Archive for September, 2009

Today the Tampa Bay Lightning re-assigned Matt Lashoff and Mike Lundin to Norfolk of the AHL. Looks like the blue line is starting to shape up.  These are the remaining D-Men fighting for the job. 6 KURTIS FOSTER 6′ 5″ 220 NOV 24, 1981 27 CARP, ON, CAN 21 DAVID HALE 6′ 2″ 213 JUN 18, 1981 28 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, USA 77 VICTOR HEDMAN 6′ 6″ 220 DEC 18, 1990 18 ORNSKOLDSVIK, SWE 2 LUKAS KRAJICEK 6′ 2″ 196 MAR 11, 1983 26 PROSTEJOV, CZE 14 ANDREJ MESZAROS 6′ 2″ 218 OCT 13, 1985 23 POVAZSKA BYSTRICA, SVK 5 [...]

from ESPN.com 2009-2010 Power Rankings: Week 1 RK (PV) TEAM REC. COMMENT 1 Penguins 0-0-0 Hey, they’re the defending Stanley Cup champs. They get a free pass to the top of the rankings for at least a week. 2 Sharks 0-0-0 These are regular-season rankings, not playoff rankings, which explains why the Sharks are here and not in the trash bin. 3 Flyers 0-0-0 This is a good, big, deep, hungry team. All eyes are on goalie Ray Emery now. 4 Capitals 0-0-0 The Caps are grittier up front, but the defense and goaltending will have to prove themselves if Washington [...]

The Lightning capped a generally encouraging preseason last night with a 5 to 1 drubbing of the Atlanta Thrashers. The Bolts finish off their 2009-2010 preseason with a record of 4 wins. 3 losses, with 1 win and 1 loss coming in overtime. The overtime loss came in a game against Dallas where none of our superstars were dressed. The game went to a shootout where Brad Richards tallied the game winner. Go figure! After two years of hard to watch hockey, the Bolts seem to have put together a team that will compete in the quite strong Eastern Conference. [...]

Marty St Louis scored last night with 6 seconds left in OT to give the Lightning a thrilling OT victory vs the Edmonton Oilers. The Lightning had to kill off two penalties in OT in order to get the victory.  The Bolts PK unit, one of the teams real weak points last year, has been stellar thus far in the preseason. Kurtis Foster (laser show) and Ryan Malone also scored for the Lightning.  The Malone, Stammer and Marty line, the one I guaranteed was going to turn heads this season accounted for 6 points, 3 goals and 3 assists. I [...]

I’ve had season tickets to the Lightning for 5 years now.  I can’t recall ever going to a preseason game.  I might have been to a few and they were just so nondescript that I don’t have any recollection of it.   Friday night though, in our first and only preseason home game, the Lightning and Thrashers put on quite a show. 3 seconds into the game, literally, Zenon Konopka and Josh Gratton dropped the gloves.  Zenon is hard worker for the Lightning and has shown he is willing to fight to protect players, but he got his ass kicked [...]

On Saturday, the Bolts started their 2009  -2010 training camp. Yesterday, my brother and I, made it out to catch some of their practice. Here are some observations we made. YAY!!! Hockey is back!!    ……sorry..I had to get it out The practice that we saw included a scrimmage. The lines looked something like this… Vinny Lecavalier, Alex Tanguay, and Carter Ashton. My brother and I think that they are auditioning the young first round pick on this line, while they also could be considering Steve Downie for this line as well. The young kid played well during the scrimmage, [...]

The Lightning announced their training camp (starts Saturday) roster today. FORWARDS No. Name HT WT DOB Born 15 ASHTON, Carter 6-3 205 4/1/91 Winnipeg, Manitoba 27 BOCHENSKI, Brandon 6-0 193 4/4/82 Blaine, Minnesota 34 CRAIG, Ryan 6-2 220 1/6/82 Abbotsford, BC 57 DeCOSTE, Kyle 6-1 178 6/30/90 London, Ontario 9 DOWNIE, Steve 5-11 200 4/3/87 Newmarket, Ontario 74 FADDEN, Mitch 6-0 174 4/3/88 Victoria, BC 17 FEDORUK, Todd 6-2 240 2/13/79 Redwater, Alberta 18 HALL, Adam 6-2 201 8/14/80 Kalamazoo, Michigan 11 HALPERN, Jeff 6-0 195 5/3/76 Potomac, Maryland 47 HUTCHINGS, Alex 5-10 173 11/7/91 Burlington, Ontario 49 JONES, Blair [...]