All Entries Tagged With: "Steve Yzerman"
Five Reasons Why the Red Wings Will Win the Stanley Cup
For a franchise record 21st consecutive season, the Detroit Red Wings will enter the postseason vying for the Holy Grail which is Lord Stanley’s Cup. The way that the NHL is structured, it is a huge accomplishment, especially being one of two teams to make it to the playoffs every year in the post-lockout era. [...]
Pivotal Summer For Yzerman Regime Begins
With the 2011-12 Tampa Bay Lightning season complete, it’s time to focus on the upcoming campaign as the Bolts brass begins to build the team and solidify the roster as we race towards the official start of the NHL’s Free Agency period on July 1. Tampa Bay will certainly look to improve the goaltending and [...]
Stamkos Snipes Sixtieth – Bolts Prodigy Joins Exclusive Club
Not many NHL players have experienced a rousing standing ovation on the road, but Saturday night, when 22 year old Steven Stamkos beat Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec, 3:29 into the third period for his 60th goal of the season, the knowledgeable Jets fans couldn’t help themselves. They roared their approval for the Lightning phenom, who [...]
Has It Really Been 15 Years Ago?
On March 26, 1997, do you remember where you were? It was a night that not only hockey fans, but the rest of Michigan were waiting for. All the focus was at the Joe Louis Arena as the Detroit Red Wings hosted the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Colorado Avalanche. It was the same Avalanche [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 31-30-7 with 69 points through 68 games. After 68 games last season, the Bolts were 38-22-8 with 84 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, seven points out [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 31-28-6 with 68 points through 65 games. After 65 games last season, the Bolts were 37-21-7 with 81 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by six points. Tampa Bay is in 10th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, two points out [...]
Bolts Bolster Blue Line With Three Deadline Day Deals
Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman revamped the Bolts blue line corps with a trio of trades on this deadline Monday. The Lightning acquired defenseman Mike Commodore from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a conditional seventh round draft pick in 2013. The 32 year old Commodore played only 17 games with the Red Wings accumulating two [...]
Bolts Look to the Future – Trade Steve Downie
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded forward and fan favorite Steve Downie. GM Steve Yzerman continues to stockpile draft picks and prepare for the future. Here is the press release from the Lightning: The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired a first-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft as well as defenseman Sebastien Piche in a [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 26-26-6 with 58 points through 58 games. After 58 games last season, the Bolts were 34-18-6 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by seven points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Bertuzzi, MacDonald Lead Red Wings Past Ducks In a Shootout 2-1 For 19th Straight at Home
When you associate the Detroit Red Wings and the number 19, you think Steve Yzerman. Not tonight because the Red Wings stretched their franchise record to 19 straight wins on home ice with a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks in a game that was decided in a shootout. Their home-winning streak now matches the [...]
Red Wings Squeak by Stars 5-4
The Detroit Red Wings (25-13-1) finished 2011 on a winning note and started 2012 the same way with a nail-biting 5-4 road win over the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center. In a first stop of a four-game road trip, the win gives the Red Wings a record of 10-11-0 away from the Joe [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 14-17-3 with 31 points through 34 games. After 34 games last season, the Bolts were 19-10-5 with 43 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by twelve points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference. After 34 [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
After 25 games into the 2011-12 season, the Detroit Red Wings record is 16-8-1, two points behind the Central Division-leading Chicago Blackhawks and fourth place in the Western Conference. Johan Franzen remains the team’s leading scorer with 25 points (team leading 12 goals, 13 assists) while Pavel Datsyuk is a close second with 24 points [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 11-12-2 with 24 points through 25 games. After 25 games last season, the Bolts were 14-8-3 with 31 points. The Lightning are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern [...]
Red Wings Strike Lightning with 4-2 win
The Detroit Red Wings remain red hot as they won their season-high sixth straight over the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 at the Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings (15-7-1) are temporarily tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the lead in the Central Division. Pavel Datsyuk and Jonathon Ericsson led the way with each registering a [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
After 22 games, the Detroit Red Wings are 14-7-1 record with 29 points and trail the Chicago Blackhawks by only two points in the Central Division; the Red Wings have played two fewer games than the Blackhawks. Currently, the Wings are the hottest team in the NHL by winning their last five games, including snapping [...]
Red Wings Win Fifth Straight, Contain Predators 4-1
Valtteri Filppula scored two goals with an assist and Henrik Zetterberg added a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings extend their winning streak to five games with a convincing 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators at the Joe Louis Arena. Jimmy Howard stopped 18 shots and is now tied for the league [...]
Red Wings Kick Off Holiday with 5-3 Win Over Flames
The Detroit Red Wings kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday with a win on home ice as they beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 at the Joe Louis Arena. After being off to a slow start, Pavel Datsyuk is starting to show why he’s one of the best offensive forwards in the game as he scored the [...]
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 [...]
Connolly Conundrum Solved – Bolts Rookie is Staying
After last nights win over the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman wasted no time in telling everyone that he had decided to keep 19 year old rookie forward Brett Connolly with the big club. In a text message to the media, Yzerman wrote, “We feel Brett’s shown that he belongs in the [...]
