IS TORTARELLA HISTORY?
Saturday Night CBC Hockey Night in Canada rumored that John Tortarella will be fired by new Owner Oren Koules and replaced with ESPN Analyst and former Los Angeles Kings Coach Barry Melrose once his ownership...
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Lightning Recieve Even More Good News
After a season that can only be described as bizarre, the Lightning’s recent spate of good fortune continued Tuesday, when Vinny Lecavalier’s surgery was deemed a success. Below is the team’s official statement...
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Lightning Find Groove
Since the Bolts ended their season high six game skid, and a winless start on the road, the team has suddenly won four consecutive games. The Lightning have shown signs that they will be able to answer the questions that have seemingly haunted them since the start of last season...
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Road Woes Follow Bolts Home
The Lightning returned home to the Forum on Saturday night determined to put their road struggles behind them. After jumping out to a 4-1 lead, it looked as if they had indeed snapped out of their recent funk and returned to the form that the home crowd had witnessed in amassing a 6-0-1 record to date...
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LIGHTNING LEAVE WOES ON THE ROAD
The Lightning continued their early season home dominance, dispatching of the hapless
Atlanta Thrashers 6-2. Vinny Prospal's two goals led a scoring barrage that saw five
different players score and help stop a two game slide...
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Holmqvist Named Opening Night Starter
John Tortarella has named his starting goaltender for thursday night's season opener against the New Jersey Devils, and it's Johan Holmqvist. After a training camp and preseason, where he looked nothing short of phenomenal...
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Craig Out Indefinitely
The news keeps getting worse for the Lightning on the injury front. One day after the Bolts learned that Dan Boyle, who sliced three tendons in what can only be described as a freak accident, would be lost for 3-6 weeks...
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Rash of Injuries Strikes Lightning
Dan Boyle's surgery to repair three sliced tendons was deemed a success, and he is expected to be out 4-6. In what can only be described as a freak accident, Boyle's own skate fell from his locker, slicing three tendons in his left wrist...
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Lightning Open Pre-Season Tonight
The Bolts open up their slate of preseason games tonight at 7:30 with a home game against the Dallas Stars. Though fans hoping to see Vinny LeCalvier and Martin St. Louis will be sadly dissappointed as...
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Goalies Look Impressive to Start Camp
The Lightning effectively got training camp under way on Saturday, wrapping up the conditioning portion of camp, and starting scrimmages. After a lackluster practice Saturday, in which John Tortarella made it clear he was displeased...
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LIGHTNING OPEN CAMP WITH HUGE QUESTION
The Bolts' opened training camp in Brandon Thursday with several questions they'll have to answer this season. The hope for the Lightning is that at least a few of them will be answered by the time the first puck is dropped along Channelside Drive...
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LIGHTNING FINALLY UNVEILS NEW JERSEYS/LOGO AT FAN FEST
The Bolts made a huge ordeal out of the new logo and uniform unveiling, complete with red carpet, There was a comical moment when the giant jersey had some technical problems when they tried to unfurl it. As far as the logo change...
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Catching Up With The Bolts
Just a few notes to help catch everyone up on the happenings down at channelside drive. The national television schedule has been released and the Bolts will make just tappearances this season,both on VERSUS...
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Lightning Sold!
The Lightning ownership made the surprising announcement Tuesday morning that they had agreed to a deal to the sell the team and other Tampa assets to Absolute Hockey Enterprises. The Group includes former Panther's coach Doug MacLean, Jeff Sherrin, a Coral Springs based real estate developer, and Oren Koules, producer of the "Saw" films...
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Is There A new Logo?
We’re exactly two weeks from the start of the NHL season and here’s a few tid-bits of some goings on...
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Goaltending Question Won't Go Away
The Bolt’s are nearly two months away from the first puck being dropped down on Channelside Drive and only about six weeks from the start of training camp (September 13th )and the most interesting story line to follow, and the one that’ll probably haunt them from the start...
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