Steven Stamkos

• 6/18 Bolts By The Bay: Happy Birthday to Tampa Bay Lightning RW Martin St. Louis!: June 18th, 1975 could possibly be one of the most important dates within the Bolts Nation. This is the day that Tampa Bay Lightning...
• 6/17 NHLShout: Bolt Wars: The Lightning Strikes Back: After spending two weekends at Disney’s Star Wars Weekends and enjoying the movies on TV lately, there was really only one...
• 6/15 SenShot: SenShot’s Awards Preview: Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award: With the second and final night of the awards presentation taking place tonight, we look at the final two awards.  They are the...
• 6/14 NHLShout: Lightning’s St. Louis Wins Third Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: The “Heart and Soul” of the Tampa Bay Lightning has won his third Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the “player adjudged...
• 6/14 Bolts By The Bay: 2013 NHL Draft Predictions: The Tampa Bay Lightning Select Jonathan Drouin of the Halifax Mooseheads: As we all know, the 2013 NHL Draft is just around the corner. On June 30th, 2013 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, home...
• 6/13 Too Many Men on the Site: Tampa Bay Lightning: Season In Review: The Tampa Bay Lightning kicked off their season with a great start going 8-1 in their first ten games, and they were scoring a...
• 6/13 Bolts By The Bay: 2013 NHL Draft Preview: Why the Tampa Bay Lightning Will Draft a Forward: The NHL Draft is almost here. In just over two weeks, representatives from every team in the NHL will descend upon the Prudential...
• 6/11 Too Many Men on the Site: Seth Jones, May Not Go #1: The 2013 NHL Draft is not far off, and this year the Colorado Avalanche have the #1 pick. Colorado should draft Seth Jones. I...
• 6/4 NHLShout: Philp: NHL Mandatory Visor Rule Is Overdue: Mandatory visor usage will be a main discussion topic of the NHL Competition Committee meeting today. Lightning General Manager...
• 6/2 NHLShout: Haas: Lightning Prospects Will Bring Winning Culture To Tampa: A particular thought came to mind while watching the Syracuse Crunch finish off the Wilkes Barre-Scranton Penguins in the most...

• 5/26 NHLShout: Workman: Solving Yzerman’s Rubik’s Cube – Putting The Lightning Back Together Again: The 2013 Tampa Bay Lightning season followed the same trajectory as Guy Boucher’s tenure as coach of the Lightning did. They...
• 5/24 Eyes on Isles: Who Has The Most Hart? MVP Preview: Middletown, N. J. – There are many things out there that fall into the same broad category but offer various colorful opinions...
• 5/17 NHLShout: Bolts Across The Pond: Updates From The IIHF World Championship: After a blistering start to the World Championships, Team USA seemed to have drawn a tough straw in their quarterfinal match....
• 5/14 NHLShout: Bolts Across The Pond: Updates From The IIHF World Championships: The American team hasn’t won a World Championships tournament since 1933. That doesn’t seem to be haunting them through...
• 5/9 Bolts By The Bay: Martin St. Louis Announced as a Finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award: In a stellar season already marked by winning the Art Ross Trophy for being the National Hockey League’s leading point scorer,...
• 5/9 NHLShout: Martin St. Louis Named A Finalist For Ted Lindsay Award: The NHLPA released their list of finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award this morning and Lightning right winger Martin St. Louis...
• 5/9 Ducks Daily Blog: John Gibson leads Team USA to 4-1 Win Over Team Finland, WC Update: Helsinki, FIN – Team USA entrusted 19-year-old John Gibson to get the start against the hosts, Team Finland, yesterday....
• 5/8 NHLShout: Bolts Across The Pond: Updates From The IIHF World Championships: Team USA has stayed busy through the beginning of the World Championships. They have played games on back to back days twice,...
• 5/8 Bolts By The Bay: Martin St. Louis Infographic Released Today: A stunning infographic detailing Martin St. Louis‘ amazing ride to the Art Ross Trophy throughout the 2012-13 season was...
• 5/7 The Rat Trick: 2013 IIHF World Championship Update: 5/7/13: While most of the hockey world is focused on the frantic tournament that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey...
• 5/7 NHL Jerks: 2013 NHL Awards: SJN’s Hart Trophy Nominees: To conclude my 2013 NHL Awards series, I left the big one for last. Here are my other awards:  Norris | Vezina | Calder...
