Rick Tocchet News

Steven Stamkos likes when coach Rick Tocchet tells the Tampa Bay Lightning to attack the net.

As the 2009-10 season began for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the road was not kind to the Bolts.

Had the nine-game stretch in which Alex Tanguay had just two assists been buried in the middle of a long season, the fuss likely would have been minimal.

It's about time Vinny Lecavalier started being a goal scorer. It's about time Mike Smith started being a goaltender.

In a Monday mailbag column, Sportsnet's Jim Lang answered a now-familiar fan-posited question about the rules which govern fighting in the NHL, and the reader received a surprising answer from Red Wings forward Brad May: November 16, Sportsnet : [Question from] Tincup Canuck : Hey Jim, a quick question about the "code" in hockey.

A few weeks ago on TSN's "Off the Record," Philadelphia Flyers executive Bobby Clarke said he wouldn't want to play in today's NHL because it's "too dangerous." Let that sink in for a second.

It would have been easy for Ryan Craig to sulk when demoted to AHL Norfolk near the end of training camp.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter Throughout the years, there has not been very many NHL franchises that could boast the quality lineups that the Philadelphia Flyers has put out on the ice.

Players-only meeting for struggling Tampa It's a sure sign that things are not progressing as they should: the dreaded players-only meeting.

After three games and two periods of trying to spread the wealth, Rick Tocchet reverted to Tampa Bay's money line in advance of tonight's game against the Flyers.

The Flyers' excitement over their victory was offset by the news that Gagne will miss six to eight weeks.

When the Flyers face the Tampa Bay Lightning in a rare 5 p.m. start tonight necessitated by Game 5 of the World Series, they'll be without forwards Danny Briere and Simon Gagne and defenseman Ryan Parent.

After dismal finishes the past two seasons, the Tampa Bay Lightning have showed promise in 2009-10, although they are struggling away from home once again.

Rightwinger Rick Tocchet of the Philadelphia Flyers moves down the ice during a game against the Los Angeles Kings at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Are the NHL's two worst teams now residing in the Sunshine State? From AP - Milan Michalek made Ottawa Senators fans forget about high-scoring Dany Heatley - at least for one night.

Since he can remember, Bobby Ryan has always wanted to play in the Wachovia Center.

D Mattias Ohlund will be an alternate captain, a move that cost Jeff Halpern the A on his jersey, though the center did not seem to mind.

With a 5-15-4 record, last season was a dismal one for the Lightning against the Southeast Division.

Toccet had completed 2008 in twenty-first position on the first-crop sire table, but his runners have progressed this year, and following the weekend, he's vaulted into a position among the top-10 of his sire class.

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