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Resumption; Tampa Bay Lightning versus Washington Capitals preview
WHERE: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida WHEN: 7:30 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check Availability MEDIA: Versus NBC Sports Net (cable), 620 WDAE (radio) OPPONENT COVERAGE: Japers' Rink, Rock the Red, Kings of Leonsis We hope you were able to mind the interruption. Your regularly scheduled 2011-12...
Esposito's night; Tampa Bay Lightning versus Carolina Hurricanes preview
WHERE: St. Pete Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN: 5 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA:Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE:Canes Country, Red and Black Hockey In the beginning, there was Phil Esposito. He conceptualized it, and then secured a National Hockey...
Twentieth anniversary: It starts with Phil
The 1992-1993 season marked the beginning of play for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators franchises. October 7th, 2012 will be the 20th anniversary of the Lightning's first game, played at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, against the Chicago Blackhawks. But one of the questions...
Question of the Week: What are Your Expectations of the Lightning in the 2011-12 Season?
Hockey season is upon us once again, Lightning fans. The team reports for training camp Friday, September 16th and next Wednesday, September 21st is a pre-season game against the St. Louis Blues in Orlando. The Lightning have set the bar very high after last season; I think it's safe to say they...
NHL General Manager Lineage
One of the fascinating aspects of the old boys' club in the NHL is the inter-connectedness of everyone involved. In an effort to figure out the relationships between everyone involved, I put together an NHL General Manager family tree. Only four of the current 30 General Managers aren't connected...
Tampa Bay Lightning new brand now incorporates old features
A press release went out this afternoon (one of several) to announce the official 2011-2012 jersey system for the Tampa Bay Lightning was presented to the NHL. Yes, the new logo is there, yes, it's primarily white and blue... BUT.... The Lightning’s blue and white primary and secondary...
Lightning Makeover Continues With Debut Of New Logo, Uniforms
The Tampa Bay Lightning took another major step in their ongoing quest to transform the identity of the franchisewith the unveiling of a new logo and new home and road uniforms today at the St. Pete Times Forum. Owner Jeff Vinik, Chief Executive Officer Tod Leiweke and General Manager Steve Yzerman...
Tampa Bay's "Major Business Announcement" set for 2PM Monday
Things may be happening sooner, rather than later, regarding the rumored Lightning logo and jersey changes for next season. A media advisory was sent out by the team around 8:50 this evening, indicating to media that: The Tampa Bay Lightning will make a major announcement concerning the...
Being a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning media for a game
I was in Florida for my day job, so I stopped off at the St. Petersburg Times Forum to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Atlanta Thrashers last Wednesday while I was there. I've seen games in Tampa before, but this time was different. This game, I went as a member of the media for the first...
The Curious Case of Andrew Brunette
I was pretty late to the wagon on this one, but here's how the story went: my brother and I were discussing players we'd always liked, for whatever the reason, and he said Teemu Selanne because he's a Ducks homer and then he said, "Well, you're probably going to say Andrew Brunette, because that's...
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