• 5/7 Bolts By The Bay: The Tampa Bay Lightning At Worlds: Sure, the NHL playoffs are going on, but the IIHF Worlds Championship Tournament in Helsinki and Stockholm is also going on. The...
• 5/7 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Present Fan Choice Awards: The Tampa Bay Lightning are hosting Fan Choice Awards throughout the month of May, and you can take part by voting now! The top...
• 5/5 Bolts by the Bay: Reflecting On The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 20th Season (Part 2 of 2): The Tampa Bay Lightning did not have the best season, as we all know. It was the worst season in a long time. However, it wasn’t...
• 5/4 NHLShout: Bolts Across The Pond: Updates From The IIHF World Championship: The 2013 IIHF World Championship are underway in Helsinki and Stockholm. The Tamp Bay Lightning have four representatives at this...
• 5/4 Bolts By The Bay: Reflecting On The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 20th Season (Part 1 of 2): The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 20th Anniversary Season is just a memory now. To have such a build up leading up to it, we sure...
• 5/2 The Rat Trick: Florida Panthers Competing In World Championships: The 2013 IIHF World Championships will be taking place May 3-19 and there will be a number of Florida Panthers parti**** in the...
• 5/2 Bolts By The Bay: The Tampa Bay Lightning Face A Drastic Change: The season for the Tampa Bay Lightning has been over for almost a week now. While a lot of team’s players are Tweeting about...

• 4/30 Bolts By The Bay: Western Conference Quarterfinals Start Tonight: The wait is over! The chase for the Stanley Cup officially starts tonight, as the Western Conference kicks off their Quarterfinals....
• 4/30 NHLShout: Boucher: The Hall Of Fame Case For Martin St. Louis: Lightning winger Martin St. Louis has spent his career re-writing the rules of what an elite NHL player should look like. The...
• 4/29 Too Many Men on the Site: Martin St. Louis Underdog of the Week: Martin St. Louis has been playing great his whole career. I for one have been a fan of him for as long as I can remember. The...
• 4/29 Bolts By The Bay: NHL Draft Lottery Tonight: While the season may have ended early for our Tampa Bay Lightning, there is still plenty of work to be done. Tonight, representatives...
• 4/29 NHLShout: Tampa Bay Lightning 2012-13 Season Awards: With the Tampa Bay Lightning’s (18-26-4, 40 points, fourth in the Southeast Division) 20th anniversary season over, it’s...
• 4/28 NHLShout: Game 48 – Panthers 5 Lightning 3: The heart and soul of the Lightning franchise made hockey history last night , despite the Panthers beating the Bolts 5-3 in the...
• 4/26 NHLShout: Game 47 – Bruins 2 Lightning 0: The Lightning lost their seventh straight road game last night as a hot Tuukka Rask and the Boston Bruins blanked them 2-0 in...
• 4/25 Causeway Crowd: 2 U’s 2 K’s 2 Points, 2-0 Bruins over the Lightning.: If any of Bruins Nation was worried about goaltending going into the post season, I think we can all breathe a little easier tonight....
• 4/25 Causeway Crowd: There is playoff atmosphere in the air; Bruins beat the Lightning 2-0: It was John “Hannibal” Smith who once said “I love it when a plan comes together”, and that is certainly...
• 4/25 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live as Your Tampa Bay Lightning Take on the Boston Bruins: After a  game that brought us a Hat Trick from Martin St. Louis that not only resulted in a new Points Leader, and a new Assist...
• 4/25 SenShot: NHL Recap: April 24, 2013 – Red Wings Climb, Blackhawks Clinch President’s Trophy: There were just 4 games in the NHL Wednesday night, and it was very important for one perennial playoff team’s hopes to...
• 4/25 Bolts By The Bay: Amazing Night For Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning: The Tampa Bay Lightning played against the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice tonight, desperate to snap their losing streak. Well,...
• 4/24 NHLShout: Game 46 – Lightning 5 Maple Leafs 2:  Martin St. Louis had a hat trick and led the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The win snapped...
• 4/23 Bolts By The Bay: The Carolina Hurricanes Blow Around The Tampa Bay Lightning: The Tampa Bay Lightning took to home ice again on Sunday night to face the Carolina Hurricanes. Just as in recent games, the Bolts...
• 4/23 Cardiac Cane: Game Day: Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Islanders: The Carolina Hurricanes will look to build on their late-season play when the team takes on the New York Islanders in one of their...
