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Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 8-6-2 with 18 points through 16 games. After 16 games last season, the Bolts were 9-5-2 with 20 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division three points behind the Washington Capitals and eighth in the Eastern Conference. After 16 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-5-2 with 16 points through 14 games. After 14 games last season, the Bolts were 8-4-2 with 18 points. The Lightning are in second place in the Southeast Division two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After 14 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team and the NHL in goals with ten. and [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Introducing The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-4-2 with 12 points through eleven games. After eleven games last season, the Bolts were 7-2-2 with 16 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division, tied with Florida, two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After eleven games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team in goals with [...]
Bolts Make Final Cuts – Connolly Stays, Tyrell Goes
Today the Tampa Bay Lightning cut down to the23 man roster limit by sending forward Dana Tyrell to Norfolk. This means that their number one prospect, Brett Connolly has made the team. The junior eligible, 19 year old sniper can play a total of nine games before the Lightning needs to decide whether or not [...]
Bolts Trim Roster to 26
The Tampa Bay Lightning cut 27 players today, getting down to 26 players left in camp. Forwards Michel Ouellet, Mike Angelidis, JT Wyman, Alex Picard and Trevor Smith; along with defensemen Richard Petiot and Mike Vernace were placed on waivers Sunday. Assuming none are claimed, they will be assigned to Norfolk. Players who do not require waivers [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning 2011-12 Season Preview: Master Chef Yzerman is Whipping Up a Winner
Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman’s recipe for success finds the Bolts armed and ready to continue their climb to the top of the NHL in the coming season. No one could have predicted the 2010-11 Bolts would make it to the Eastern Conference Final and finally succumb to the eventual Cup winners, the Boston Bruins [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 76: Lightning 5 – Senators 2 “Getting Their Mojo Back” The Tampa Bay Lightning (41-24-11, 93 points) are on the verge of clinching their first playoff appearance in four years. The Bolts played a solid game at the St. Pete Times Forum and beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Tuesday night. The Carolina Hurricanes won [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 73: Lightning 2 – Islanders 5 “Dazed and Confused” Make no mistake about it Lightning fans…It’s time to panic. Tampa Bay (39-23-11) was soundly beaten at home by the Islanders, 5-2 Tuesday night for their third straight loss. The Bolts have won only two games in their last eleven tries. They have now fallen [...]
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 63: Lightning 1 – Devils 2 “Playing Their Game” If you didn’t know better, you would have thought the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils were playing in another era, using straight wooden sticks and skating in slow motion. The Devils held the Bolts to a meek 16 shots on goal and snapped [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 55: Lightning 4 – Sabres 7 “Blasted” The Tampa Bay Lightning (33-17-5) lost a golden opportunity to put some distance between them and their Southeast Division rival Washington Capitals on Tuesday night. The Caps lost earlier in the evening to the San Jose Sharks and the Bolts could have gone up five points over [...]
The NHL’s Statistical Anomaly: The Tampa Bay Lightning
Through 46 games, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s record is 26-15-5 including a sparkling 13-4-2 at home and a respectable 13-11-3 on the road. The Bolts sport a 22-10-3 record versus Eastern Conference teams. Tampa Bay resides in 1st place in the Southeast Division, is 2nd seeded in the Eastern Conference and is the 6th best [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 40: Lightning 1 – Capitals 0 OT “Roloson and St. Louis Star” After over three periods of playoff style, back and forth, defensive hockey, the heart and soul of the Lightning finally scored on Washington goalie Semyon Varlamov to give the Lightning a well deserved 1-0 victory. The only goal of the contest was [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 31: Lightning 2 – Thrashers 1 SO “Smith Answers The Critics” Lightning goaltender Mike Smith gave up a shorthanded, short-sided goal to Atlanta’s Rich Peverley at 13:56 of the opening period and you could feel the Lightning fans mutter, “Here we go again” in frustration. After all, Smith was playing in his first game [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 25: Lightning 4 – Maple Leafs 3 OT “Welcome Back Simon!” The heart and soul of the Bolts, Martin St Louis put the team on his back and led the Lightning to a 4-3 overtime victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs. St Louis eliminated a 3-1 deficit for the Bolts with two goals in [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 18: Lightning 4 – Islanders 2 “A Special Teams Win” The Lightning (9-7-2) worked their way to a much needed win Wednesday night defeating the New York Islanders 4-2 behind a 34 save effort from goaltender Dan Ellis. It was only the second time in the last nine games that the Bolts have scored [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 14: Lightning 4 – Maple Leafs 0 “Stammer and Ellis Lead the Way” Superstar Steven Stamkos scored two goals, goaltender Dan Ellis recorded his second shutout in his last three starts and the Lightning (8-4-2) crushed the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 4-0 victory Tuesday night. The Bolts ended their three game losing streak [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game Nine: Lightning 5 – Penguins 3 “Making a Statement” After a horrible start, the Lightning blitzed the Pittsburgh Penguins with four unanswered goals en-route to a 5-3 victory on Wednesday night at the St. Pete Times Forum to retain the top spot in the Southeast division. As I walked into the Forum, I was [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 1: Lightning 5 – Thrashers 3 “Stamkos Carries the Bolts” Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist to give Coach Guy Boucher a win in his NHL debut in the Lightning’s 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers Saturday night. “It’s a good way to start a season,” Stamkos said. Stammer had 51 goals [...]
