Yardbarker: Stephane Veilleux

Is calling out Lecavalier a new hobby for Tampa's Tocchet?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:15:29 -0500

How often is a team captain with the highest salary and most celebrity unceremoniously dropped from the top line to a spot between two checking forwards?As we noted yesterday in the Puck Headlines, that's what happened to Vincent Lecavalier(notes) this week with the Tampa Bay Lightning, as Coach Rick Tocchet made him the center between noted Art Ross threats Drew Miller(notes) and Stephane Veilleux(notes). Lecavalier's offensive struggles this season have been well-documented -- he ha...

Wing Stephane Veilleux signs one-year deal with Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:44:48 -0500

Wing Stephane Veilleux signs a 1-year Lightning deal.

Wild release 2009-2010 schedule; Jacques Lemaire and Mario Tremblay to coach the New Jersey Devils

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:48:34 -0500

About 2 months ago I put up a picture of my license plate, which is from Wisconsin where it simply states "Lemaire" as part of an article that discussed the departure of the organization's only head coach, Jacques Lemaire. During the press conference Lemaire hinted he still wanted to caoch, and it came as no real surprise that the coach Jacques Lemaire returned to his old gig behind the bench for the New Jersey Devils. Joining him is his former Montreal Canadiens' teammate...

Veilleux brings depth up front

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0500

The Lightning bolstered their front line Tuesday, signing left wing Stephane Veilleux to a one-year contract worth $750,000.

Free agent winger Veilleux departs Wild for Lightning

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:26:47 -0500

Free agent forward Stephane Veilleux has signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Lightning sign former Wild left wing

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:44:10 -0500

TAMPA – The Lightning added depth to their front line on Tuesday, signing former Minnesota Wild left wing Stephane Veilleux to a one-year contract worth $750,000.

Lightning sign Veilleux

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:23:00 -0500

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed forward Stephane Veilleux on Tuesday. Per club policy, terms were not disclosed.

Lightning Sign Free Agent LW Stephane Veilleux

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:13:00 -0500

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent left wing Stephane Veilleux (steph-AWN vay-OO) today, Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced. “Stephane is a prototypical two-way player,” Lawton said. &...

Khan!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:44:00 -0500

Slow news day for the team except for the expected departure of #19, Stephane Veilleux via free agency. Steph played many games for the Wild, always as a hard-nosed pest. He’ll be missed.There’s no real good transition here, so here goes. Within the last week I’ve watched the new Star Trek and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. While I enjoyed the new take on the series, ST2 is a much better film. Outside of Youngblood’s Racki and maybe Hannibal Lechter, has there ever been a better screen villi...

Flyers kill penalties, beat Wild

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:58:17 -0500

Despite having to kill off eight penalties, and getting only one man advantage of their own, the Flyers handled the Minnesotta Wild on Thursday, beating one of the best defensive teams in the league 3-1.

The winning goal was scored on the powerplay by Mike Knuble, his 200th point as a member of the Flyers.

"That's half my points over my career," Knuble said. "It went quick. I've played with some great players here and that helps. With having so many good players around me there probably should be more points than that."

The Flyers were not as good on the penalty kill during their two week road trip, but a couple days off has clearly done them some good.

"I know it's like we're asking for it all the time," he said after last night's victory. "We kind of made it hard on ourselves with the little sticks and stuff like that. We did have solid penalty killing, not so much on the road.

"But here at home we were rested and Marty [Biron] made some key saves and I don't think we gave up too many glorious chances."

Oddly enough, it was the penalty killing that seemed to give the team life. They started the night sluggish, but gained momentum with each penalty kill, which included 1:03 5-3. After giving up the first goal of the game to Stephane Veilleux with 7:49 left in the first period, the Flyers shut down a very frustrated Wild offense.

"Terrible, terrible," said Wild defenseman Kim Johnsson, a former Flyer. "We gave them the game. We couldn't even score a goal on [eight] power plays.''

Scott Hartnell tied the game up midway through the second period on a rebound of a rebound of a rebound. Both Mike Richards and Scottie Upshall tried pounding it home, but it was Hartnell that found the empty net.

Knuble put the Flyers ahead for good just six seconds into their only power play, deflecting a blue line shot by Kimmo Timmonen. Upshall would put the nail in the coffin with a burst of speed up the far side of the rink, wristing a shot above the shoulder of Minnesotta goalie Niklas Backstrom.

"The tendency is, you come home from the trip and you want to relax, and you can't," said Flyers coach John Stevens. "Minnesota came out and they were jumping and they were trying to take advantage of us in our building and treat it almost as an extension of the road trip.

"I thought we regrouped in the second period and the penalty killing got us on track."

The Flyers take the ice again on Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The puck drops at 7:00 PM at the Wachovia Center.