Lundin, Mike

The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned defenseman Mike Lundin to the Norfolk Admirals, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.

Lundin, a 6-foot-2, 197-pound defenseman from Burnsville, Minnesota, appeared in one game with the Lightning after being recalled last Saturday. He logged 13:29 in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 victory over Atlanta last night.

Lundin has appeared in 20 games with the Admirals this season scoring two goals and nine assists. His 11 points leads all defensemen and ranks fifth overall with Norfolk while tying him for 16th in the American Hockey League in scoring among defensemen. Lundin, who also led the Admirals in scoring by defensemen last season, has appeared in 71 career AHL games (all with Norfolk) and has six goals and 36 assists in those games.

(Tampa Bay Lightning release)

The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed defenseman Mike Lundin to a one-year contract today, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced.

Lundin, 6-foot-2, 188 pounds, has played in 106 career games with the Lightning, including 81 in 2007-08, recording eight assists. He represented Tampa Bay in the 2008 NHL YoungStars Game in Dallas. During that season, Lundin ranked second on the Lightning and first among defensemen with a plus-3 rating after making the team out of training camp directly from college.

According to Damian Cristodero of the St. Pete Times, the Tampa Bay Lightning have chosen not to qualify restricted free agents forward Justin Keller and goaltender Mike McKenna.

Players receiving qualifying offers were defensemen Lukas Krajicek, Matt Smaby, Matt Lashoff and Mike Lundin; forwards Martins Karsums, Blair Jones, Radek Smolenak and Lauri Tukonen; and goaltender Karri Ramo. Both Smolenak and Ramo have signed contracts to play in the KHL next season.

Spank.

PHI-2
NOR-7

Mike McKenna stopped 34 of 36 shots faced for the win.

First Period
NOR Segal, (12) , 2:37
NOR Keller, (4) (Ward, Potulny), 5:11

Second Period
NOR Potulny, (5) (Konopka, Bochenski), 1:25 (PP)
NOR Downie, (4) (Lundin, Bochenski), 3:10 (PP)
NOR Rosehill, (2) (Potulny, Lundin), 15:36
PHI Matsumoto, (11) (DeSantis, Syvret), 17:38 (PP)
NOR Downie, (5) (Smolenak, Lundin), 19:36

Third Period
NOR Downie, (6) (Mihalik), 10:16
PHI Klotz, (1) (Matsumoto, Sirianni), 14:08

Steve Downie, Grant Potulny, and Mike Lundin were the game's three stars.

Downie continues to make a strong case for a recall. That young man is a stud prospect.

Norfolk improves to 13-16-5 this season, just 3 games under .500. Next up, a three game roadie through the Northeast starting on New Year's Eve at Portland.

Box score from TheAHL.com.