All Entries Tagged With: "Curtis McElhinney"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 70: Lightning 6 – Maple Leafs 2 “Ritola Provides Relief” The Tampa Bay Lightning (39-22-9) got just what the doctor ordered Monday night at the Air Canada Centre… a total team effort resulting in a beat down of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mattias Ritola scored twice in a three minute span of the second [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 66: Lightning 1 – Capitals 2 SO “Winless in Four” Alex Ovechkin assisted on Washington’s only goal in regulation, then scored in the opening round of the shootout to give the first-place Capitals a 2-1 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Alexander Semin came up big for the Caps for [...]
Confident Lightning Stay Quiet On Deadline Day
The Tampa Bay Lightning remained silent on this trade deadline day. Confidently silent. GM Steve Yzerman stayed ahead of the curve by filling the teams need for a goaltender (Dwayne Roloson), a power play quarterback (Marc-Andre Bergeron) and a big, puck moving defenseman (Eric Brewer) earlier in the season. Yzerman had deep discussions with many [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 60: Lightning 8 – Coyotes 3 “Vinny Goes Off” The Tampa Bay Lightning (35-18-7) scored five first period goals, three on the power play and never looked back as they punished the Coyotes 8-3, ending Phoenix’ eight game winning streak. Teddy Purcell recorded his first career hat trick and according to him, his first [...]
Lightning Trade Goalie Dan Ellis To Anaheim
The Tampa Bay Lightning traded goalie Dan Ellis to the Anaheim Ducks for goalie Curtis McElhinney. McElhinney is 6-9-1 in 21 appearances with the Ducks this season. He has a 3.43 goals-against average and a .890 save percentage. Ducks starting goalie Jonas Hiller is experiencing vertigo and may not be able to be counted on [...]
Ray Emery back in the NHL: signs two-way contract with the Anaheim Ducks
Well Razor is back in the NHL after months of rehabilitation following a season-ending hip surgery last season. Emery played 29 games for the Flyers in 2009-10, posting a respectable 2.64 GAA and a good .905 save percentage. As per Darren Dreger, Emery’s two-way one-year contract is worth $500,000 in the NHL or $105,000 in [...]
Haircut Opens Schnide Buster; Sharks win 9-1
Devin Setoguchi was in a notable funk the last two weeks. So to shake things up he had Torrey Mitchell’s girlfriend shave his head completely. It was a tactic Setoguchi used in the minors to get out of a similar scoring slump. The San Jose Sharks last game against the Edmonton Oilers, Setoguchi scored twice [...]
