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Kyle Knopp

Born and raised in Michigan, Kyle Knopp started playing hockey when he was 3 years old. Knopp has played, coached, or worked at every level of ice hockey — including three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League and two seasons with the Detroit Red Wings where he was part of the Stanley Cup Championship team in 2008. He covers the Detroit Red Wings, hosts The Grind Line and THW Podcasts. You can follow him on Twitter @THW_Knopp.

Red Wings Require More Scoring, Better Coaching to Hasten Rebuild

Kyle Knopp | March 30, 2021

The adages can be heard echoing through the empty locker rooms in ice rinks across North America. Clichés such as “play a full 60 minutes,” “the first goal is the…

Categories Detroit Red Wings, Editor's Choice

Detroit Red Wings Need to Trust Yzerman’s Deals at the Deadline

Kyle Knopp | March 23, 2021

Trust the Yzerplan. The phrase is repeated over and over again, like a broken record, drilled into the collective minds of Detroit Red Wings fans everywhere. Yet there is a…

Categories Editor's Choice, Red Wings Management, Trade Deadline

Lightning Fans’ Passion and Electricity Deserve to Be Acknowledged

Kyle Knopp | March 18, 2021

On a picturesque Florida evening in March, the Tampa Bay Lightning took to their home ice sitting one point out of the division lead, and yet Amalie Arena was only…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Fans Are Too Quick to Dismiss Jan Rutta

Kyle Knopp | March 13, 2021

When your favorite team has been playing as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning have in the first half of the 2020-21 season, it is easy to forget how competitive…

Categories Player Profiles, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Original Six Road Trip Likely to Be a Success

Kyle Knopp | March 4, 2021

The confines of Amalie Arena have been very friendly to the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, as they have started the 2020-21 campaign with an outstanding 9-1-0 record for a…

Categories Previews and Predictions, Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – February 2021

Kyle Knopp | March 1, 2021

After a hot start in January, finishing the first month of the 2020-21 season 4-1-1 and tied for fourth place in the Central Division with nine points, the Tampa Bay…

Categories Column, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Overcome Adversity to Take 3 of 4 Against Hurricanes in Potential Playoff Preview

Kyle Knopp | February 26, 2021

In what felt like a miniature playoff series, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes wrapped up a four-game set with a 3-1 win on Thursday night. Thanks to inclement…

Categories Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning’s McDonagh Contributes Consistency & Leadership for Another Stanley Cup Run

Kyle Knopp | February 21, 2021

As the third anniversary of the trade deadline deal that brought Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning approaches, it is easy to overlook the 31-year-old’s contributions to the team…

Categories Player Profiles, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Experience First True Test of Adversity This Season

Kyle Knopp | February 13, 2021

As the Tampa Bay Lightning was rolling through the first quarter of the 2020-21 season it looked as though they picked up right where they left off from the 2020…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Should Utilize McElhinney More in February

Kyle Knopp | February 5, 2021

It is no secret that Andrei Vasilevskiy is one of the best goalies in the NHL right now. He was voted as a Vezina Trophy Finalist — awarded to the…

Categories Lightning Goaltending, NHL Goaltending

Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – January 2021

Kyle Knopp | January 31, 2021

The Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Nashville Predators to finish January with nine points in six games played to open the 2020-21 season. Only the Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars,…

Categories Column, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Look to Benefit From Week Off

Kyle Knopp | January 16, 2021

The 2020-21 season was always going to be chaotic — shortened training camps with no exhibition games, a compacted schedule, and potential complications due to COVID cancellations. The Dallas Stars…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning
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