All Entries Tagged With: "NHL 2009 Season"
Bolts Still In Overtime Purgatory
I know it’s only preseason. I know it shouldn’t matter, but the Lightning have continued a disturbing trend from last years dismal season…losing in extra time. For the third time in five preseason games the Bolts lost in extra time. The Coyotes Peter Mueller won it in the third round of the shootout, beating Lightning [...]
Smith Takes It Like A Man
Lightning goaltender Mike Smith stopped 32 of 33 shots and played 60 minutes on the way to a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Everett, Washington. This was good news for Lightning followers, but even better news was that the Bolts backstop was run into by his teammate. Huh? Yep. Big Ryan Craig inadvertently [...]
Forget Regina
This one was a “stinker.” The Lightning traveled to Regina, Saskatchewan and played an emotionless game in front of 7,000 fans at the Brandt Centre. The Ottawa Senators beat the Bolts 3-1, out shooting them 29-12. Carter Ashton played well and scored the only Lightning goal five minutes into the second period off of a [...]
Smitty Just Being Smitty
While I didn’t attend the Bolts tilt versus the Thrashers last night, I watched the tape and did what I’m sure all of the Lightning fans, players and management did…focused solely on returning goalie Mike Smith. The thing that I have always liked about Smith is that he is not a just a goalie, but [...]
Encouraging!
He was on the ice for 27 minutes and 15 seconds, four and a half minutes longer than anyone else. He skated skillfully and with purpose. His coach Rick Tocchet said, “If I had to say who tried and played hard…(he) would be in my top, absolutely.” I know, you’re thinking Marty or maybe Vinny. [...]
Lightning Fans Are Hypnotized
It was like watching Tampa Bay Lightning owner Oren Koules’ “Saw” movie franchise. I tried not to watch and listen, but it was so unbelievably horrible, I had to keep eavesdropping. The scene was the Bolts first scrimmage of training camp at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon, Florida. The cast was a bunch of [...]
Lightning Summer Of Discontent Is Thankfully Over
To be very clear, I am not a fan of Tampa Bay Lightning owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie. They have done some outright stupid things that have set the franchise back for years. They are embroiled in a business tug of war that will end with one of them face down in the mud, [...]
My Preseason NHL power rankings.
With the 2009-2010 season starting all too soon, let’s take a look at how the NHL teams look heading in.
