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Saturday 03 Oct 2009 Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 02:08AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-NORFOLK, Va.

Just out of the car after a 13-hour, 850-mile drive from Tampa, Brandon Bochenski got the question right away.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. A- The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have assigned defensemen Matt Lashoff and Mike Lundin to Norfolk, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.

While the regular season opener is less than a week away, the Lightning's final roster to start the season remains muddied.

The Lightning equipment staff waited all week for Saturday. It was not a day off.

As the Lightning's traveling road hockey tour came to the final stop on a five-games-in-five-nights trek, the remaining players paired off into different locker rooms for an intrasquad scrimmage at Scope Arena.

Marty St. Louis acknowledged all the excuses: The Lightning played its stars for only the second time in five preseason games, and new faces are still trying to jell.

He roamed. He handled the puck. He attempted rink-length passes. In other words, it was business as usual for goaltender Mike Smith during the Lightning's 2-1 overtime victory over the Thrashers on Friday night at the St.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will showcase their top stars for the fans in the team's only preseason home game.

Brad Richards converted in the third round of the shootout after scoring a goal in regulation to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night in the pre-season opener for both teams.

It is impossible at this stage of training camp to tell where Steve Downie fits.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have determined the group of players that will travel to Dallas for Wednesday's preseason opener - including this year's No.

Wayne Gretzky has agreed to give a deposition in the fight in U.S. Bankruptcy Court over who will own the Coyotes and where the team will play.

Center Blair Jones, who played last season for AHL Norfolk, and wing Lauri Tukonen, who played in Finland, were signed Thursday to one-year contracts.

The Lightning sent qualifying offers to nine of the team's 11 restricted free agents on Monday.

Monday 13 Apr Monday, April 13, 2009 at 11:15PM NORFOLK, Va. The Norfolk Admirals capped off the 2008-09 season with three straight wins on the road last week.