• 4/22 Cardiac Cane: Carolina Hurricanes’ Top Players Coming Back To Form: It may be too little, too late but the Carolina Hurricanes’ best players are finally playing like the top players they are...
• 4/22 SenShot: NHL Recap: April 21, 2013: Blue Jackets Get Their Separation, Rangers End Devils Hopes: There were 8 games around the NHL last night, most of which had playoff implications for at least one team.  Here is a quick...
• 4/21 NHLShout: Game 45 – Hurricanes 3 Lightning 2: The Carolina Hurricanes scored three first period goals and went on to beat the Lightning 3-2. Anders Lindback allowed three...
• 4/21 Cardiac Cane: Carolina Hurricanes Hold On For Win Over Tampa Bay Lightning: The Carolina Hurricanes had a productive first period scoring three goals, then let Dan Ellis take care of the rest to win their...
• 4/19 NHLShout: Game 44 – Canadiens 3 Lightning 2: The Tampa Bay Lightning were officially eliminated from the playoffs last night as the Montreal Canadiens scored a last second...
• 4/19 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Make Catch Up And Lose A HABit: Oh, the woes of the Tampa Bay Lightning continue. They deserved the win, for the most part, in tonight’s battle against...
• 4/18 NHLShout: Game 43 – Jets 4 Lightning 3 SO: Steven Stamkos scored his 27th goal of the season in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 shootout loss to Winnipeg last night. Stamkos is one...
• 4/18 NHLShout: Workman: Time To Trade Teddy: There’s no doubt that there’s a portion of his game to like. His “lightning” (pun fully intended) quick...
• 4/18 The Rat Trick: NHL Draft 2013: First Look: With the regular season coming to a close, the NHL is about to be split into two distinct classes, the haves and the have-nots....
• 4/18 Bolts By The Bay: The Season’s Not Over Yet: Why We Should Still Care: This has been an interesting season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, to say the least. It’s caused division amongst fans, and...

• 3/8 Causeway Crowd: Chris Bourque Clears Waivers; Bruins Recall Jordan Caron From Providence: At least for now anyway, the Chris Bourque experiment appears to be over for the Boston Bruins. At noon on Friday, Bourque cleared...
• 3/7 Five Minutes For Fighting: Will Kadri Kill the Getzlaf Dream?: For as long as the need for a No. 1 centre has existed, Leafs fans have looked to July 1, 2013 and dreamt of Ryan Getzlaf....
• 3/6 Bolts By The Bay: My Take: Anti-Tampa Bay Lightning Mentality: Respect. It all boils down to respect. Why doesn’t the Lightning gain the respect that they deserve? Fan base and location...
• 3/6 SenShot: Los Angeles Hangover Cured – Thanks To Jeff Carter; What The Senators Can Learn From It: Don’t look now, but the Los Angeles Kings seem to have cured whatever Stanley Cup hangover was ailing them as the season...
• 3/6 Bolts By The Bay: Steven Stamkos: The Most Skilled Player In Hockey: Bolts By The Bay is YOUR blog. If you have an idea or would like to write something to be published for all of Bolt Nation to...
• 3/6 Pucks and Pitchforks: Devils Lose Sixth Straight; Keith Kinkaid Makes NHL Debut: Newark, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils continued in their slump as they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 tonight. The Devils...
• 3/5 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live as the Tampa Bay Lightning Take on the New Jersey Devils: Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning look to end their four game road trip on a high note as they head to New Jersey tonight...
• 3/5 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Road Woes Continue: The Tampa Bay Lightning have been struggling lately, especially on this four game road trip. While they have improved on mostly...
• 3/5 SenShot: NHL Recap: March 4, 2013: Stars Shine In Pittsburgh, Carter’s Natural Hat Trick Leads LA: After a busy weekend, it was a light Monday night with only 4 games on the NHL schedule.  Arguably the game’s top 3 forwards...
• 3/4 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Second Period Review: The Lightning didn’t hold on to their second period slump. In fact, they were great! There were only two penalties, both...
• 3/4 Bolts By The Bay: Stars Collide as Steven Stamkos and Sidney Crosby Face Off in Pittsburgh: Tonight’s matchup is poised to be the game to watch tonight. Star forwards Steven Stamkos and Sidney Crosby face off as the...
