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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Morrow Out At Least Three More Games
The shoulder and neck problems that have plagued Dallas Stars captain Brenden Morrow this season will keep him sidelined until at least next week. At Monday's practice, Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said he didn't expect Morrow to make the two-game road trip to the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Benn Most Accurate Shooter At All-Star Skills Competition
So much for Jamie Benn's shot being a big secret. The Dallas Stars lone representative at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game played the part of Texas sharp-shooter to perfection in Saturday's Skills Competition. Even though he hasn't played in nearly two weeks after an emergency appendectomy, he posted the...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Believe Power Play Is Trending In The Right Direction
With two key pieces in Mike Ribeiro and Jamie Benn on the shelf for the next few games, the Dallas Stars have needed all the offense they can get. Enter the power play, which is conceivably what they need to rely even more heavily on during this stretch. Problem is, the power play has been...
Question of the Week: Evaluating The Coaching Staff
The Raw Charge "Question of the Week" is a weekly feature that poses a question to Raw Charge writers and sometimes other writers within the Boltosphere, discussing the ins and outs of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Guy Boucher was a highly touted choice for coach this season. His hiring, along with that...
2011 NHL All-Star Weekend: Random thoughts thus far
As I'm sitting here in the auxiliary press area watching the arena people play with the lighting, here are some thoughts about the All-Star Weekend so far. The NHL goes all-out for this. And I mean, all-out. The press, which has a love-hate relationship with the league, is being catered to -...
The Bright Side of Stamkos' Outburst
Steven Stamkos has had one fighting major in his NHL career according to hockeyfights.com, a brief, spirited tilt with fellow young offensive player Nikolai Zherdev, and it took place on November 26, 2008-- less than two months into his NHL career, and less than two weeks after Rick Tocchet...
Tanguay, Tyrell, and Feaster; Lightning at Calgary Flames preview
WHERE: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AlbertaWHEN: 9:30 PM ESTMEDIA: 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Matchsticks and Gasoline, Flames Nation For the Tampa Bay residents who are complaining about the cold snap right now (it's in the 40's as I write this), take a moment and think about where...
Lightning face a rebooting Islanders squad (preview)
WHERE: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New YorkWHEN: 7 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio) OPPONENT COVERAGE: Lighthouse Hockey Let me say ton thing about Scott Gordon's dismissal in New York after 17 games this season. He outlasted Barry Melrose's last coaching gig...
The once and future line-mates?
Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis tallied a total of 385 points during their two marquee seasons together in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Along with former Lightning forward Vaclav Prospal, they anchored the Bolts most famed line - the M.V.P. line (Marty, Vinny, Prospal) - and electrified the...
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