Lightning Well-Represented at 2018 World Juniors Anthony Moukarzel | January 4, 2018 The Tampa Bay Lightning have yet another big showing at the World Juniors. This year, the Lightning are represented by five talented prospects. Four of them play for Canada (Cal…
Who Wins the Taylor Raddysh Sweepstakes? Mark Scheig | December 2, 2017 We knew this day was coming. It was only a matter of time. With the Erie Otters sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference outside of the playoff picture,…
Lightning Prospect Pool Gems Eugene Helfrick | September 30, 2017 While preseason hockey is often maligned, it does present a rare opportunity for teams to evaluate everyone at once. From franchise centermen to new draft picks, ice time is plentiful…
Lightning Training Camp Most Competitive in Years Anthony Moukarzel | September 20, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning are going to have the toughest training camp in a while. Not only is the team going to be pushed a little harder after missing the…
Tampa Bay Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2017 Eugene Helfrick | July 12, 2017 When Steve Yzerman took over the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010, the organization had one of the weakest prospect pools in the NHL. Since then Yzerman and company have placed…
Dotchin’s Compete Should Equal NHL Success Geoff Nichols | July 10, 2017 Much like Tampa Bay Lightning forward Yanni Gourde’s recent two-year contract extension, defenseman Jake Dotchin’s recent success has earned him his own two-year, one-way extension. The deal carries an $812,500…
Yanni Gourde Earned His Lightning Contract Geoff Nichols | July 3, 2017 Some players like Steven Stamkos or Brayden Point jump straight from Major Junior to the National Hockey League and some take a couple years of grooming in the American Hockey…
Cal Looks to Leave His Own Foote-Prints in the NHL Dan Rice | June 27, 2017 With their first pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected Callan Foote at 14th overall, the son of former defenseman Adam who won two Stanley Cups…
Lightning Prospect Ben Thomas Geoff Nichols | June 27, 2017 The 2017 NHL Entry Draft has come and gone and the Tampa Bay Lightning selected six players to fill their prospect ranks. While most, if not all, of those six…
Get To Know Alexander Volkov Alessandro Seren Rosso | June 26, 2017 One of the biggest surprises of the draft was the second-round pick spent on 20-year-old Alexander Volkov by the Tampa Bay Lightning. The native of Moscow, Russia, didn’t have much…
Lightning & Crunch Have a Promising Future Geoff Nichols | June 19, 2017 Tyler Johnson, Andrej Sustr, Richard Panik, Ondrej Palat, Vladislav Namestnikov, Brett Connolly, Radko Gudas. These names are familiar to most if not all hockey fans. While they may not still…
Oleg Sosunov Making Strides Towards NHL Dream Alessandro Seren Rosso | March 9, 2017 During the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, one of the biggest players to be picked was Oleg Sosunov (6’8″, 240-pounds). The Tampa Bay Lightning spent a sixth-round pick on him. Sosunov…