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LIGHTNING REASSIGN MATTIAS RITOLA TO NORFOLK
For immediate release courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning March 30, 2011 TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned forward Mattias Ritola (REE-toh-lah) to the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Ritola, 6-foot, 192 pounds, has appeared in a NHL career-high 31 games […]
Lightning “Dom” inate Senators win 5-2, Playoffs in Reach
Tampa, Fl. (RSEN) The Tampa Bay Lightning built on their solid effort on Saturday night against Carolina with another victory against the Ottawa Senators 5-2 tonight at the St Pete Times Forum. Marty St Louis showed why he is a former Hart Trophy winner as MVP of the league as he tallied two goals and […]
LIGHTNING REASSIGN BLAIR JONES TO NORFOLK
courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning TAMPA BAY The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned forward Blair Jones to the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Jones, 6-foot-2, 216 pounds, has played in 18 games with the Lightning this season, recording a goal and three […]
Islanders “Grab”ner a Win over Bolts
Tampa, Fl. (RSEN) – Michael Grabner, Zenon Konopka and the NY Islanders came to the St. Pete Times Forum Tuesday night to prove 14th place in the Eastern Conference does not indicate they are a dreadful hockey team. “Z”, the Ex-Lightning and fan favorite, who started at center Tuesday night, won the opening draw and […]
Pitful Effort Dooms Bolts Against Sens as they Lose 2-1
The Tampa Bay Lightning is not afforded the opportunity to throw away two points before a game even starts. Well that’s what they did tonight, as the team decided that they were going to not put forth the effort for the first 40 minutes in a game that the Ottawa Senators (25-34-9), as they beat the Lightning (38-22-8) 2-1 on their home ice at the St Pete Times Forum.
LIGHTNING PLAYERS SET TO SHAVE HEADS
IN CUT FOR A CURE courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning TAMPA BAY Tampa Bay Lightning players Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Ryan Malone, Victor Hedman, Teddy Purcell and Nate Thompson will go ALL IN to fight cancer in the 2011 Brighthouse Networks Cut for a Cure, presented by Carrabbas Italian Grill, it was […]
TAMPA BAY’S KUBINA SUSPENDED FOR THREE GAMES
courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning TORONTO (March 10, 2011) – Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Pavel Kubina has been suspended for three games and will forfeit $60,096.76 for delivering an elbow to the head of Chicago Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland in NHL game #1005, the National Hockey League announced today. The incident occurred at 2:09 […]
Marty St. Louis Shoot-out Masterpiece: Bolts 4, Blackhawks 3
TAMPA, FL. (RSEN) – Last night the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks flew into Tampa for an inter-conference game. The arena at 401 Channelside was jumping right from the puck drop with 19,912 fans many of them Hawks supporters. The Bolts lit the light first at the 11:07 mark of the first period when […]
LIGHTNING SIGN CENTER TYLER JOHNSON FROM WHL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning March 7, 2011 TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed center Tyler Johnson of the Western Hockey League’s Spokane Chiefs to a standard three-year entry-level contract today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Johnson, 5-foot-9, 175 pounds, has appeared in 259 career […]
Bolts to Second in SE Division
Tampa, FL. (RSEN) — The outcome of Saturday night’s game, which ended with the Montreal Canadians (36-23-7) beating the Tampa Bay Lighting (37-21-7) 4-2 at the St Pete Times Forum, is frankly secondary to the feeling in and around this team right now. When Coach Guy Boucher was asked after the game about his team’s effort […]
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