by Michelle Kenneth | May 17, 2015 | New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning
NEW YORK — It was nine years ago when Henrik Lundqvist, then a rookie, was making his first debut in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He had just come off an incredible Gold Medal win in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy when he headed into his first playoff...
by Tom Stanek | Apr 14, 2015 | Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning for the very first time in a playoff series this week. The Red Wings reached 100 points this season, which was quite an achievement for a team still going through a transitional phase. It was predicted...
by Brandon Mersky | Apr 4, 2015 | AHL, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning
Hartford CT: This week the Hartford Wolf Pack (37-23-5-4) witnessed their two-game win streak come to a halt with a 4-3 loss at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday night. A rough game, the Wolf Pack originally had the upper hand, getting off to a good start with the...
by Anthony Garofalo | Mar 2, 2015 | Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
Around here, National Hockey League trade deadlines equate to uneventful happenings and complacent behavior. That has become the status quo around the Boston Bruins’ organization for the last several years. To a certain extent, the “make a deal just to make a deal”...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 17, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Kings got some help without even asking for it in the form of Boston beating Calgary Monday night. Wait. That was to be the headline, and when I headed upstairs to the Staples Center pressbox, the Bruins seemed to have the Flames well in hand, up 3-0 with little...
by Andrew Grella | Jan 24, 2015 | AHL, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning
(Syracuse, N.Y) – It is very rare at the minor league level to experience a crowd that really raises the roof off of the building. That excitement, the roar just isn’t there for lower level, smaller market teams. But as with everything there are always...