Archive for the ‘Hockey’ Category
Participation Point not what Lightning Needed

Tampa, Fla. — As we discussed today on the show with my “matrix,” the Lightning entered tonight on playoff chance life support. To get another oxygen tank I thought two points was not only a hope, but a need. With both goalies, the Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Rangers’ Antti Raanta, doing their best […]
Hedman Hits Big Extra Point

Tampa, Fla. – More trade ripples in Tampa Bay on Wednesday as Valtteri Filppula was the player that joined Bishop and Boyle on the list of former Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning hosting cellar dweller Carolina at home would be a great barometer if this Lightning team would keep hanging on to what appears only […]
Kuch! One-Time!

Tampa, Fla. — With Ben Bishop off to the left coast and the ink still wet on the Brian Boyle deal that moved the fan favorite to the Great White North (Toronto eh), the Lightning needed to focus on the Ottawa Senators. On a second period natural hat-trick by Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy standing on his […]
LIGHTNING FORWARD RYAN CALLAHAN HAS FOLLOW UP PROCEDURE
TAMPA BAY – Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan had a follow up surgical procedure on his right hip on Tuesday in New York, performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery, vice president Steve Yzerman announced today. Callahan is listed as out indefinitely. Callahan played 18 games with the Lightning […]
LIGHTNING ALUMNI SET TO TAKE ON BOSTON BRUINS ALUMS SATURDAY AS PART OF HOCKEY DAY IN TAMPA BAY

TAMPA, FLA. – Tampa Bay Lightning alumni will take on the Boston Bruins alumni as part of the third annual Hockey Day in Tampa Bay this Saturday, February 18 at AMALIE Arena. Select alumni will also be practicing on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at AMALIE Arena in advance of the game. LIGHTNING ALUMNI […]
The Bishop takes the King

Tampa, Fla. — With trade talks littering the airwaves in Tampa, well maybe just our show, the Lightning came into tonight’s game still in last place in the Eastern Conference. They are coming off a win Saturday in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks and looked to to make it back to back versus the Southern […]
Lightning Give Heart, Get Two Points

Tampa, Fla. — On Florida Hospital’s Heart Health Awareness Night the Tampa Bay Lightning is going to have a lot of heart not only tonight but over the next eight games till the trade deadline, to salvage a playoff chance. By the end of this month we should know if they are still alive for […]
LIGHTNING TO HOST HOCKEY DAY IN TAMPA BAY ON FEBRUARY 18
Tampa, Fla. –The Tampa Bay Lightning will host the third annual Hockey Day in Tampa Bay on Saturday, February 18 at AMALIE Arena. The full-day event will begin at 9 a.m. with a 40-team Chase Street Hockey tournament on Ford Thunder Alley and end with a high school hockey match-up, the Lightning Cup Final, which […]
Unable to Spoil Boucher Homecoming

Tampa, Fla. — You know I would dislike to use the old “must win game” cliche as early as Ground Hog Day, but due to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s, well how do I say it, standings free fall… every game from here on out, is you know, that cliche. Not only that as a story […]
Four Point Swing goes to the B’s

Tampa, Fla. — It was an uneventful first period with the shot count Boston 4, Tampa 8. It was somewhat at least refreshing the Lightning led the shot count. The next forty minutes the Lightning go listless and only get 13 shots over the next forty minutes. Alex Killorn scored the lone goal for the […]