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HOT OR NOT As if Lightning forward Nate Thompson wasn't having a good enough week as it is, coming fresh off a bronze medal victory at the IIHF World Championships, it just got a whole lot better. On Wednesday, Thompson was listed as a final...

With hockey season on hiatus until late September, several Tampa Bay Lightning personalities including Martin St. Louis and head coach Jon Cooper didn't lace up the skates for Thursday night's celebration of all that Tampa Bay sports teams have to...

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The Syracuse Crunch will face the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Eastern Conference Final of the Calder Cup Playoffs. The Crunch's third round matchup was determined after the Penguins defeated the Providence Bruins tonight in Game 7 of ...

Need to Know - The Crunch are 7-0 to begin the Calder Cup Playoffs with sweeps of Portland (3-0) and Springfield (4-0). - Ondrej Palat is tied for the AHL's postseason lead with 15 points; Tyler Johnson is second with 14 points. - Syracuse face...

Team USA finished off its experience at the 2013 IIHF World Championships in victorious fashion on Sunday afternoon. The American side brought home the bronze medal, its first since 2004, as it defeated Finland 3-2 in a shootout in the third pl...

IN A GALAXY NOT SO FAR AWAY… Leave it to your Tampa Bay Lightning to host Darth Maul at a Bolts game at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Seriously, this really did happen. As you may recall, last season – on February 16, 2012 to be exact – the ...

A big showing helped the American side advance deeper into the tournament on Thursday at the World Championships, while a talented Team Canada saw its run end with a quarterfinal defeat to Sweden. Team USA prevailed in a 8-3 win over Russia, wh...

Despite this past season’s results, the Tampa Bay Lightning always position themselves to be champions off the ice as well, specifically within the community. That was the case this past week, when on Monday, May 13, members of the Lightning or...

Right wing Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks, left wing Matt Moulson of the New York Islanders and right wing Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2012-13 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the playe...

The Syracuse Crunch took a 3-0 series lead by defeating the Springfield Falcons 3-0 tonight at the War Memorial Arena. The Crunch set a franchise record with their sixth consecutive post season victory, the Crunch are the only team that has not...

Yesterday, I previewed two of the Conference Semifinal series. Today, it’s the other two. Eastern Conference Semifinals - #4 Boston Bruins vs. #5 New York Rangers: Following Boston’s Game Six loss to Toronto, Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien ...

The American side wrapped up preliminary play at the World Championships on Tuesday, but in losing fashion as it fell to Slovakia 4-1. No matter, however, as the United States will still play in a quarterfinal matchup on Thursday, while Slovaki...

The second round of the NHL playoffs begins tonight with two games. Here are previews and predictions for those two matchups. Tomorrow, I’ll take a look at the other two series. Eastern Conference Semifinal - #1 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. #7 Ott...

Need to Know - The Crunch won both games in Springfield to begin the Conference Semifinals, and are 5-0 this postseason. - Tyler Johnson is tied for the Calder Cup Playoff scoring lead at 13 points with six goals and seven assists. - Syracuse c...

John Rosso is a second-year scout for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Currently, he was on a break from his scouting duties in Minnesota and a few states further west to attend the scouting meetings in Tampa Bay with the rest of the team’s staff. R...

Team USA earned a big win on Sunday that paid off in an even bigger way. By beating Germany 3-0, the Americans punched their ticket to the quarterfinals behind a pair of first-period goals and a shutout by 19-year-old goaltender John Gibson. ...

Tyler Johnson’s hat trick led the Crunch to a 5-3 win, and 2-0 series lead, over the Falcons tonight at the Mass Mutual Center. League MVP Johnson scored two power-play goals and one shorthanded goal for the first post-season hat trick in Crunc...

Two days off did not seem to affect Team USA Saturday, as it rolled to a 4-2 victory over France to claim the top spot in Group H of the 2013 IIHF World Championships. Ten different players collected points, including David Moss, Paul Stastny, ...

With Team USA having the day off for a second consecutive day on Friday, Team Canada got right back to the task at hand and defeated Belarus 4-1 to vault the Canadians into first place in the tournament with 13 points. Lightning forward Steven ...