Bishop

Bishop-Hedman collision leaves Bolts reeling

June 14, 2015 general

Sunday, 12:37 a.m. TAMPA All in all, it had been a tough enough week for Ben Bishop. First of all, there was the mysterious injury. Then there was the constant game of dodge-the-question about when he would be able to play next. There were, of course, the experienced Blackhawks. And suddenly, there was teammate Victor […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Cooper, Hedman, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos

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Lightning scoring comes up dry as Bishop sits out

June 11, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:22 a.m. You can sum it up like this: There was a Ben Bishop-sized hole in the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night. To most fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning, that’s how this one will be remembered. Period. It doesn’t matter that rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy played well. It doesn’t matter that Chicago got only […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Johnson, Killorn, Kucherov, Lightning, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Vasilevskiy

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Bishop guts out 36 saves as Bolts win Game 3

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:05 a.m. The big thing wasn’t that Ben Bishop started the game. It wasn’t that he somehow managed to finish it. For Bishop, and for his Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the 60 minutes in between that will be remembered. Bishop added another moment to his growing legacy Monday night, gutting it out in […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Callahan, Hedman, Lightning, Paquette, Stanley Cup

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Is Vasilevskiy good enough to take Bolts to Cup?

June 7, 2015 general

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. Odds are, Andrei Vasilevskiy doesn’t have a clue about who Jeff Hostetler is. Old Hoss wasn’t quite the rage in Russia. He probably doesn’t know about Magic Johnson, either. Or Doug Williams. The lore of backup athletes who have stepped in on the way to a title is probably lost on Vasilevskiy, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Cooper, Lightning, Stamkos, Vasilevski

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Resilient Lightning surge back to beat Chicago

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:53 p.m. Tampa Say this for the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning. They can take a punch. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Garrison, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Stralman, Vasilevskiy

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Pickens knows hunted feeling of goalies

June 5, 2015 general

Friday, 6:30 p.m. The lonely goaltender looks toward the opposition staring him down, and he feels his pain. The missile launches toward the goal, who must twist and contort to protect his net, and he feels his pressure. The guy in the third row blames him for any misstep, no matter defection or bad bounce […]

Tagged as: Bishop, goalie, Hristov, Pickens, Rongren, Rowdies, Santos

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Blackhawks teach Lightning a valuable lesson

June 4, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:23 a.m. TAMPA The first lesson was painful. The first lesson was costly. The first lesson, if it is not corrected, is going to sting for a while. If this Stanley Cup Finals series is really the wise men against the smart-alecks, if it really is the savvy old vets against the kids-who-just-got-here, then […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Chicago, Killorn, Lightning, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay

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The Lightning is going to the Stanley Cup Finals!

May 30, 2015 general

Saturday, 12:07 a.m. Hello, Lord Stanley. It’s us again. You remember, don’t you? We’re the fans with suntans, the fans with mosquito bites. We’re the fans with lovebugs in the grill of the Zamboni. We’re the fans who yell “score, ya’ll.” We’re the fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning. And we’re back. How you’ve been, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Killorn, Lightning, Lord Stanley, Palat, Stanley Cup

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Bishop reflects his Lightning team in Game 6 loss

May 27, 2015 general

WEDNESDAY, 1:02 A.M. Tampa He is a man of his team. Everything you wish to think about the Tampa Bay Lightning, you may think of goaltender Ben Bishop. One day, he is a goat. The next, he is a guard dog. One day, he is everything wrong. The next, he is most things right. One […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Game 6, Lightning, playoffs, Rangers, Stamkos

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Bishop rejects questions, pucks in big Bolts win

May 25, 2015 general

 Monday, 12:38 a.m. Okay, are there any more questions for Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop? You in the front row. Do you want to ask him about how shaky he had looked in the previous game? No? You in the back? Do you want to ask him if the pressure of the playoffs is getting to […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Filppula, Lightning, Palat, playoffs, Rangers, Stamkos

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