Bishop

7 Bolts Who Need to Have Big Game 7s

April 28, 2015 general

11:37 a.m. The question is not what you think of Steven Stamkos now. The question is what you will think of him tonight. He’s a fine player, one of the NHL’s best sharpshooters. But let’s be honest. He has been an invisible man during these playoffs. The Detroit Content beyond this point is for members […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Game Seven, Hedman, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, Palat, Stamkos

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Triplets lead impressive Lightning comeback

April 24, 2015 general

Friday, 12:55 a.m. The Lightning was falling. The ground below was rushing up to meet them. Also, there were rocks. To catch you up and, in the worst possible moment, the Lightning was in trouble. There were only 5½ minutes left to play, and things were looking desperate. The Red Wings led 2-0, a lead […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Lightning, Palat, Playoffs. Johnson

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Lightning scraps back to even its playoff series

April 18, 2015 general

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. TAMPA This, then, is where it starts. On a lazy Saturday when a team has its back against the wall. On a mid-April afternoon when it can look down and see the rocks. In the the thin air of the post-season where the Lightning was one game from being in trouble. This […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Johnson, Lightning, playoffs, Red Wings, Stamkos

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In playoffs, Bishop is the Lightning’s great hope

April 13, 2015 general

Monday, 1:22 p.m. Trust the victories, he will tell you. Do not trust the stats. Trust the times he has skated away form a winning rink, he will tell you. Do not trust the times you rolled you eyes along the way. It is his season now, that of Ben Bishop and the other goaltenders […]

Tagged as: Bishop, goaltender, Khabibulin, Lightning, playoffs, Price, Rinne

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To all fields: What if the Bucs are deadlocked?

March 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:40 a.m. At One Buc … Say Lovie Smith loves Marcus Mariota. A lot of people do. In Philadelphia, he’s the quarterback that everyone wants, largely because he played a bit for coach Chip Kelley. He won the head-to-head matchup by a lot. He won the Heisman. So it isn’t that far-fetched to think […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Bucs, Licht, Lovie, Mariota, Naimoli, Vasilevskiy, Winston

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Bishop, power play struggle in Bolts’ loss

March 26, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:28 p.m. TAMPA This round went to the kid. This round went to tomorrow. This time, the only man left standing for the Tampa Bay Lightning was Andrei Vasalevskiy, tomorrow’s goaltender. Check back with him in 2017 or so, because from the looks of it, he might be something. Today? Today, this is still […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Lightning, power play, Stamkos, Vasilevskiy

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Lightning shows some fight against Bruins

March 22, 2015 general

Sunday, 9:17 p.m. TAMPA … In this corner, weighing in at 190 pounds, from Markham, Ontario, the Master of Disaster, the Hammer of the Gods, the Thunder of the Lightning, the Boom-Boom of the Frozen Ice, the Sensational Steven Stamkos. And let’s get ready to rumble. By the way, you might want to have hold […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Brown, Bruins, Cooper, fight, Garrison, Lightning, Namestnikov, playoffs, Stamkos, Stralman

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Alas, Lightning win doesn’t mean a big edge

March 20, 2015 general

Friday, 11:57 p.m. TAMPA You would like to think it meant something. Heck,  you would like to think it meant … everything. In the little part of you that imagines advantages, you Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, playoffs, Red Wings

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Another big game, another big night for Stamkos

March 16, 2015 general

Monday, 11:58 p.m. TAMPA In the biggest of moments, he is still the largest player on the Lightning. In the biggest of games, this is still his crew. When the season matters the most, he is still Steven Stamkos, and he can still steal your breath. It was that way again Monday night, when the […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Lightning, Montreal, penalty kill, Stamkos

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Lightning hold off Montreal, 1-0

March 10, 2015 general

Tuesday, 10:21 p.m. It took a little extra, but the Tampa Bay Lightning won one of its biggest victories of the season Tuesday night. The Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens, 1-0, in overtime on Tyler Johnson’s goal. Ben Bishop had his third shutout of the season. In the victory, the Lightning proved it can go […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Johnson, Lightning, Montreal

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