On Friday night, the Blues inducted the inaugural class of its Hall of Fame before a sold-out crowd at the Missouri Athletic Club downtown. That Hall of Fame class, which included Bowman, Berenson, Unger, Bernie Federko, Bob Gassoff, Glenn Hall, Brett Hull, Dan Kelly, Al MacInnis, Barclay Plager, Bob Plager, Chris Pronger, Sid Salomon Jr., Sid Salomon II and Brian Sutter, was honored again during a ceremonial puck drop before Saturday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The seven Blues’ Hall of Famers in attendance Saturday were Bowman, Berenson, Unger, Federko, Hull, MacInnis and Pronger.

Fans can view banners for all Blues Hall of Famers in the main concourse at Enterprise Center and can also visit www.stlouisblues.com/halloffame to learn more about each of the inductees and to watch content related to their careers and the induction ceremony.

“It was great, a lot of fun,” Blues coach Craig Berube said when asked about Friday’s induction dinner. “Just to see those guys and listen to all the stories, it was great stuff. I really enjoyed myself.”

Berube, a veteran of 17 NHL seasons, spent two seasons as an NHL head coach in Philadelphia before taking over with the Blues as an interim coach and leading them to the Stanley Cup title in 2019.

He played with MacInnis in Calgary, coached Pronger in Philadelphia and played against several of the Blues’ Hall of Famers.

He said he had “a feel” for the history of the organization, but only to a certain extent.

“I knew a lot about the Blues because when the Flyers met the Blues in the playoffs in the past, you’d hear all the stories about the history,” Berube continued. “Honestly, I think it was because of the Blues that the Flyers changed their image. … The Flyers became the Broad Street Bullies because of the St. Louis Blues. The Blues were always a big, tough team that pushed the Flyers around a little bit.

“I know Mr. (Ed) Snyder (the team’s owner then) wasn’t happy about that back in the day and made some statements to Keith Allen, the team’s coach and general manager, about the Flyers needing to get some toughness.”

That shift in philosophy helped reshape the Flyers, who captured Stanley Cup titles in 1974 and 1975.

As expected, the Blues welcomed veteran defenseman Nick Leddy back into the lineup Saturday. He was sidelined for four games with an upper-body injury.

Leddy, 31, has played in 39 games this season; he has no goals but 11 assists.

“He’s a puck-mover and a guy who makes plays with the puck coming out of our zone and through the neutral zone,” Berube said. “He’s got the ability to escape people in his own end and skate the puck out of our zone, which is a big deal.”

Earlier this week, the Blues squared off against the Calgary Flames in rare back-to-back games at Enterprise Center.

Rallying from a 3-1 deficit, the Blues beat the Flames 4-3 in overtime Tuesday, getting a goal from Robert Thomas in the opening minute of extra time. In that game, the Blues line of Thomas, Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich played a key role in the come-from-behind win.

Kyrou had seven shots and finished the night with a goal and two assists while both Thomas and Buchnevich had two shots, one goal and one assist.

Just two days later, the Flames broke open a 1-1 game in the third period and went on to a 4-1 win. In the rematch, Kyrou produced that line’s lone shot as all three players finished the night at -3 in the plus-minus ratings.

“Calgary obviously did a better job of checking that line in the second game,” Berube said. “And honestly, we weren’t as committed as we needed to be. We weren’t getting much at all off the rush because Calgary wasn’t going to give us any space.

“We needed to be better on the forecheck and stronger on pucks in the offensive zone. We had to have more puck possession and we didn’t get it.”