Wishart, Ty

The Admirals come roaring back to secure a point on the road in a tough barn.

NOR-4
RFD-5 (SO)

Karri Ramo stopped 39 of 43 shots, including 12 in overtime, before surrendering 3 goals on 5 attempts in the extra session for the penalty shot loss. If you made me name Ramo's biggest weakness, shootouts would probably be it.

First Period
RFD Klinkhammer, (2) (Dowell, Brophey), 1:42
RFD Sawyer, (1) (Bickell, Skille), 16:18

Second Period
RFD Brent, (1) (Barker, Crawford), 1:00 (PP)
NOR Smolenak, (4) (Segal, Mihalik), 7:31
NOR Bochenski, (3) (Smolenak), 16:50
NOR Jones, (1) (Simek, Wishart), 17:54

Third Period
NOR Heward, (1) (Hutchinson), 0:24 (PP)
RFD Pelletier, (3) (Blunden, Groulx), 10:03

Radek Smolenak, who had another Gordie Howe hat trick, was named the game's second star. Through five games, Smolenak has 4 goals, 6 points, a +4 rating, and 37 penalty minutes.

Congratulations to Ty Wishart on his first point as a professional.

Box score from TheAHL.com.

Erik Erlendsson is reporting the Lightning have made six more cuts: Ty Wishart, Riku Helenius, Paul Szczechura, Wyatt Smith, and Radek Smolenak.

Dana Tyrell was also returned to Prince George of the WHL.

That leaves Matt Smaby, Vladimir Mihalik, and Andrew Hutchinson battling for the seventh job on the blueline, presuming that Janne Niskala has already wrapped up the sixth spot, as it appears.

It's nice to see the Lightning generating a lot of offensive pressure without their top guns in the lineup, despite the loss.

PIT-3
TB-2

Olaf Kolzig allowed 3 goals on 24 shots for the loss.

First Period
Tampa Bay 0:46, Jussi Jokinen 1 (Evgeny Artyukhin)
Pittsburgh 14:36, Kris Letang 1 (power play) (Alex Goligoski)
Pittsburgh 18:19, Max Talbot 1 (Ruslan Fedotenko, William Thomas)

Second Period
Tampa Bay 2:56, Michel Ouellet 1 (Dana Tyrell, Ty Wishart)

Third Period
Pittsburgh 4:54, Tyler Kennedy 1 (power play) (Kris Letang, Alex Goligoski)

The Lightning dropped to 0-2 at the Traverse City Prospect Tournament tonight, losing to the Red Wings by a final score of 5-2.

The Lightning forged a 2-2 tie with the Wings prospects on the strength of a Luciano Aquino unassisted goal at 2:53 of the Third Period, but quickly lost their footing when Justin Abdelkader answered with an unassisted power play goal for the Wings less than two minutes later. Detroit's prospects added a pair of empty-net goals late to seal the 5-2 win.

The Lightning were the first to get on the board tonight when Matias Sointu potted a power play goal off assists from point men Daryl Boyle and Ty Wishart. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski dropped to 0-2-0 on the tournament stopping 23 of 26 shots faced.

Box score from Poinstreak.

TBL.com sat down with the Lightning's Brian Lawton following this week's Prospect Camp to get a feel for which prospects not named Stamkos raised some eyebrows. Getting special props from Lawton were Andy Rogers and Chris Lawrence.

“Chris Lawrence really surprised us, as did Andy Rogers. They are the perfect example of guys who just needed a fresh start and both responded very well. You can expect to see them in our main camp in Tampa and in exhibition games this year. We expect both of them to take a dramatic upswing in their careers.”

Lawton also praised new defensive prospect Ty Wishart acquired in the trade with San Jose for Dan Boyle. “Ty’s been a terrific surprise – he’s got such good size and mobility with strong stick and puck skills. He’s a lot further along than we thought when we made the trade for him.”

Other prospects specifically called out by Lawton include Riku Helenius, Mitch Fadden, Alex Killorn, Scott Jackson, Justin Courtnall, and Norfolk blueliner Darryl Boyle.