by Kenneth Cross | Dec 2, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Thursday’s 4-2 Tampa Bay Lightning win over the St. Louis Blues had a roller coaster effect with all the momentum changes as it was extra competitive after the Blues had won a 4-3 overtime outing just two nights earlier at Enterprise Center in St....
by George Grimm | Nov 26, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk, Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante, Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure are just a few of the fine goaltending duos that were formed after the NHL made it mandatory for teams to dress two goaltenders for games. But the two-goalie concept was a...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
Would he or wouldn’t he—get his thousandth point? Would they or wouldn’t they—get their thousandth win? Yes, he would, and yes, they would. And it didn’t take long to deal with the first of those “would he’s?”. With under five minutes gone, Getzlaf spotted a breaking...
by Kenneth Cross | Nov 13, 2021 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
By Kenneth Cross TAMPA – The Florida Panthers are doing best to stoke a rivalry with the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning, but with the history of these franchises, the Panthers have a long way to go to get up to speed. However, on Saturday...
by Kenneth Cross | Nov 2, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
TAMPA – It’s been talked about ad nauseam, but the loss of players to free agency on this Tampa Bay Lightning team has caused some restructuring and on the job learning from younger players as well as veterans who have been put in different situations....
by Kenneth Cross | Oct 23, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The Colorado Avalanche came into Tampa Bay, much in the same mode as the Lightning, as they also had less of a start to the young season than what many imagined, but Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an two assists as Cale Makur stuck the deciding goal in...