• 3/4 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live as the Tampa Bay Lightning Take on the Pittsburgh Penguins: February was a tough month for the Tampa Bay Lightning. After a loss devastating loss late in the 3rd period against the Boston...
• 3/4 The Rat Trick: Southeast Division Recap Mon 2/25-Sun 3/3: The Florida Panthers picked up three points this week playing four games. The highlight of the week came Tuesday where the Panthers...
• 3/4 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Play Hard, Fall Short In Boston: After Thursday’s embarrassing loss to the New York Rangers, the Tampa Bay Lightning faced the Boston Bruins head on at TD...
• 3/3 SenShot: NHL Recap: March 2, 2013 – Pens And Habs Offensive Classic, Canucks Crown Kings: There were 8 other games aside from Ottawa’s 2-1 loss to the Flyers.  Those missing the NHL All-Star game were hopefully...
• 3/3 Pucks and Pitchforks: Reid Boucher Scores Hat Trick, Breaks Sarnia Sting Record Of 58 Goals: Reid Boucher, a top prospect for the New Jersey Devils set a new Sarnia Sting goals record after registering a hat trick last...
• 3/2 Causeway Crowd: Bruins regain first in division and conference with a 3-2 win over Lightning.: The Boston Bruins (13-2-2) were working overtime this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Lightning (9-10-1). Special teams on both...
• 3/2 Blackhawk Up: The Chicago Blackhawks By The Numbers Through 21 Games: Here is a look at the Blackhawks by the number through the first 21 games 18-0-3-  The Blackhawks record which is the continually...
• 3/2 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning First Period Review: A pair of power play goals have the Lightning up 2-0 at the end of the first. While I can’t always write per-period reviews,...
• 3/2 SenShot: What are the Best Lines in Hockey Right Now?: Early on in the season, there have been some dominant performances by certain lines in the NHL. While more often than not in today’s...
• 3/2 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning At Boston: A New Day: There’s no doubt about it that Thursday’s game against the New York Rangers was down right embarrassing for the Tampa...
• 3/1 Bolts By The Bay: Steven Stamkos Voted the NHL’s #1 Star for February: Despite a tough month for the Tampa Bay Lightning, center Steven Stamkos was voted the Number One Star in the National Hockey...
• 3/1 Bolts By The Bay: Failure to Capitalize Leads the Tampa Bay Lightning to their 3rd Straight Loss: I am sure that this is not how the Tampa Bay Lightning envisioned the start of their four game road trip through the Northeast,...

• 2/28 RangerFace.com: Game 19 Preview: Lightning @ Rangers: The Rangers welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the World’s Most Famous tonight for their final tilt of the season. The Blueshirts...
• 2/26 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Knee Jerk Reactions: Tampa Bay Lightning:   Ladies and gentlemen, you’re not going to believe this: The Buffalo Sabres have won a game!  Off the stick of Tyler...
• 2/26 Bolts By The Bay: What The Tampa Bay Lightning Does Need To Change: The Tampa Bay Lightning was the big talk yesterday on local sports circuits because of the rumor of head coach Guy Boucher being...
• 2/25 The Rat Trick: Southeast Division Recap: Mon 2/18-Sun 2/24: The Southeast Division is tightening up.  The Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay Lightning are tied atop the conference with...
• 2/24 Predlines: Nashville Predators: Week 5 By The Numbers: After a hot Week 4, the Nashville Predators cooled off in Week 5. They won just one of the four games on their schedule, scoring...
• 2/22 Causeway Crowd: Bruins earn second straight road win in Florida: The Boston Bruins have racked up their second straight win tonight on the road beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. It was another...
• 2/21 Causeway Crowd: Bruins dispatch the Lightning 4-2, excise old demons from disastrous road trip last season: The last time the Boston Bruins went south to face the Tampa Bay Lightning it ended with Steven Stamkos scoring his 60th goal...
• 2/21 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live! Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins: After winning their second game in a row against the  Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Lightning look to extend...
• 2/20 Pucks and Pitchforks: Reid Boucher Nearing Stamkos’ Record: New Jersey Devils prospect Reid Boucher is approaching the record of 58 goals in a single season. Tampa Bay Lightning superstar...
• 2/20 SenShot: NHL Recap: Feb 19, 2013 – Kings Crown Oilers, Hawks Set Records, Leafs Lose, Habs Win: With 7 games on the schedule besides Ottawa’s win over the Islanders, it was a busy Tuesday night.  While some Canadian...
