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2016-17 Regular Season Schedule
TAMPA, FLA. — – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced their 82-game regular season schedule for the 2016-17 season today. The Lightning’s season will open on October 13 as the Bolts take on their Atlantic Division rivals, the Detroit Red Wings, at Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay will open with a four-game home stand, followed […]
LIGHTNING HEAD TO BUFFALO’S FIRST NIAGARA CENTER WITH NINE DRAFT PICKS 2016 NHL Draft Kicks Off Friday Night
TAMPA BAY –The Tampa Bay Lightning hold a total of nine picks, including two in the second round, at the 2016 NHL Draft, which gets underway with picks 1-30 on Friday at 7 p.m. (NBCSN) at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Rounds 2-7 will be held on Saturday, June 25 beginning at […]
LIGHTNING FORWARD RYAN CALLAHAN HAS SUCCESSFUL HIP SURGERY
Alternate Captain Has Labral Tear Repaired TAMPA BAY – Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan had successful hip surgery today in New York City at the Hospital for Special Surgery, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. The procedure to repair a labral tear in Callahan’s right hip was performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly. […]
LIGHTNING HIRE TODD RICHARDS TO SERVE AS ASSISTANT COACH
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired NHL coaching veteran Todd Richards to serve as assistant coach on Jon Cooper’s staff, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today. Richards, 49, brings more than 400 career games of NHL head coaching experience with him to Tampa Bay. He’s compiled a career record […]
LIGHTNING ANNOUNCE 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
TAMPA, FLA. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced their six-game 2016 preseason schedule today. The Lightning’s home games at Amalie Arena will be played Tuesday, September 27 against the Carolina Hurricanes, Thursday, September 29 against the Florida Panthers and Saturday, October 8 against the Nashville Predators. The Lightning will play home-and-home series’ against the Hurricanes, […]
Will Lightning Strike in the Burgh Tonight?
The Tampa Bay Lightning will attempt to clench the Eastern Conference Title for the second year in a row. The Lightning found themselves in this same situation at this very time last year, a game 7 on the road. They dropped game six at home to the New York Rangers, and were forced to play […]
For 5 Minutes and Nine Seconds in the 3rd…

It was fun for the home crowd… A win or go play golf tomorrow could have been rally cry for the Pittsburgh Penguins coming into game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final. And apparently no one in the black and gold wanted to opt for the early start to the golfing endeavor. The Penguins just […]
ICYMI AUDIO: Seth Rorabaugh Game 6 preview
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Seth Rorabaugh previews Tuesday Night ECF Game 6 on the show yesterday… https://soundcloud.com/rocket-sports-ent/seth-rorabaugh-pittsburgh-post-gazette
ICYMI AUDIO: Phil Esposito talks Lightning Hockey
Lighting Radio analyst and Hall of Famer Phil Esposito discusses with Rick, The Hockey Hottie and Kris the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Eastern Conference Finals…. On Ryan Callahan “The guy that stirs the drink.” https://soundcloud.com/rocket-sports-ent/phil-esposito-may-23-2016
Don’t Call it a Comeback, Series Tied at 2

The puck dropped Friday night with the Penguins leading the Eastern Conference Finals series 2-1 and Tampa needed to play like the team everyone knows they are capable of to pull out a win and tie the series. Going back to the “Burgh” being down 3-1 did not sound like a good option. The Tampa party started […]