Tagged: ‘NHL’
Tampa Bay Lightning Try to Play Spoiler for Southeast Division Leading Washington Capitals
April 13th, 2013 at 4:27 PM
With their own playoff hopes all but dashed, the Tampa Bay Lightning will look to play a new role in the final few games of the 2013 season.
Trying to keep points out of the hands of their division rival, the Washington Capitals, and striving for some hardware for superstar forwards...
Tampa Bay Lightning Flattened by Playoff-Bound Pittsburgh Penguins
April 12th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
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The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed for the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference when the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed for a lottery pick.
Last night's match-up between these two clubs went about how you would expect it to. Pittsburgh dominated play all night long, outshooting the Bolts...
Tampa Bay Lightning Face Pittsburgh Penguins, Top Team in Eastern Conference
April 11th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
The Tampa Bay Lightning will face the Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
The Bolts are 0-2-0 against the Pen this season, dropping a pair of decisions in Pittsburgh earlier this year, allowing 4 or more goals in each game to one of only two teams...
Tampa Bay Lightning Weekend Wrap: Bolts Drop Pair of 4-2 Decisions to New York Islanders, Washington Capitals
April 9th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
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The Tampa Bay Lightning, under new head coach Jon Cooper and new starting goaltender Ben Bishop, showed some signs of weakness this weekend with two losses in both ends of a set of back-to-back games on the road on Long Island against the New York Islanders and in D.C. against...
Tampa Bay Lightning Ride Newly Acquired Goaltender Ben Bishop to 5-0 Thrashing of Carolina Hurricanes
April 4th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
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The game was actually a lot closer than the final score seems to indicate.
Sure, that's said quite a bit in the NHL, but in reality, the Bolts found themselves chasing the play a bit in the first and second periods. They were thoroughly out-possessed and outshot for much of the...
Tampa Bay Lightning Send Cory Conacher to Ottawa Senators for Goaltender Ben Bishop on Deadline Day
April 3rd, 2013 at 12:00 PM
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In a surprising move, the Tampa Bay Lightning have made a deal at the trade deadline for a goaltender.
No, not Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, long linked to Tampa Bay in trade rumors; not Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames, who reportedly would not report to a new team...
Tampa Bay Lightning Look to Continue Winning Ways Against Florida Panthers
April 2nd, 2013 at 6:09 PM
The Tampa Bay Lightning, under new head coach Jon Cooper, are 1-0 following a 5-4 come-from-behind shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
In the 2013 season, the Bolts are 3-0 against the injury-riddled and struggling defending Southeast Division champion Florida Panthers, picking up 6 out of a possible...
Tampa Bay Lightning Trade Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Carolina Hurricanes for Adam Hall and a 7th Round Pick
April 2nd, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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It was announced this morning that the Tampa Bay Lightning have traded defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Adam Hall -- lost to the Canes earlier this season on waivers -- and a 7th round pick in this summer's NHL entry draft.
While this move left...
Nate Thompson Suspended Two Games for Hit to Head of Matt D’Agostini
March 30th, 2013 at 4:58 PM
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Nate Thompson has been suspended 2 games for an illegal check to the head of New Jersey Devils forward Matt D'Agostini during Friday night's 5-4 shootout victory.
As noted in the suspension video by Brendan Shanahan, Thompson made D'Agostini's head the principal point of contact; however, D'Agostini...
Tampa Bay Lightning Rally Twice to Defeat New Jersey Devils in Shootout
March 30th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
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Despite falling behind twice by two goals -- the Tampa Bay Lightning never quit on rookie NHL coach Jon Cooper and tied the game up twice, including once with less than a minute remaining, to keep faint playoff hopes alive and give Jon Cooper a victory in his first game...
Jon Cooper Era Begins Officially for Tampa Bay Lightning Against New Jersey Devils
March 29th, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Although he's already been the coach for a few days, Jon Cooper will make his NHL debut tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum behind the bench for the Tampa Bay Lightning against the New Jersey Devils.
After playing a solid if unspectacular game against Buffalo on Tuesday, the Bolts will...
Tampa Bay Lightning Give Solid Effort, Minimize Mistakes in 2-1 Win Over Buffalo Sabres
March 27th, 2013 at 1:59 AM
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As is common with struggling NHL teams, one thing the Tampa Bay Lightning have lacked all season is consistency.
A strong offensive effort would be wasted by a poor defensive one, or vice versa, and all of a sudden a 6-1 start to the year turned sour fast and ended with...
Lindy Ruff was Never Frontrunner for Tampa Bay Lightning
March 26th, 2013 at 2:03 PM
With the recent firing of Guy Boucher as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, "free agent" head coach Lindy Ruff, formerly of the Buffalo Sabres, was immediately pegged as the likely candidate to replace him.
"He has connection to Yzerman from Team Canada", "the Bolts need a tough, disciplinarian...
Guy Boucher and the Death of the 1-3-1
March 26th, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Late last night, I listened to the popular Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast featuring Jeff Marek of Sportsnet and Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports.
On yesterday's installment, with the two co-hosts discussing the recent firing of Guy Boucher as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Jeff Marek posited that a game against...
Tampa Bay Lightning Name Jon Cooper as New Head Coach
March 25th, 2013 at 10:38 PM
Over the past few seasons, my faith in Guy Boucher as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning has slowly dwindled.
Once one of his staunchest defenders amidst the many cries for his head, over the past few weeks I've slowly come to the realization that Guy Boucher as head coach...
Guy Boucher Fired by Tampa Bay Lightning
March 24th, 2013 at 1:47 PM
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While "fire Guy Boucher" had become a common enough refrain amongst fans and media guys in other markets, many people (myself included) thought General Manager Steve Yzerman would take a more measured, patient approach to the team's recent struggles as players from the AHL continue to be incorporated into the...
Tampa Bay Lightning Collapse Early, Fall Short in Comeback Effort in 5-3 Loss to Ottawa Senators
March 23rd, 2013 at 8:03 PM
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Through two periods, the Tampa Bay Lightning looked like one of the worst teams in the NHL -- for one, they took advantage of a relaxed opponent but didn't have enough time left to even the score as they fell to the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in Ottawa this afternoon.
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