St. Petersburg Times The Lightning announced it is taking nominations for its Community Hero program which has donated a combined $4.1 million the past two seasons to non-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area that are representative to a "hero's cause."
June 17, 2013St. Petersburg Times Lightning right wing Marty St. Louis won the Lady Byng Memorial Award after leading the league with 60 points on 17 goals and a league-best 43 assists with just 14 penalty minutes.
June 14, 2013Tampa Tribune Award season in the NHL arrives today, just as the spotlight on the Stanley Cup finals shines brightly.
June 14, 2013St. Petersburg Times Swiss star Retu Suri has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Lightning.
June 13, 2013Tampa Tribune The Lightning�s top farm, the Syracuse Crunch, is playing for a championship for the second straight year.
June 7, 2013St. Petersburg Times The Lightning on Monday hired Rick Bowness as an associate coach and to lead the defense and penalty kill. "We were looking for experience," coach Jon Cooper said. "It was a no-brainer for us." The Lightning on Monday hired Rick Bowness as an associate coach and to lead the defense and penalty kill.
June 3, 2013St. Petersburg Times Rick Bowness said even after 24 seasons as an NHL head or assistant coach, he still has no problem getting the competitive juices flowing. Add he has never won a Stanley Cup as a coach or a player, and Bowness sees his new position as a Lightning associate coach as part of a quest as well as a job.
June 3, 2013St. Petersburg Times The Lightning apparently is talking to, and is perhaps close to signing, Rick Bowness as an assistant coach.
June 2, 2013St. Petersburg Times The agent for Russian draft prospect Valeri Nichushkin said his client is serious about playing in North America, and NHL teams should not wonder about his commitment to the league.
May 31, 2013St. Petersburg Times One of the more interesting developments of the Memorial Day weekend was a story on the rsport.ru web site that quoted Valeri Nichushkin as saying he is ready to play in North America.
May 28, 2013St. Petersburg Times The Lightning on Friday began what might be an extensive reworking of its coaching staff by not retaining assistant Dan Lacroix.
May 24, 2013St. Petersburg Times The Lightning, it is believed, has a potential goaltending star in Andrey Vasilevskiy. And head amateur scout Al Murray did nothing to change anyone's mind in a recent discussion about the 18-year-old Russian.
May 23, 2013St. Petersburg Times Lightning center Nate Thompson called winning a bronze medal with the United States at the world championship "a once in a lifetime experience I will never forget."
May 21, 2013St. Petersburg Times Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier was off to one of his best starts in a while (four goals, 11 points in his first seven games) when his left foot was hit by a slap shot from teammate Sami Salo in the final second of a Feb. 2 game with the Rangers.
May 20, 2013St. Petersburg Times Lightning right wing is a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy, given annually "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
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