Pete Choquette With the conclusion of the seasons for the Tampa Bay Lightning and its affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, I wanted to share some news with you all. It is with a somewhat heavy heart that I write to tell you all that the 2024-2025 campaign was the last for Bolt Prospects. In February, I made the … Read more
Syracuse’s season ends with an offensive power outage. ROC-4SYR-0 Rochester Wins the Series 3-0 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 26 shots for the loss. Hard to blame Halverson when he only got two goals of support in the entire three game series. With Matt Tomkins’ contract now expiring, I wonder if the Lightning might … Read more
Unfocused Lightning go out in the first round again. FLA-6TB-3 Florida Wins the Series 4-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed five goals on 30 shots for the loss. Bobrovsky just made more timely saves than Andrei tonight. I thought Vasilevskiy had a big rebound season this year and was generally ok in these playoffs, but given what … Read more
Lightning fail to lock down lead. Let cheaters prosper. TB-2FLA-4 Florida Leads the Series 3-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 22 shots for the loss. Almost. Thought his rebound control on Sunrise’s second goal may have betrayed him. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period9:06 FLA Lundell (1), (Marchand, Luostarainen)12:21 TB Chaffee (1), (Lilleberg, Perbix)12:32 TB … Read more
Offensive power outage puts Syracuse on the brink. SYR-0ROC-4 Rochester Leads the Series 2-0 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 22 shots for the loss. He held his team in the game with a handful of huge timely saves until late in the Second Period, but just didn’t get the goal support. First Period10:37 ROC … Read more
Lightning refuse to say die in legendary matinee win. TB-5FLA-1 Florida Leads the Series 2-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 34 shots for the victory. He looked like the best goaltender in the world today in a game where the club absolutely needed it. First Period2:43 FLA Tkachuk (3), (Bennett, Rodrigues)17:15 TB Point (2), … Read more
Crunch let lead and Game One slip away. SYR-2ROC-3 Rochester Leads the Series 1-0 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 30 shots for the loss. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period0:21 SYR Sheary (1), (Fortier)3:29 SYR Duke (1), (Santini, Brown)4:26 ROC Warren (1), (Metsa, Novikov)7:14 ROC Fiddler-Schultz (1), (Helenius)(PP) Third Period3:55 ROC Clague (1), (Rousek, Fiddler-Schultz) … Read more
Lightning fail by the finest of margins. FLA-2TB-0 Florida Leads the Series 2-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed an unscreened point shot off a lost faceoff on 22 shots for the loss. That was it. One semi-soft goal was all it took. First Period4:15 FLA Schmidt (5), (Reinhart, Barkov) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period19:56 FLA Bennett (2), … Read more
Naive Lightning spot Sunrise an easy Game One victory. FLA-6TB-2 Florida Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed six goals on 16 shots for the loss. The stat line was brutal, but I can only really find fault with about one of those goals allowed. First Period3:44 FLA Bennett (1), (Samoskevich)12:21 TB Guentzel (1), (Kucherov, … Read more
Crunch let season finale slip late, but no harm no foul. UTI-3SYR-2 Brandon Halverson stopped all 10 shots he faced in the First Period before giving way at the intermission to ATO Ethan Langenegger who allowed three goals on 26 shots the rest of the way for the loss. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period5:55 SYR … Read more