Finding a Western Conference team to cheer for is a little more open for Lightning fans than the Eastern Conference. Since they meet rarely in the regular seasons, never in the playoffs and have little interaction even among the trade front, it’s hard to get a gauge on who is the most “Lightning friendly”. Therefore, ...
The hockey season ended a couple of weeks ago for Lightning fans. The only reason to watch the games left on the schedule was to see if Steven Stamkos could hit the 60-goal mark (which he did). Now that the regular season is over, they are left with a dearth of choices when it comes ...
As the college hockey season winds down there is the typical flurry of players signing deals with NHL teams. The team hosting the Frozen Four, the Lightning, is no exception. Last week they signed 2007 draft pick Alex Killron from Harvard and assigned him to Norfolk. Then in a bit of a surprise to the ...
Throughout a difficult season for the Tampa Bay Lighting center Steven Stamkos has been scoring goals at a record pace. He eclipsed the team record (held by Vincent Lecavalier) Monday night in the win against Philadelphia by firing a puck past Ilya Bryzgalov for his 53rd goal of the season. Undaunted, he tallied two ...
In Monday’s game against the Flyers, the Tampa Bay Lightning suited up four players that had started the season in Norfolk, the Lightning’s AHL affiliate. Throughout out the season 8 members of the Norfolk squad have been called up to fill in for injured or sick players. Some have been up for two or ...
The Dustin Tokarski tryout period lasted just under two weeks with the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Sebastien Caron signed on Monday and clearing waivers, Tokarski was reassigned to Norfolk to help them continue their unprecedented run in the AHL. What did the organization learn about their prized prospect? Only that he’s not super-human. During his ...
Though the players and coaches won’t say it in public, the chances of the Tampa Bay Lightning making the playoffs this season are nigh-impossible. With 11 games remaining on their schedule they sit 7 points out of the final playoff spot and have won only one game during their season-defining 7 game home stand. So ...
While hopes for the current season may be dimming in Tampa, the future is starting to look extraordinarily bright. With two goals against the struggling Boston Bruins Steven Stamkos eclipsed the fifty-goal mark for the second time in his young career. He joins five other players (Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Joe Nieuwendyk and ...
Sometimes the players that benefit the most from the trade deadlines are the ones that stay on the roster. While the Tampa Bay Lightning might not have been as big of a seller as they could have been, the moves they did make provided a chance for some players to make their mark on ...
With fifteen games left in the season, The Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves three points outside of the playoffs and five points behind the Florida Panthers for the division lead. With a seven-game home stand looming, the biggest question staring them in the face is not about the goaltending, rather it’s “Where are the goals ...
