TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Norm Cookson as the second Lightning Community Hero this evening during the first period of tonight’s game against the Florida Panthers. Cookson, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, presented by Jabil, will donate the money to A Kid’s Place…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forwards Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk to three-year contracts, both worth $758,333 AAV, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced Saturday. The first year of the contracts are a two-way deal, and the second and third years…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Alex Barre-Boulet to a three-year contract worth $758,333 AAV, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced. The first year of the contract is a two-way deal, and the second and third years are one way. Barre-Boulet,…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Remi Elie to a one-year, two-way contract today, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced. Elie, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, played in 28 games for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League in 2020-21, recording 10…
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When Andrei Vasilevskiy was thrust into the 2015 Stanley Cup Final with starting goaltender Ben Bishop injured, he was a shy, unknown player at the beginning of his NHL journey. Six years later, he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion at the peak of his career after backstopping the Tampa Bay Lightning to a…
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NEW YORK (FNN SPORTS) – Source: NHL // Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights, Philipp Grubauer of the Colorado Avalanche and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2020-21 Vezina Trophy, awarded “to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position,” the National Hockey League announced today. NHL general managers submitted ballots for the Vezina Trophy…
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TAMPA, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) — Mayors Jane Castor (Tampa), Rick Kriseman (St. Petersburg) and Frank Hibbard (Hillsborough County), along with executives from all four Tampa Bay teams commemorated “Champions Day” Friday. With the breathtaking Tampa Bay in the backdrop, the mayors gathered at Ballast Point Park and laid out the Tampa Bay Lightning’s recently-won Stanley…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed NCAA free agent Odeen Tufto to an entry-level contract for the 2021-22 season, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today. Tufto will report to Syracuse on an amateur try-out contract. Tufto, 24, skated in 139…
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