2009 Restricted Free Agents

The following players along with Lauri Tukonen were tendered qualifying offers on June 29th and their rights retained by the Lightning.

2009 Free Agent Signings

PLAYER NAME POS Years Avg/Yr
Lukas Krajicek Defense 1 year $1500000
Mattias Ohlund Defense 7 years $3750000
Matt Walker Defense 4 years $1700000

2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Draft

1 2 Victor Hedman Defense 6.06 220 lbs.
1 29 Carter Ashton Right Wing 6.03 205 lbs.
2 52 Richard Panik Right Wing 6.02 203 lbs.
4 93 Alex Hutchings Left Wing 5.10 173 lbs.
5 148 Michael Zador Goaltender 6.02 172 lbs.
6 162 Jaroslav Janus Goaltender 5.11 192 lbs.
7 183 Kirill Gotovets Defense 5.11 175 lbs.

AHL Game Night 10/11: Bears at Admirals

Rough shootout.

HER-4
NOR-3 (SO)

Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 26 shots in regulation and overtime before surrendering 3 of 4 in the penalty shot session to take the shootout loss.

First Period
NOR Smolenak, (1) (Mihalik, Konopka), 4:20 (PP)
HER Aucoin, (2) (Sloan, Helmer), 15:18

Second Period
HER Bouchard, (1) , 18:23

Third Period
NOR Segal, (1) (Boyle), 5:36
HER Perreault, (2) (Wilson, Alzner), 8:46 (PP)
NOR Konopka, (1) (Mihalik, Jones), 10:57

Overtime
NO SCORING

Shootout
HER- Giroux, Bouchard, Aucoin
NOR- Smith

Brandon Segal was Above the Law, as he was named the game's second star. The Bears outshot the Admirals 26-25 in the game, which is a fair sight more managable differential than last night, or any of the parent club's games thus far.

Box score from TheAHL.com.