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Tampa Bay Lightning is My Passion

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself…  I am Joe Dolce, and have followed the Tampa Bay Lightning ever since the birth of the hockey club back in 1991.  I am looking forward…Read More

FanSided Friday: Bolts By The Bay Edition

Happy Friday Bolts Nation! We are now five days removed from the NHL All Star Break and have gladly welcomed back our Bolts in Blue to the ice of the Tampa Bay Times Forum, and what a exciting week of…Read More

Stammer Selected As Sole Skater From Tampa For All-Star Game

It was announced on Thursday that 22-year-old centre Steven Stamkos will be the sole representative of the Tampa Bay Lightning at this year’s All-Star game. Stamkos was selected by the league itself…Read More

Canada’s Connolly Comes “Home” With Bronze

Team Canada faced off against Team Finland for the second time in the World Junior Hockey Championship on Thursday and won with a score of 4-0 to secure the tournament’s bronze medal. The victory…Read More

All-Star Ballot Open November 14, Support Our Bolts

As of yesterday, November 14, the All-Star game ballot is open and you may start voting. You can vote up to 30 times. The Tampa Bay Lightning have three players listed on the ballot: Steven Stamkos, Vincent…Read More

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Movember in the NHL

As most of us know, November is the month where men grow mustaches for a good cause, also known as Movember.…Read More

Lightning Roster Set

The Tampa Bay Lightning finalized their 23 player roster today. Defenseman, Mattias Ohlund, will start…Read More

Malone VS Campoli: A Fair Decision?

By now you have all heard that  a decision was reached by Brendan Shanahan regarding Ryan Malone’s…Read More

Why Ryan Malone Wasn’t Suspended

Ryan Malone will not be suspended for his hit on Montreal Canadiens’ Chris Campoli in Saturday’s…Read More

Brendan Shanahan Discusses New Rules – NHL VideoCenter

Samuel L. Jackson’s line in Pulp Fiction “With great vengeance and furious anger!!”…Read More

Lightning Make Cuts To 27

Vice President and General Manager, Steve Yzerman, announced the Lightning made 27 cuts today, which leaves 26 players remaining. Those 26 players will practice Monday morning before heading to Quebec. Now…Read More

Around The League In 30 Days: Anaheim

With the countdown sitting at 37 days to the beginning of the 2011-2012 season, the FanSided.com NHL network has decided to engage our fans with a remarkably simple yet perfectly exciting series taking…Read More

Winnipeg Jets New Logo

Whether you’re a Jets fan or not (and, no, I don’t mean the New York NFL version), you have to appreciate the fact that Winnipeg’s Owner, Mark Chipman went with a new design for the reinstated…Read More

Watch Him As He Goes…

After 744 games and 401 wins, future Hall-of-Famer, Chris Osgood has decided to retire. He played for three NHL teams (Red Wings, Islanders, and Blues), but spent fourteen of his seventeen seasons wearing…Read More

Stamkos Signs – Just Five Questions…

Star forward Steven Stamkos has finally inked a new contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. the deal, worth $37.5-million, will have Stamkos committed to the team for the next five years. BoltsByTheBay…Read More

UPDATE: St. Pete Times Forum Gets Cupholders!

That’s right, Lightning fans – come next season, you will now have a place to put your cup whilst enjoying the Bolts reign supreme at their newly renovated home arena. Each of the new, black-leather…Read More

The Stamkos Saga

With all of the signing and trading hitting the NHL these past few days, the Bolts have seen more players leave than stay. But, Tampa can’t be that unlucky can they? I mean, Steve Yzerman and Jeff…Read More

We All Scream for Playoff Ice Cream

NBC has really been upping it’s playoff promotions this year.  The latest? A Zamboni Ice Cream truck. The NHL on NBC and Versus is converting zambonis into ice cream trucks throughout several playoff…Read More

Like Father Like Son

The relationships between teams and their minor league affiliates is pretty important.  They have to be able to trust each other, and management between the two clubs has to get along.  They have to…Read More

Playoff time!

It’s time for the playoffs! The regular season officially ended tonight and the match-ups are set.  The Lightning will take on the Penguins in the opening round. That round will start on Wednesday,…Read More

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