TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NEWS

Plenty to 'see' from Steven Stamkos this season

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Through the first 35 games last season, Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos(notes) scored just four times. Shackled to the bench and not seeing much ice time under then-Lightning coach Barry Melrose, it wasn't the type of start the 2008 No. 1 overall pick was looking for...
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Lacavalier, Stamkos going opposite directions

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Vincent Lecavalier is fading. Steven Stamkos is on the rise. The Lightning need both to align to become a force, Spector says.
>> www.pheedcontent.com/click.p...
 

Stamkos More Than Pulling His Weight

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by Susan SlusserFiled under: LightningLast year, the one knock on No. 1 pick Steven Stamkos, fresh into the league at the age of 18, was that he lacked the strength to compete nightly in the league, even getting scratched on occasion to work on building up his muscle.So over the summer...
>> nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/11...
 

Bolts Beat Phil Kessel…Up

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Last night the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped the four game OT loss slide, by winning in OT against the Leafs 2-1. Vinny Lecavalier and Ryan Malone had the 2 goals for our squad, which was enough to squeak by the slumping Leafs. According to the Twitter account of our General Managers...
>> boltsbythebay.com/2009/11...
 

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

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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...
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Tampa Bay Lightning's Victor Hedman out of lineup after being hit

Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Victor Hedman will not be in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens following a body check that left him flattened on the ice.
>> sports.espn.go.com/nhl/new...
 

Lightning rookie Hedman won't play Sat. vs. Habs

Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Victor Hedman will not be in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens following a body check that left him flattened on the ice.
>> feeds.cbssports.com/click.p...
 

Olympic goalie questions ring out

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Could red-hot netminder Antero Niittymaki be the Olympic answer for Finland? THN looks at goalie situations as the Games near.
>> www.pheedcontent.com/click.p...
 

The Blue Line Starts to Shape Up

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Today the Tampa Bay Lightning re-assigned Matt Lashoff and Mike Lundin to Norfolk of the AHL. Looks like the blue line is starting to shape up.  These are the remaining D-Men fighting for the job. 6 KURTIS FOSTER 6′ 5″ 220 NOV 24, 1981 27 CARP, ON, CAN 21 DAVID HALE...
>> boltsbythebay.com/2009/09...
 

Sabres Gamenight: Tampa Bay Lightning

The opponent tonight is the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Despite having won a Cup – TB is not really a hockey hotbed that thrives from year to year.  The season that we are seeing is pretty typical, .500 hockey. The Sabres need to be careful going into tonights game, as the Lightning...
>> sabrenoise.com/2009/10...
 

Inspired by Tampa's 'naked' shootout, junior team banned

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are clearly warping impressionable young minds with their perverted hockey practice reindeer games. The Idaho Junior Steelheads have been temporarily banished from a Boise public ice rink for participating in a "naked shootout," like the one that saw...
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Video: Tampa Bay Lightning's 'naked breakaways' titillate fans

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Tampa Bay Lightning winger Marty St. Louis stood at the center of the rink, ready for his shootout chance. Slowly, he shuffled his bare, sock-less legs down the ice in sandals rather than skates, before putting the puck past the goalie. He joyously celebrated, because he wasn't...
>> sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blo...
 

Being Cautious With Hedman

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from Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes, Tampa Bay Lightning rookie defenseman Victor Hedman will not play in Saturday’s game with the Canadiens because of a concussion sustained in Thursday’s game with the Senators on a brutal hit by Ottawa’s Chris Neil. Hedman’s...
>> www.kuklaskorner.com/index.p...
 

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Injuries and illnesses are a part of the game. Ask the Tampa Bay Lightning. Last year as they rolled to one of the worst records in the league, they lost over 300 man games to injuries and illness. The year they won the Stanley Cup the number was only in the 50s. [...]
>> sabrenoise.com/2009/10...
 

Zenon Konopka, I Love You

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I also wanted  to throw up a good fight from last nights game.  Zenon Konopka fought a much bigger Chris Thorburn, and held his own.  Zenon is not afraid of a soul, big or small, and should have lots of these video clips this year.
>> boltsbythebay.com/2009/10...
 

Malone pushes Lightning past Leafs in overtime

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Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime, giving the Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Leafs on Tuesday night.
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Lightning's Hedman hurt, won't play at Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Victor Hedman will not be in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens following a body check that left him flattened on the ice.
>> nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3373...
 

Bolts Lose in Shootout

Tonight the Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout. The final score was 2 to 1. For some reason, unknown to all lightning fans, the second game of the season was not televised so I can’t do too much commenting on how we played. We had 30 shots on net, compared [...]
>> boltsbythebay.com/2009/10...
 

Today in Philly Sports History: Downie Cracks Skulls, 2007

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Bullying was back in fashion on and around Broad Street on September 24th, 2007. Steve Downie was never the most skilled or naturally gifted player on the Flyers--he scored just 12 points in 32 games in the '07-'08 season--but he had balls and brawn to...
>> www.the700level.com/2009/09...
 

Tanguay to Tampa Bay

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While the ownership group may be in disarray, the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to make moves to improve on the ice as according to news reports out of Canada, they have aquired free agent left winger Alex Tanguay. The report came out of RDS, citing sources close to negotiations that...
>> tbsportsblog.com/2009/08...
 

Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 Tampa Bay Lightning!

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NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each...
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Hockey Players Love The Feel Of Ice On Bare Skin

A junior hockey team in Idaho was banned from the local rink after imitating their NHL idols and holding their own "strip shootout." I guess if the Tampa Bay Lightning jumped off a bridge, you would do that too? [WSOCTV]
>> deadspin.com/5391739...
 

NHL countdown: No. 25 Tampa Bay Lightning

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Luke DeCock, Sporting News Yearbooks Leading into the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting News will preview one NHL team per day, counting backward from our preseason No. 30 ranked team to No. 1. A year ago, the Lightning were spewing enough hot air to melt the ice at the St...
>> www.sportingnews.com/nhl/art...
 

Lightning Ownership Mess Gets Even More Peculiar

As he seeks partners to take controlling ownership of the franchise, Tampa Bay Lightning co-owner Len Barrie is facing some significant accusations of fraud and shady business dealings according to an article in the St. Petersburg Times. This comes on the heels of a Toronto Globe...
>> tbsportsblog.com/2009/09...
 

Malone's OT goal lifts Lightning past Maple Leafs

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TORONTO(AP) Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.
>> sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/...
 
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