Morgan Cey, who missed all of Johnstown's training camp and their two preseason games, is still nursing a groin injury but is expected to be reassigned to Johnstown next week according to the Lightning. Cey will join netminders Jonathan Boutin and David Currie in Johnstown, whose opener is Friday night in Columbia, SC against the Inferno.

Unconfirmed rumors out of Finland indicate Lightning goaltending prospect Karri Ramo was forced to undergo knee surgery earlier this month and will be out of the lineup for HPK until December at the earliest. Ramo has not dressed for the past three games as Miika Wiikman has reassumed the starting duties for HPK of the SM-liiga. Ramo leads the SM-liiga statistically in GAA and save percentage. Developing. [b]Update 5:16pm[/b] I haven't had the chance to try to translate this but I'm told [url=http://www.hameensanomat.fi/Article.jsp?article=23865&main=49]this article from Hameen Sanomat[/url] indicates Ramo's recovery time will be 2 weeks, not 2 months. Bolt Prospects is currently seeking confirmation. [b]Update 11:35pm[/b] We have received confirmation from the Lightning that Karri Ramo has injured his knee but were not given any specifics.

Fredrik Norrena remained nearly perfect today improving his record to 8-0-1 by defeating Rastislav Stana and Sodertalje 4-2. Norrena stopped 23 of 25 shots for the victory. Defenseman Andreas Holmqvist played on the second pairing for Linkopings.

Erik Erlendsson in the Trib [url=http://bolts.tbo.com/lightning/MGBFYWK7WEE.html]reports no decision has been made yet to reassign either Timo Helbling or Paul Ranger back to Springfield.[/url] A decision must be made soon however with valuable cap room being eaten daily and the Springfield Falcons in desperate need of healthy bodies on defense.