Posts About "Jake Dotchin"
Lightning & Crunch Have a Promising Future
June 19th, 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 be with the Tampa Bay Lightning, they are all products of the Lightning’s development system and they were all on the Syracuse Crunch team that...
4 Lightning Players Vegas Fans Should Know
June 2nd, 2017 Steve Yzerman versus George McPhee is the conference room battle of NHL general managers that hockey fans deserve. Tampa Bay is up next our rundown of players fans of the Vegas Golden Knights should be familiar with. The dealings with the Lightning should be fun to watch. Jon Cooper's club is just two years removed from a trip to the...
Lightning's Yzerman Eyes NHL Expansion Draft to Start Summer
April 15th, 2017 For Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2016-17 regular season has come and gone and for the first time in four years, they are not one of 16 teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Lightning (almost) overcame an underwhelming first two-thirds of the regular season and came just one point shy of earning a playoff berth. In a season plagued by...
Bruins' Marchand at It Again, but Will He Learn?
April 5th, 2017 Brad Marchand was it again on Tuesday. No, not tallying his 40th goal of the season for the first time in his career or adding to his 85 points, which are fourth-most in the league this year. The Boston Bruins winger has made another poor decision and this time, his checkbook probably won't get him out of it. In Tuesday's matchup...
Jake Dotchin: A Rearguard Revelation
March 15th, 2017 The 2016-17 season has been a roller coaster one for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team has been so all over the place that the campaign can best be described as a "Wonkavator". A Wonkavator, as described in Roald Dahl's children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is a means of conveyance that goes sideways, longways, frontways...
How the Lightning Are Turning Things Around
March 9th, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning enter Thursday's matchup against the Minnesota Wild just four points behind the New York Islanders for the last wild card spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. With a record of 8-2-3 over their last 13 contests and improved play over the past month, is this a team that can earn its fourth...
Dotchin's Play Is Key to Lightning's Balance on Defense
February 23rd, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Jake Dotchin is just 12 games into his NHL career, but he's been an important part of the team's improved play over the past few weeks. Since his NHL debut against the Arizona Coyotes on Jan. 21, the 22-year-old blueliner has given the Lightning a consistently steady presence on the blue line. More...
