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| Lightning strike twice in win over 'Canes |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Karri Ramo made 38 saves, including a circus catch with his glove in the final seconds, to help the Tampa Bay Lightning top Carolina, 2-1, at St. Pete Times Forum. Jussi Jokinen had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay, which has won two of three. Jeff Halpern also tallied for the Lightning, who had lost two straight to the Hurricanes. Chad LaRose scored Carolina's lone goal, as the Hurricanes fell dangerously close to a tie atop the Southeast Division standings with Washington. The Cap |
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| Lightning captain Taylor to retire without return |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Tampa Bay Lightning captain Tim Taylor will not play another game for the club before retiring at season's end. Taylor made his intentions known during a question-and-answer session with fans outside St. Pete Times Forum, before Tampa Bay's 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. He has missed the entire season because of off-season hip surgery. In 746 career NHL games with Detroit, Boston, the New York Rangers, and Tampa Bay, Taylor, primarily a checking forward, compiled 7 |
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| Help Wanted: 'Canes hope to clinch Southeast crown in Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Carolina Hurricanes will try to do their part to clinch the Southeast Division tonight, as they visit the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum. The Hurricanes have 90 points and are four ahead of Washington for the division lead. Carolina, which is also third in the Eastern Conference standings, could secure the Southeast title tonight with a win and a regulation loss by Washington at Florida. Carolina notched an easy win Friday night, as it pounded the visiting Atlanta Thrashe |
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| Lightning's Tortorella to guide Team USA at Worlds |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2008 |
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| Colorado Springs, CO (Best E Casino) - USA Hockey has selected Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Tortorella to guide the men's national team at the 2008 World Championships. This year's tournament is set for May 2-18 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Quebec. "We're certainly pleased to have someone with John Tortorella's credentials coaching our world championship team," said Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of hockey operations at USA Hockey. "He's had a lot of success in his career, includi |
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| Fleischmann lifts Caps over Lightning in OT |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Brooks Laich notched a goal and an assist, and Tomas Fleischmann scored the game-winner 2:27 into overtime as the Washington Capitals pulled out a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Laich took advantage of a scramble around the net, picked up the loose puck and tipped it to Fleischmann, who buried a shot past Karri Ramo to win the game for Washington. "It was a big win and we were a desperate team at the end," said Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau. "I didn't think we had very much jum |
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| Caps continue push for playoffs in Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are doing everything they can to try and secure a playoff spot, but it hasn't been enough so far. The club will try to rack up another victory tonight in a road test against the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum. Washington has won six of its last seven games and is 3-1-0 so far on a six- game road trip, but still finds itself ninth overall in the Eastern Conference and two points back of eighth-seeded Boston. Also working against the Capitals |
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| Halpern, Bolts deal Panthers critical loss |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (Best E Casino) - Jeff Halpern had a goal and two assists, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 win and a home-and-home series split against the Florida Panthers at St. Pete Times Forum. Michel Ouellet and Filip Kuba also tallied, while Karri Ramo had a solid night between the pipes for the Lightning, who snapped a three-game skid. Ramo made 34 saves while filling in for the injured Mike Smith, who was scratched with a left knee injury. "I think he (Ramo) played well," said Lightning head |
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| Lightning G Smith out |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Tampa Bay Lightning starting goaltender Mike Smith was scratched from Tuesday's 3-1 win against Florida due to a left knee injury. Smith was hurt in practice Monday, suffering a mild knee sprain after one of the Lightning players fell on him. He is officially day-to-day. Since being acquired from the Dallas Stars at the trade deadline, Smith has gone 3-7 with a 2.62 goals-against average in 10 games. The Lightning recalled Jonathan Boutin from Norfolk of the American Hockey League on |
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| Mighty Red Wings open home-and-home in St. Louis |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| trip tonight and is 24-11-4 as the visiting team this year. St. Louis has dropped two straight and 14 of its last 16. With 72 points, the Blues have the second fewest points in the West and third fewest in the NHL. Both the Los Angeles Kings and the Tampa Bay Lightning have 66 points on the season. The Blues, who will miss the postseason for a third straight season, did manage a point last time out after losing to Chicago, 4-3, in overtime on Sunday. Lee Stempniak, D.J. King and Keith Tkachuk scored for the Blues, |
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| Playoff-hungry Panthers end home-and-home set in Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers will try to gain some ground in the East against the worst club in the conference tonight, as they visit the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning in the back end of a home-and-home series at St. Pete Times Forum. The Panthers have 81 points and are tied with Buffalo for 10th in the East, three points behind eighth-seeded Boston. The Bruins, though, have a game in hand over Florida. The Panthers had ripped off a franchise-record tying seven straight wins before a shootout loss to Carol |
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