Tampa Bay Lightning: Blog Articles
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TampaBay.com (fpastor) —
Tampa Bay Times sportswriters Tom Jones and Rick Stroud will star in a new weekday morning show for sports radio station WDAE-AM (620), sparking a closer alliance between the newspaper and station owner Clear Channel Radio. The pair begin hosting their three-hour show at 6 a.m. Tuesday, taking the time slot once held by Dan Sileo. Read the full story here .
Tampa Bay Online —
The Eastern Conference finals between the New Jersey Devils and rival New York Rangers are turning out to be exactly what everyone thought.
TampaBay.com (fpastor) —
David Carle, who the Lightning selected with its final pick of the 2008 draft days after he was diagnosed with a deadly heart condition , has landed a job as an assistant with a USHL team. Carle, who graduates from Denver University in June, has been hired as an assistant by the Green Bay Gamblers . He is the brother of former Lightning and current Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Matt Carle....
TampaBay.com (Damian Cristodero) —
Though the Tampa Bay Lightning has "tested the waters" to see if goaltender Riku Helenius wants to return to the Lightning, assistant general manager Julien BriseBois was clear Tuesday, Helenius is seen as "a prospect." In other words, he is not considered the immediate answer to the big club's goaltending search and would have to...
Tampa Bay Online —
The Lightning have interest in bringing back former first-round draft pick goaltender Riku Helenius, general manager Steve Yzerman said Wednesday.
TampaBay.com (Damian Cristodero) —
Part of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s summer to-do list is to find a top-six forward. That is why general manager Steve Yzerman, at the world championship in Helsinki, Finland, is keeping a close eye on Swiss forward Damien Brunner. - “Highly skilled and fast,” Yzerman wrote Tuesday night in a text message, adding Tampa Bay isn’t the only team interested in the 5-foot-11,...
TampaBay.com (Damian Cristodero) —
Fleming, 61, "is not seeing a lot of improvement right now," said general manager Steve Yzerman, who added he has no plans at this time to hire another full-time assistant. A decision on whether to hire a consultant will be made when Yzerman and Boucher talk after the world championship, which ends May 20 in Helsinki, Finland, where Boucher is an assistant with...
TampaBay.com (Damian Cristodero) —
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund is at the Tampa Bay Times Forum five days a week rehabbing from February’s major surgery on his left knee. Doctors used a layer of titanium to resurface Ohlund’s femur at the patellofemoral joint behind his knee cap. The titanium created a cushion where the cartilage that usually covers the bone had worn away and created painful...
TampaBay.com (fpastor) —
Want to talk about the NHL or NBA playoffs, the Rays-Yankees series, the Bucs' offseason, sports on TV/radio? Join Times sports personality Tom Jones for a live chat today, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Can't make it? No problem. Leave a question in advance in the "Comments'' area below, then check back afterward to replay the chat. Tom Jones chat (May 2012) ->
Tampa Bay Online —
Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals recovered from a potentially devastating loss by beating the top-seeded New York Rangers 2-1 to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Tampa Bay Online —
At age 51, Steve Ludzik has ended a decade of silence and revealed his ongoing battle against a brain disorder that also afflicts Muhammad Ali and actor Michael J. Fox.
Tampa Bay Online —
While a story on a Swedish newspaper site Tuesday set off speculation Mattias Ohlund is retiring, the veteran Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman said he hopes to be able to play again.
Tampa Bay Online —
The Lightning have a gaping hole when it comes to the team's play in goal.