Seen Stamkos? And how. Hockey season is winding down. In many ways the end can't come soon enough for the Lightning. Then you see the kid. ...more

March 26, 2009

It sounds like Rick Tocchet will be back next season if General Manager Brian Lawton gets to make the call. ...more

March 23, 2009

Nine months after the Lightning launched a "Seen Stamkos?" marketing campaign to herald his arrival, the 19-year-old rookie center is making his presence felt on a nightly basis. ...more

March 7, 2009

Lightning GM Brian Lawton has shot down reports that interim coach Rick Tocchet is already guaranteed to be behind the Tampa Bay bench next season. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Tampa Tribune was among the top award winners in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest, with six Top 10 finishes. ...more

March 1, 2009

John Tortorella back behind an NHL bench is the best hockey news since Wayne Gretzky gave up the violin, writes Martin Fennelly. ...more

February 24, 2009

Tom Renney was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Monday in an attempt to save a season that has spiraled out of control. ...more

February 23, 2009

TAMPA When Rick Tocchet was promoted — I guess we'd call it that — to head coach of the Lightning on Nov. 14, we can all agree he was handed a basically impossible job. The circus stunt experiment with Barry Melrose had been a disaster. The roster was an incompatible mess of ill-matched players, and no one was sure what could be done to fix it. ...more

February 8, 2009

The Tampa Bay Lightning today traded forward Jussi Jokinen to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for defenseman Josef Melichar, forward Wade Brookbank and a fourth-round draft pick in 2009. ...more

February 7, 2009

The rumor that Lecavalier could be dealt to the Montreal Canadiens is a runaway train, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

January 13, 2009