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Printer-friendly versionFive Syracuse players coming to Tampa Bay Lightning training camp
While the full allotment of players reporting to the start of Lightning training camp likely will not be known until late Saturday, at least some of them were told Friday night.
Following Friday’s Syracuse Crunch shootout victory against Norfolk, Syracuse general manager Julien BriseBois announced that five players…
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Tampa Bay Lightning to host part-time job fair
The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Times Forum will hold a part-time job fair on Thursday, January 10 from 5-9 p.m. on the Promenade Level of the arena. The fair is being held to fill positions for the upcoming Lightning hockey season as well as other Times Forum…
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The NHL lockout is over, hockey is back
After nearly four months, the key to breaking the NHL lockout came in the wee hours of the morning.
Just before 6 a.m. Sunday word began to emerge that following a marathon 16-hour bargaining session in New York a tentative deal between the NHL and NHL Player’s Association has been…
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After NHL talks break off, league issues statement from owner Jeff Vinik, 3 others
Statement from Jeff Vinik, others are below
Tampa Bay Lightning Chairman and Governor Jeff Vinik today issued the follow statement today:
“After working this week with our players toward what we hoped would be a new agreement, owners presented a proposal we believed would benefit those…
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NHL Lockout Update - Nothing imminent, but there may be hope
Burning the midnight oil was not enough to thaw hockey’s deep freeze quite yet.
For the second consecutive day, representatives from the National Hockey League and the NHL Player’s Association held marathon meetings in the hopes of settling the now 82-day long lockout that has already canceled games through Dec.…
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Another Tampa Bay Lightning player heads overseas
Brendan Mikkelson became the fourth Tampa Bay Lightning player to bolt for Europe during the NHL imposed lockout that is now in its seventh week.
The 25-year-old defenseman signed a deal to play with Vasteras HK in the Swedish second division, according to Swedish website VLT.se, for the duration of…
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Tampa Bay Lightning classic games to be aired Thursdays during NHL lockout
Need a Lightning fix while the NHL is on hiatus due to the lockout? on Thursday nights, Sun Sports will be airing classic games for viewers. Two games - the inaugural game as well as the night Dave Andreychuk broke the NHL power play goal record - have already aired.…
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