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Dan Herrejon

Born in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up playing and loving sports. Spent most of my formative years playing, debating, arguing and talking sports. for the last couple of years I have written about hockey. I am currently a Tampa Bay Lightning contributor for The Hockey Writers. I know that I may not always be right, but I am passionate about hockey and it is damn hard to hide that passion in my writing.

The Breakthrough Year of Nikita Kucherov

Dan Herrejon | November 27, 2017

As an up and coming player in Russia, Nikita Kucherov was given the nickname – The Russian Rifle. One of my colleagues, Christopher Ralph, summarized the potential Kucherov possessed five…

Bon Voyage, Ben Bishop

Dan Herrejon | February 28, 2017

Well, the day many in Tampa Bay have been fearing for well over a year has come. The Tampa Bay Lightning traded No. 1 goalie, Ben Bishop to the Los…

NHL’s Next 50 Goal Scorers

Dan Herrejon | February 28, 2017

In the last three NHL seasons, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has been the only player to break the 50-goal mark. It appears that this personal streak for Ovie…

Are the Lightning a Playoff Team?

Dan Herrejon | February 27, 2017

As the NHL trade deadline looms, albeit quietly, the Tampa Bay Lightning are attempting to dig themselves out of a rather large hole. Make no mistake, the unenviable position the…

Mattias Ohlund: Lightning’s Gift to Hedman

Dan Herrejon | February 23, 2017

In the 2009 NHL Draft, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected defenseman, Victor Hedman with the number two pick. Five days after drafting the 18-year-old Swede, the team made a couple…

Jake Dotchin Impresses Lightning

Dan Herrejon | February 22, 2017

In this mixed bag of a season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, one of the bright spots recently has been Jake Dotchin. The 22-year-old defenseman has 11 NHL games on…

Top 3 All-Time Lightning Goalies

Dan Herrejon | February 21, 2017

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in existence for 24 NHL seasons. During this time, there have been 43 men who took their position between the pipes for the Bolts.…

Future of Lightning Goaltending?

Dan Herrejon | January 31, 2017

As the Tampa Bay Lightning battle for their postseason life, the Amalie Arena offices of team management is working on who they will protect for the June Expansion Draft? Between June 18…

Critical Time for the Lightning

Dan Herrejon | January 26, 2017

A team in the NHL that loses as many games as they win is usually not a playoff team. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, before their Thursday night game against…

Calls for Jon Cooper’s Head Absurd

Dan Herrejon | January 24, 2017

One of the oldest clichés in sports, in general, is that all coaches are hired to be fired. Pretty self-explanatory. We get it. Unless some poor guy behind the bench…

Lightning to Honor Martin St. Louis

Dan Herrejon | January 13, 2017

On Friday night, prior to their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Tampa Bay Lightning will retire and raise the first number in franchise history. Despite his unceremonious departure…

Lightning All-Stars Deserving of Recognition

Dan Herrejon | January 11, 2017

The NHL announced the 2017 All-Star rosters and two Tampa Bay Lightning players earned their first All-Star selections, and both Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman deserved this honor. This could…

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