It was a heckuva run, but goaltender Ben Bishop's time with the parent Blues is up and he is headed back to Peoria.

Kidding aside, the St. Louis native was promoted to the Blues' roster when Jaroslav Halak came down with the flu. Bishop was the backup goalie in a Blues victory over Minnesota on Saturday and a loss at Chicago on Sunday. In short, Bishop had the best seat in the house for those two games, with Brian Elliott starting both.

With Halak feeling better today, the team has assigned Bishop to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in Peoria, where he has had an outstanding season. 

Bishop, 25, has appeared in 36 games with the Rivermen and leads AHL goaltenders with a .929 save percentage and six shutouts. His 23 wins (23-13-0) is tied for first and his 2.25 goals against average is fourth best. The 6-foot-7, 215-pound keeper recently was chosen MVP of the 2012 AHL All-Star Game.

Bishop originally was taken by the Blues in the third round of the 2005 NHL Draft, the 85th player selected overall.

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The Blues are not practicing today, as they recover from back to back games over the weekend. The team will have another back-to-back series on Wednesday-Thursday. The Blues play host to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, and put a 12-0-2 record against Eastern Conference teams on the line. The team then plays at Nashville on Thursday, where it is 0-1-1 this season.

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With the loss at Chicago, the team is now 1-7-2 in its last 10 road games against Central Division teams. Yikes!