Frank Quartarone

Former competitive hockey player at the D3 college level. I have worked as a hockey referee, time keeper and assistant youth coach, as well as being a longtime member of USA Hockey. Native New Englander now living in Tampa, I broke into sports writing covering the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Orlando Magic for Back Sports Page.

Author's Posts

Lightning Failure to Trade Johnson Could Be Blessing in Disguise

January 18th, 2021 Tyler Johnson’s name was bandied about as much as any player in the NHL during the offseason due to the financial pretzel the Tampa Bay Lightning found themselves in. The emergence of young players like Mikhail Sergachev, Anthony Cirelli and Erik Cernak, just as their rookie deals were expiring, meant new deals would be needed for...

Lightning Face New Threats in 2020-21 Division Realignment

December 13th, 2020 The latest NHL realignment proposal came out just a couple of days ago, the same day the NHL announced its plans for a 56-game season to start in mid-January. The temporary alignment will have an all-Canadian division to go along with the other three US-based divisions based on nearest proximity to each other. Per...

Lightning Lose More than Just a Player if Killorn Leaves

December 9th, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien BriseBois did a masterful job getting the team into position to finally take home the Stanley Cup after a 16-year drought. With the 2020-21 season rumored to begin on Jan. 13, BriseBois still has serious decisions to make, and the timetable to make said decisions is shrinking by the day. Everyone on the...

The Lightning Are Built to Repeat as Stanley Cup Champions

December 4th, 2020 In 2019-20, the Tampa Bay Lightning were able to achieve the ultimate goal of every NHL franchise, win the holiest of holy grails, the Stanley Cup. The current core for the Lightning had been knocking on the door for a good six-plus seasons before finally kicking it in, defeating the valiant but overmatched Dallas Stars in six...