Tampa Bay Lightning

A "change of scenery." That is how Lightning coach Rick Tocchet described an interesting personnel move Friday night against the Devils as he put captain Vinny Lecavalier on left wing for a couple of shifts with C Paul Szczechura and Steve Downie .

Coach Rick Tocchet kept returning to the same theme Wednesday night. Even as the talk about a 4-1 loss to the Bruins at TD Garden wandered to goaltending errors and defensive gaffes, Tocchet would not be redirected.

The fourth-line wing won't rack up points like Steven Stamkos, and he's not expected to. But coach Rick Tocchet has praised Downie for being one of the ...

The Wright stuff: Rookie LW James Wright has been a solid contributor on a third line with C Jeff Halpern. "He's a breath of fresh air," Tocchet said. ... and more »

Steven Stamkos likes when coach Rick Tocchet tells the Tampa Bay Lightning to attack the net. "From a team perspective, I thought we played pretty solid and ... Tampa Bay Lightning (8-4-7) at Carolina Hurricanes (4-12-5), 7 pmMiamiHerald.com

Lightning LW Ryan Malone is with Tocchet. He does not want automatic penalties on hits to the head — "If I'm leaning over reaching for the puck and put ... and more »

Check in with Spector's Blog on FOXSports.com for NHL rumors and analysis. With the Tampa Bay Lightning off to a slightly better start to this season (6-4-5 ... The Tampa Bay Lightning's Tocchet, Lecavalier, St. Louis and playing "gritty"Raw Charge (blog)

Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said perhaps 90 percent of NHL players sent down do just that. "But he'd never do that," Tocchet said of the forward. ... Tampa Bay Lightning Game 15: at the Montréal CanadiensRaw Charge (blog) Price regains swagger in netsThe Gazette (Montreal)

Sullivan joined Tocchet's coaching staff in December after being relieved of his duties when Barry Melrose was hired. Rick Tocchet said that Sullivan is his first choice to remain on the coaching staff, but the team must move forward at this time. ...

On Steven Stamkos: To me it's one thing we can hang our hat on as an organization and a staff. We developed this kid, and we did it right. He's an 18, 19 year old kid. Maybe it gives us a little bit of head start for whoever we get with (the No. ... AFP - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

 FL Oren Koules, Brian Lawton and Rick Tocchet will all be on hand for a question and answer session that night. If any fans are planning to attend this event, please let us know in the comments...

St. Louis, 33, was a mentor for rookie Steven Stamkos, a leader in the locker room and an engaged partner to coach Rick Tocchet in team meetings, practices and video sessions. He started the season with a coach, Barry Melrose, who didn't believe in him ...

By Greg Wyshynski KOULES: Thank you, Mr. President. I feel your words have inspired my team, and they will take that inspiration to the ice tonight for victory. Here starts the Lightning revolution! (Ed. Note: The Lightning lost 4-2, moving to 1-7-4 under interim coach Rick Tocchet.)

By Greg Wyshynski KOULES: Thank you, Mr. President. I feel your words have inspired my team, and they will take that inspiration to the ice tonight for victory. Here starts the Lightning revolution! (Ed. Note: The Lightning lost 4-2, moving to 1-7-4 under interim coach Rick Tocchet.)

By Ross McKeon Dishonorable mention: Hey, how about the spark the Lightning received from that coaching change? Tampa Bay is 1-7-4 since replacing the fired Barry Melrose with Rick Tocchet. … If you're going to fight, then just fight. Instead, shortly after Scott Gomez of the Rangers and Ilya Kovalchuk...

By Matt Romig You could put captain or coach in this slot, as Lecavalier scored a pair of goals in a 4-1 win over Nashville to hand Rick Tocchet is first victory as an NHL head coach. Vinny opened the scoring by stuffing home the rebound of a Steven Stamkos shot and made it 2-0 with a boomer from the slot just se...

By Greg Wyshynski As for Tocchet, he gets to see if his two most critical changes to the Lightning lineup have any effect on the offense tonight: Moving Stamkos up with Vincent Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis, and attempting to squeeze anything out of free-agent bust Radim Vrbata by moving Vaclav Prospal off...

By chuqui Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports: Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Barry Melrose has been relieved of his duties and Associate Coach Rick Tocchet has been elevated to interim head coach, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.

By Greg Wyshynski Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Barry Melrose has been relieved of his duties and Associate Coach Rick Tocchet has been elevated to interim head coach, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton announced today. Melrose, 52, was named the sixth head coach in Lightning h...

 - Jul 10, 2008 TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning named Rick Tocchet, Wes Walz and Cap Raeder as assistant coaches to head coach Barry Melrose today, owners Oren Koules ...