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All the money, all the personnel changes, all the expectations the Lightning had going into the season resulted in this: a second straight last-place finish in the Southeast and 29th in the league; 24 victories and 12 at home, both the league's fewest; the inability to figure out overtime or shootouts; a league-worst 89 power-play goals against; ...

When Matt Lashoff took the ice Tuesday, he was the 48th player to suit up for the Lightning, and the 20th defenseman.

Monday 09 Feb Monday, February 9, 2009 at 12:29AM WILKES-BARRE, PA John Curry stopped all 32 shots he saw to hand the Norfolk Admirals a 5-0 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Sunday evening at the ...

Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said he does not agree with the NHL's two-game suspension of RW Evgeny Artyukhin for Saturday's knee-to-knee hit with Florida's Ville Peltonen .

The black cloud over the Lightning got a little deeper with 20 seconds left in the second period as defenseman Andrej Meszaros took a puck off the right side of his face and left the ice bleeding heavily.

Lightning G Mike Smith had one of the best vantages of the hit that knocked D Jamie Heward unconscious.

The Lightning have lauded the potential of their prospects on defense. On Saturday, three of those prospects were front and center.

The last thing you would think the Lightning needs is to get any younger on defense.

By now you all know Sean Avery's transgression and the punishment. But here was my question: How do players feel about the league suspending players for something said to the media rather than what someone did ...

NORFOLK, VA After playing 12 of their last 15 games away from Norfolk Scope Arena, the Admirals will return home for a five-game homestand against East Division rivals this week.

BRIDGEPORT, CT Bracken Kearns and Brandon Bochenski each netted two goals as the Norfolk Admirals defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 6-3 on Saturday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard.

Welcome to the former Knickerbocker Arena, where the River Rats wrap up a four-game homestand with their second consecutive game against Norfolk.