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Steven Stamkos Gets A Birthday Pie To The Face (Video)
No matter how many goals you have or where you rank among all NHLers in goal scoring, you are never safe from the Tampa Bay tradition of getting a face full of shaving cream on your birthday. Steve Downie and Ryan Malone proved this yesterday morning when they shared their foamy gift with the NHL’s [...]
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Lightning Mascot Mixes It Up With Bruins Fan (Video)
Oftentimes when we see a mascot fight a fan of the opposing team, the entire act is staged and intended for nothing more than to provide the fans in attendance with an extra bit of entertainment. Some may have figured that was what they were watching unfold during Tuesday night’s game between the Boston Bruins [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Schenn vs. Thompson — 1/3/12
It wasn’t the most exciting bout we’ve seen, but last night’s fight between Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Nate Thompson of the Tampa Bay Lightning just so happened to be the only fight to take place during yesterday’s slate of NHL games. So by default, these two men earn a spot on [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Three From Devils vs. Lightning — 12/12/11
There was only one game on the NHL’s schedule last night, but it did provide us with three fights. It began when Ryan Carter of the New Jersey Devils and Pavel Kubina of the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped the gloves in the second period. Their bout was followed by two more in the third; one [...]
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Tempers Flare Following Artem Anisimov’s Goal Celebration (Video)
New York Rangers forward Artem Anisimov was guilty of letting his emotions get the better of him following a short-handed goal last night, and the Tampa Bay players were guilty of much of the same following Anisimov’s ensuing celebration. After handing the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the second period, Anisimov turned towards Lightning goaltender [...]
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Flyers Mock The Lightning’s Defensive Trap (Video)
No one is a fan of the 1-3-1 neutral zone trap in hockey. Not the fans. Not the media. And certainly not the Philadelphia Flyers. That was evident during last night’s game between the Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, as it didn’t take long for the trap to take over. Less than one minute [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Kaleta vs. Downie — 10/25/11
Steve Downie of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Patrick Kaleta of the Buffalo Sabres are two players that many enforcers around the league would love to get their hands on. It therefore must have made many NHLers happy to see these two on-ice-pests beat the crap out of each other during the first period of [...]
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NBC’s Stanley Cup Finals Commercial Is The Ultimate Fail! (Video)
The Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins are set to kick off their Stanley Cup Finals series in about 30 minutes. Someone should probably tell that to the people at NBC, who still seem to think that the Tampa Bay Lightning were victorious in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, according to this commercial [...]
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Nathan Horton Sprays Water At A Lightning Fan Following Game 6 Loss (Video)
Nathan Horton and the Boston Bruins didn’t have an answer for the Tampa Bay Lightning players during Game 6 of their Easter Conference Finals series, but the Bruins’ forward did have an answer for the Lightning fans immediately following the final buzzer. Horton got caught up in a heated scrum with some Lightning players just [...]
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Tampa’s Steve Downie Shares A Kiss With Boston’s Andrew Ference (Video)
We all know that the Bruins’ Andrew Ference would rather spread the love with his fingers, rather than his lips, but that didn’t stop the Lightning’s Steve Downie from moving in for an attempted kiss with the 5’11 defenseman during Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night. Ference and the rest of the [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 5/25/11 — Martin St. Louis
Heading into Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, much of the focus was on the lack of production from Tampa Bay’s “Big Three” of Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos and Vincent Lecavalier. In their previous three games, they have combined for one goal (an empty netter) and two assists, which is clearly not good [...]
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Tim Thomas Made The Save Of The Playoffs Last Night (Video)
One save can often be the difference between winning or losing. In the case of Tim Thomas‘ stick save on Steve Downie during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night, it may prove to be the difference between a Stanley Cup and elimination. With the Bruins leading 2-1 midway through the third period, [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 5/1/11 — Vincent Lecavalier
Entering their second round series against the Washington Capitals, the Tampa Bay Lightning would have been pleased to come away with a split in the first two games at the Verizon Center. However, after winning Game 1 by a score of 4-2, the Lightning’s plans for the first two games quickly changed from split to [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 4/27/11 — Dwayne Roloson
After trailing their best-of-seven opening round series 3-1, the Tampa Bay Lightning were able to force a Game 7 and were suddenly one win away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since they raised the Stanley Cup in 2004. Winning a do-or-die game on the road at the [...]
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Chris Conner’s Penalty Shot Was Awfully Embarrassing (Video)
With his Penguins trailing by a single goal midway through the second period of Game 6 last night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Chris Conner found himself with the puck on his stick and no one between himself and Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson. Unfortunately for him, that puck wouldn’t stay on his stick for quite [...]