• 2/19 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live! Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: After their amazing OT win against the Florida Panthers in Sunrise on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Lightning return home tonight...
• 2/19 Too Many Men on the Site: Ben Scrivens: Back-to-Back Shut-Outs for the Toronto Maple Leafs: Toronto Maple Leafs fans were filled with worry when in the February 11 game against the Philadelphia Flyers James Reimer was...
• 2/19 Bolts By The Bay: Fan Favorites And The NHL: Fan favorites. Everyone has them. They aren’t necessarily the ‘stars’ of the team, or even the most talented....
• 2/18 The Rat Trick: Southeast Division Recap: Sun 2/10-Sun 2/17: Since we last checked in on the Southeast Division, the Florida Panthers have gone 0-0-3. The Panthers have picked up three of...
• 2/17 SenShot: NHL Recap: Feb 16, 2013 – Oilers Explode, Habs Win Without Price: There were six games other than Ottawa’s loss in the battle of Ontario, including a pair of Canadian teams winning on the...
• 2/16 The Rat Trick: Déjà vu? Panthers Dropped By Lightning In Overtime 6-5: ….Breathe…focus….breathe…okay I think I can get through this now without smashing my laptop. The Florida...
• 2/16 The Rat Trick: Game Day Preview: Florida Panthers Vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay Lightning (6-6-1) at Florida Panthers (4-6-3) The battle for Florida continues this afternoon, 3 pm, at the BB&T...
• 2/14 Too Many Men on the Site: 10 Hottest NHL Players: Happy Valentine’s Day to all, in honour of this often depressing day I have decided to make it a little happier for all the...
• 2/13 starsandsticks.com: Mike Ribeiro: Best Offseason Addition In The NHL: The Washington Capitals blog Sick, Unbelievable has been trying to stir up a “Ribeiro4Hart” campaign on Twitter. Meanwhile,...
• 2/13 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning And Hockey Attitude: Last night’s game versus the Montreal Canadiens was both the most boring and the most exciting game of the season so far....
• 2/12 SenShot: No Olympic Love For Jason Spezza?: One of my first posts as a young upstart blogger over two years ago, was an article about whether or not Jason Spezza‘s...
• 2/12 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins Postponed Game Rescheduled: The game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins that was originally scheduled for Saturday, February 9th at 7:30...
• 2/10 Bolts By The Bay: Listen Live! Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers: The Tampa Bay Lightning look to get a win on the road tonight as they take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square in New York....
• 2/8 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins Game on Saturday Moved to 7 p.m.: The NHL and the Boston Bruins organization announced this afternoon that the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston...
• 2/7 Bolts By The Bay: Happy Birthday, Steven Stamkos!!: We here at Bolts By The Bay would like to wish Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos a very Happy Birthday!! The Lightning...
• 2/7 Pucks and Pitchforks: New Jersey Devils Look To Continue Home Dominance: The Prudential Center has been friendly to the New Jersey Devils this season. The Devils are 3-0-1 at home, earning seven of a...
• 2/6 SenShot: One Year To Sochi – MY Olympic Team Canada for 2014 Olympics: As the defending champions in the Men’s Olympic hockey tournament, there will be pressure on Steve Yzerman, Kevin Lowe and...
• 2/6 SenShot: NHL Recap: Feb 5th, 2013 – Leafs Win, Jets Win, Chicago Still Undefeated in Regulation: It was a busy night around the NHL, with 9 games other than Ottawa’s win over Buffalo on the Tuesday night schedule.  Here...
• 2/3 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Fall 4-3 to Florida Panthers: Unlike the game against the Montreal Canadiens the Buffalo Sabres managed to show up for the game against the Florida Panthers,...
• 2/2 SenShot: NHL Recap: Feb 1, 2013 – Lightning Light Up The Jets, Luongo Does It Again: There were six other games on the NHL schedule besides Ottawa’s 1-0 loss to the Hurricanes.  Here is a quick recap of what...
• 2/2 Bolts By The Bay: Lightning Strikes as the Tampa Bay Lightning Ground the Winnipeg Jets 8-3: The tone of the game was set very early with what seemed like an endless string of penalties on Winnipeg, allowing the Tampa Bay...
• 2/1 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning Statistical Update: The Tampa Bay Lightning have started the season on fire so its time to look at the the statistical update through the first 6...

