Stamkos

Unlikely trio leads Lightning past Ottawa

December 21, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. As Butch said to Sundance: Who are those guys? This time, it was the Ottawa Senators who must have been saying that after an unknown line of “who’s he” guys did them in. Mike Angelidis? Mike Blunden? Jonathan Marchessault? Who are those guys? For a night, they were the new Triplets. It […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, Senators, Stamkos

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Lightning lacks power in loss to Islanders

November 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:15 p.m. These days, it’s easy to see the problem with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Not enough power. The sputtering Lightning, 11-11-2 on the season, blew a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 to the New York Islanders Saturday night. Perhaps you thought the Lightning had awakened with a three-game winning streak, but now it […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Islanders, Lightning, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: Have the Bucs turned the corner?

November 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment or be […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Corners, Heisman, Stamkos

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Lightning showing signs of life…finally

November 21, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:38 p.m. Do you dare to hope that they finally have returned from the desert? Do you dare believe that the scoring has returned, and the winning along with it? Do you dare think that Steven Stamkos will score enough to make up for all the missing forwards? Do you dare dream that the […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Ducks, Lightning, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: Are fans of the Lightning spoiled?

November 14, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Tagged as: fans, Lightning, Seferian-Jenkins, Stamkos

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Bishop finally gets enough goals to win

November 13, 2015 general

Friday, 12:17 a.m. It was beginning to look as if it were personal, as if Ben Bishop has somehow offended the locker room and the players refused to score for him. It was beginning to look as if every other goaltender in the league had better support, better luck, better karma. It was beginning […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Johnson, Lightning, Slump, Stamkos

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Tampa Bay Lightning continues to sputter

November 11, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Five minutes ago, maybe less, and they were a spectacle. One shift ago, maybe two, and they were a happening. They were Star Wars, and a light-sabre battle on a spaceship. They were the Wallendas, and the tightrope was burning pn both ends. They were firewords stacked upon fireworks, video games and […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Plodding, Slump, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: Has the NBA considered Tampa Bay?

November 7, 2015 Baseball

Tagged as: FSU, Lightning, NBA, Rays, Stamkos

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Lightning didn’t listen to their own warnings

November 1, 2015 general

Sunday, 12:18 a.m. The words all sounded right. But who knows if anyone was listening? Jon Cooper said it. Steven Stamkos said it. Everyone said the warning that the league would come at the Lightning harder this year. Everyone said the journey would be more difficult. That the opponents would be tougher. That the ice would be rougher. […]

Tagged as: Bruins, Cooper, Lightning, Stamkos

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Penalty kill is murder on the Lightning

October 15, 2015 general

Friday, 12 a.m. Yes, it’s still early. But an inability to kill could end up being the death of the Tampa Bay Lightning. An ineffective penalty kills led to the second consecutive defeat by the Lightning Thursday night, a 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars in which the Bolts gave up another two power play […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, Stamkos, Stars

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