Drouin

Lightning captures one of its most memorable wins

May 4, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. There was the night Marty St. Louis forced Game Seven of the Stanley Cup with an overtime goal. There was the game Tyler Johnson scored with one second to play. There was Ruslan Fedotenko, who scored the winning two goals as the Lightning won the Stanley Cup. There were all those wins […]

Tagged as: Boyle, Drouin, Islanders, Kucherov, Lightning, playoffs

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Drouin finds his place with the Lightning

May 1, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Imagine being Jonathan Drouin. Imagine being lost, being abandoned, being forgotten. Imagine being home in a holdout to which the rest of the world paid little attention. Imagine hating the past, and questioning the future, and wondering about the present. Imagine no one in the league — no one — offering enough […]

Tagged as: Drouin, Holdout, Lightning, playoffs

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Random Thoughts: What used to pass for sports?

January 31, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Just wondering. In olden times, did storming the castle pass for sports? Jousts? Living through the plague? – That’s kind of like Australian Rules Football, right? – In honor of freshman guard Duane Bacon, FSU’s basketball team gave away free bacon to students Saturday night. Oh, if only Houston had thought of […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Dishonor, Drouin, Newton

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