• 1/31 Bolts By The Bay: Tampa Bay Lightning are Finding Chemistry: Everything sure seems to be clicking on all cylinders for the Tampa Bay Lightning as they have started off this season with a...
• 1/30 Predlines: Should The Nashville Predators Consider Zach Boychuk?: As Nashville Predators fans know very well by looking at their favorite team’s fourth line, Preds GM David Poile is a big fan...
• 1/30 The Rat Trick: Florida Panthers Dropped By Tampa Bay Lightning: Another game, another loss for the Florida Panthers who have wrung up their losing streak to five straight after submitting a...
• 1/29 The Rat Trick: Game Day Preview: Florida Panthers At Tampa Bay Lightning: Florida Panthers (1-4-0) at Tampa Bay Lightning (4-1-0) The Florida Panthers will be taking on their cross-state rival the Tampa...
• 1/29 Sabre Noise: What The Buffalo Sabres Must Do To Win The Cup: Part II: In yesterday’s post, I addressed what I (and many of you) believe is the single most glaring weakness in this Buffalo Sabres...
• 1/29 Bolts By The Bay: Lightning Snap Second Period Downfall: In a spectacular outing against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Tampa Bay Lightning effectively snapped the second period downfall...
• 1/29 Bolts By The Bay: And the Award for the Instigator of the Night Goes To…: If his actions in the game on Sunday night are any indications of the remainder of the season, it is quite apparent that Wayne...
• 1/28 Sabre Noise: What The Buffalo Sabres Must Do To Win The Cup: Part I: Right before the 2012-2013 NHL season opened, anyone who examined the roster of the Buffalo Sabres probably noticed that the Sabres...
• 1/27 Bolts By The Bay: The Tampa Bay Lightning Take On The Philadelphia Flyers: It was a day that I remember all too well. I was sitting in my seat, yelling at the top of my lungs, wishing I was within throwing...
• 1/26 SenShot: Ottawa Senators Struck By Lightning, Fall 6-4: On the night Vincent Lecavalier was honoured for playing his 1,000th game, the Tampa Bay Lightning struck early and then often...
• 1/25 SenShot: Game #4 Preview – Ottawa Senators @ Tampa Bay Lightning: The Ottawa Senators will get right back to action for the first of their 8 sets of back to back games this season.  They are...
• 1/22 Cardiac Cane: Can the Hurricanes Find A Way to Win?: The Hurricanes are still looking for their first win of the season and are hoping to find it in their home opener tonight against...
• 1/22 SenShot: NHL Recap Jan 21, 2013 – Detroit Avoids Disaster, Toronto’s Home Debut Spoiled: In addition to the Ottawa Senators 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers, there were 6 other contests on the NHL schedule Monday afternoon/evening. ...
• 1/21 Eyes on Isles: Islanders ‘Ebb and Flow’ To Important Home Victory: UNIONDALE, N. Y.– The New York Islanders split their first home series of the season by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning...
• 1/19 Blades of Teal: NHL Awards: Blades of Teal Predicts!: We here at BOT have gone into the future to see who will take home the hardware at the NHL Awards show at the end of the season...
• 1/18 Predlines: Nashville Predators Preview: Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Most of the season previews from outside Nashville have been written straight out of the template set forth in Nashville Predators...
• 1/16 SenShot: 2013 Season Preview – Tampa Bay Lightning: Last Season – Tampa floundered defensively last season, as they went 38-36-8 and finished 10th in the Eastern Conference....
• 1/14 Too Many Men on the Site: NHL Individual Award Winner Predictions For 2013: Having recently posted my top-10 teams headed into the 2013 NHL season, I figured I’d get a little bolder and attempt to...

• 12/2 The High Phive: Operation Hat Trick: A Huge Success: They came from all over the Northeast. They were Devils, Rangers and Flyers fans. For one night however, they were all on the...

• 11/24 The High Phive: Operation Hat Trick Preview: Most of you know about the looming lockout that has now taken over the 2012-2013 National Hockey League Season. But there will...

• 10/16 Editor In Leaf: The Kontinental Konundrum: Should Locked-Out Players Stay Or Go?: Let’s take a trip down crazy-hypothetical-sports-dream-scenario lane for a moment. Steven Gerrard is a star midfielder for...
• 10/4 Octopus Thrower: Year Without Datsyuk Is Worst Case Scenario For Wings: With the NHL already canceling regular season action and the potential for a year without hockey seeming more plausible every...