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}