Eugene Helfrick
Eugene Helfrick is a writer from the Tampa Bay area. He has written about the Lightning for two years at pucksandrecreation.com, formerly alongtheboards.com.
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Lightning Must Improve Their Penalty Kill
October 17th, 2019 While there were many factors to the Tampa Bay Lightning dominating the 2018-19 regular season, one standout was their league-leading penalty kill. After suffering through a maligned unit for years, the Lightning put it all together in 2018-19, killing off 85 percent of penalties. Given the fact that the Lightning were the third-most...
Maroon Finding His Niche with Lightning
October 16th, 2019 When the Tampa Bay Lightning got swept out of the 2019 Playoffs, it was clear that the offensive juggernaut's forward corps was lacking some of that size and grit needed to make a sustained playoff run. The Lightning had all the talent in the world but simply lacked that toughness factor that makes a good regular-season team a contender...
Top 15 NHL Power Forwards
October 13th, 2019 It is a rare commodity for a player to have size, skill and intelligence to put it all together on a nightly basis. This particular combination is defined as a power forward. Through the NHL's history, many have excelled in this role. Cam Neely was a player that scared opponent's going into the corner just as much as he did getting...
Top 10 NHL Legends Who Never Hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup
October 12th, 2019 If you ask any young hockey player what they want, more than anything, their answer will likely be to win the Stanley Cup. Precious few have the chance to play a game in the NHL, and even fewer get the chance to hoist the greatest trophy in sports. Many NHL players have had illustrious careers. They were first-ballot Hall of...
Lightning: Is It Time to Fire Cooper?
October 10th, 2019 The start of the 2019-20 NHL season has a bit of a deja vu feeling to it for the Tampa Bay Lightning. After playing the Florida Panthers in five straight games (three pre-season, two regular-season) the Lightning finally faced the Carolina Hurricanes, their first non-Floridian based foe for the first time in close to two weeks. What...
The NHL's Top 5 Defenses
October 8th, 2019 Defense wins championships. It's a saying as old as hockey itself, but there is truth to this wisdom. A stout defense can both limit the opponent's scoring chances while placing additional pressure on them in the offensive zone. When a defense is playing near perfection, it also helps ease some of the burdens on both the goaltender and...
