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TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos can hardly wait to get started for the Tampa Bay Lightning. ADVERTISEMENT The Lightning also hired Barry Melrose as coach. He is the third player the Lightning have drafted No. 1 overall, joining Roman Hamrlik in 1992 and Vincent Lecavalier in 1998.
Mark Recchi, Ryan Malone, Radim Vrbata, Olaf Kolzig, Adam Hall, Wyatt Smith, Gary Roberts and Vinny Prospal are among the veterans brought in this summer, a group Stamkos expects to learn from as a rookie. The Lightning also hired Barry Melrose as coach.
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Heading to Tampa Bay is backup goalie Mike Smith, left-winger Jussi Jokinen and veteran centre Jeff Halpern. It's believed the Vancouver Canucks and Columbus Blue Jackets also submitted trade offers to Lightning general manager Jay Feaster.
There are only five teams that have a chance at first pick overall in the June 20 NHL draft. The Tampa Bay Lightning finished last in the NHL this season giving them a 48.2% chance of drawing the first draft position. Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis and the New York Islanders could also win the lot...
Tampa Bay, which has lost nine of 11, got goals from Vincent Lecavalier and Vinny Prospal. The Lightning have lost to the Flyers just twice in the last 14 meetings between the teams. Right wing Martin St. Louis played with Chris Gratton and Brad Richards. Mathieu Darche replaced St. Louis on the...
Lecavalier has shown he can lead the Lightning as much as Richards or St. Louis or even Khabibulin. As the series moves into Alberta for the weekend, he now has to show he can do it in an unfamiliar, hostile environment like Calgary. Because the Flames are in the West, Eastern Conference teams l...
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
TAMPA, Fla. – Evgeny Artyukhin scored in the eighth round of a shootout to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Saturday night. Vincent Lecavalier and Matt Carle scored in regulation for the Lightning, who have won three in a row. Tampa Bay won the shootout 3-2.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Lightning won just 18 of 46 faceoffs (captain Vinny Lecavalier dropped eight of 12) and failed to challenge San Jose backup goaltender Brian Boucher, who in his second start of the season earned his second shutout. Defenseman Dan Boyle, who, along with teammate Brad Lukowich made his...
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- When the Tampa Bay Lightning called, Barry Melrose was eager to listen. Blunder & Lightning At Tuesday's news conference, Melrose said Phoenix Coyotes assistant Rick Tocchet and former Minnesota Wild center Wes Walz would join his staff.
Nassau Coliseum on the Island should be a cozy rink for the home team and their fans. Side with the New York Islanders at home when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning. On Thursday in the NHL, I think there is modest but clear value with the New York Islanders at home over Tampa Bay at a relatively l...
Then we get to the players the Lightning added from Dallas in the Brad Richards deal. Jeff Halpern has been a reliable checking centre for his eight NHL seasons, but he stormed to the finish with Tampa Bay, scoring 18 points in 19 games as the second-line centre.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Barry Melrose got his first win as Tampa Bay coach when Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal with 3:19 left in overtime to lift the Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night. Lightning center Steven Stamkos, taken first overall in this year...
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
SARNIA -- Steven Stamkos has only been to Florida once in his life. 1. Tampa Bay; 2. Los Angeles; 3. Atlanta; 4. St. Louis; 5. N.Y. Islanders; 6. Columbus; 7. Toronto; 8. Phoenix ; 9. Nashville (from Florida); 10. Vancouver; 11. Chicago; 12. Anaheim (from Edmonton); 13. Buffalo ; 14. Carolina
Richards, who guided Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup in 2004 and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player, led the Lightning in scoring this season with 91 points, including a franchise-record 68 assists. With files from Canadian Press Continue Article Related Int...
The Tampa Bay Lightning fired John Tortorella on Tuesday, four years after he coached the NHL team to its first and only Stanley Cup championship. Tortorella's NHL record was 239-222-36-38 during his seven seasons with the Lightning, having previously served as an assistant with Buffa...
TAMPA, Florida -- It isn't technically a Game 7, but the Tampa Bay Lightning will treat it that way. Should the Lightning lose Game 4 to the Ottawa Senators Thursday night, Tampa Bay would have to run the table in Games 5 through 7, two of which would be played on Ottawa ice.
The development of home-grown players such as Lecavalier and Brad Richards, the addition of veterans Dave Andreychuk and Tim Taylor and a commitment to coach John Tortorella's puck-pursuit system propelled the Lightning to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Brian Lawton was elevated to the position of executive vice president and general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. Boynton was twice drafted in the first round (ninth overall by the Washington Capitals in 1997 and 21st overall by the Boston Bruins in 1999).
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
Nonetheless, the Canucks went out and lost 4-3 to the struggling Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. The Lightning then drew even on a power play off a weird deflection. A centring effort by Vinny Prospal went off the skate of Mike Weaver, who was battling in the slot with Chris Gratton.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
With Gary Roberts in the penalty box, Dubinsky's shot went through a maze of players and past Tampa Bay goaltender Mike Smith. Rangers coach Tom Renney said the team needs to improve despite the win. Tampa Bay coach Barry Melrose said his players spent too much time in the penalty box to win.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Coach Barry Melrose couldn't say enough about Ranger's effect on the team's blue line. GOAL ETIQUETTE: Some of Tampa Bay's star forwards were front and center against New York. Vinny Lecavalier got his second goal and Vinny Prospal and Ryan Malone their first.
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The firing came as no surprise. There has already been speculation about television analyst and former Los Angeles Kings coach Barry Melrose possibly replacing Tortorella. Melrose is a friend of Oren Kroules, who is leading a group that is trying to buy the Lightning.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING EXPERIENCE: Location: Tampa, Florida Conference: Eastern Conference Division: Southeast Division Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Titles: 1: 2003-04 Notable Players: Roman Hamrlik, Vincent Lecavalier, Nikita Alexeev, & Alexander Svitov
Melrose has expressed an interest in returning to coaching after 13 years in the booth and has been heavily speculated upon as the replacement for the recently fired John Tortorella. Atlanta, Florida, Ottawa and Toronto also have openings. But Melrose has a buddy in in-coming Lightning o...