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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 80: Lightning 2 – Sabres 4 “Another Defenseman Injured” Lightning killer, Thomas Vanek registered a hat trick to lead Buffalo to a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay (44-25-11) Tuesday night. Vinny Lecavalier and Ryan Malone scored for the Lightning. For Lecavalier, it was his 22nd goal of the season. Teddy Purcell, Marty St. Louis [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 57: Lightning 3 – Flyers 4 SO “Playoff Preview” The Tampa Bay Lightning (34-17-6) put together a solid 60 minute effort and erased a two goal deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Eastern Conference leading Philadelphia Flyers defeated them in the seventh round of a shootout 4-3 in front of almost 17,000 fans [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 47: Lightning 3 – Blue Jackets 2 SO “Stamkos Nets Two” Superstar Steven Stamkos netted two goals (one on the power play) and Ryan Malone scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the Lightning past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 Tuesday night. Stammer has at least one goal in three consecutive [...]
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 44: Lightning 3 – Capitals 0 “Solid Defense” The Tampa Bay Lightning (26-13-5) made the Washington Capitals look ordinary and downright ineffective on Wednesday night. Bolts backstop Dwayne Roloson made 23 saves and shutout the Capitals for the second time in nine days, 3-0. The Lightning’s defensive effort was, in a word, spectacular. The [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game Five: Lightning 5 – Stars 4 “No Vinny No Problem” The Lightning (4-1-0) took on the undefeated Dallas Stars on Hockey Fights Cancer night, minus their Captain because of a right hand injury. Vinny Lecavalier’s swollen knuckle wouldn’t allow him to grip his stick properly and he sat out last night. This coupled with [...]
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 [...]
The Bolts Beat, 9/13/10
In the latest episode of The Bolts Beat, JJ and co-host Mike Corcoran discuss Dan Ellis’ recent Twitter troubles and the many (over?)reactions thereof, look ahead to training camp opening this weekend, Tampabaylightning.com contributor, Mark Pukalo, stops by again to discuss some intriguing position battles ahead for the Lightning and the boys have a little [...]
Attention NHL Shoppers: Lightning Free Agent Frenzy Is Here!
Now that the draft is over, Bolthead Nation can focus on the “Free Agent Frenzy” that begins on Thursday, July 1. The Tampa Bay Lightning probably won’t get involved in signing an upper echelon free agent player. The free agent pool is shallow as compared to other years and new GM Steve Yzerman simply cannot [...]
Catching Up With The Lightning
Here is your latest Lightning news: Bolts sign defenseman Barberio The Bolts have signed defenseman Mark Barberio to a standard three-year entry level contract. He was drafted in the sixth round, 152nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. “W e always like adding good character people and quality players to the organization,” Head Amateur [...]
Hockey Bay Happenings
The Lightning is 19-20-10 with 48 points. They are 4th in the Southeast Division with 127 goals scored and 154 goals against. The Bolts’ power play percentage is 18.91, while the league average is 18.61. Their penalty kill percentage is 79.40, while the league average is 81.34. Tampa Bay is four points out of the [...]
Hockey Bay USA Season Preview And Prediction
2008-09 Recap: Dismal The Lightning finished 2008-09 last in the Southeast Division and 14th in the Eastern Conference with a poor 24-40-18 record and 66 points. They had four players that netted 20 or more goals and six players in total that had double-digit goals. Martin St. Louis (30 goals. 50 assists and 80 points) [...]
Bolts Cut Roster: Who’s In-Who’s Out
Once the scrimmage with Norfolk was completed last night, the Turk visited eleven Lightning players. After clearing waivers, forwards Martins Karsums and Blair Jones were assigned to AHL Norfolk. Goaltenders Dustin Tokarski, Riku Helenius and Jaroslav Janus (unsigned), defensemen Vladimir Mihalik and Ty Wishart, and forwards Juraj Simek, Paul Szczechura and Dana Tyrell were also [...]