post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... but it's probably more or a life foul: -Red Wings fans!?!!? -We guess that is a rivalry now. -Rick Tocchet: -Greg Malone: -Warm ups: -Big time development here. Tyler Kennedy is back in the lineup. He has missed 14 games due to hip/groin ailments. -The announcement of Chris Bourque as a scratch brings an applause. -Brian Boyle and Wade Redden are the Rangers' scratches. -Marc-Andre...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... but it's probably more or a life foul: -Red Wings fans!?!!? -We guess that is a rivalry now. -Rick Tocchet: -Greg Malone: -Warm ups: -Big time development here. Tyler Kennedy is back in the lineup. He has missed 14 games due to hip/groin ailments. -The announcement of Chris Bourque as a scratch brings an applause. -Brian Boyle and Wade Redden are the Rangers' scratches. -Marc-Andre...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... show you that you have to stay in games because you never know what can happen," Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said. "We got the game to 3-3 and then get a power play with two minutes left. We would have taken that at the beginning of the game."Smith looked sharp early and if there were any jitters heading into the game, it didn't show. In a fast-moving, penalty-free first period,...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... for the Rangers.Smith vs. Stars'Lightning G Mike Smith drew the start Friday night, but Coach Rick Tocchet wouldn't say whether he'll be in net tonight in Dallas against his old team.A to Marty Turco in 2006-07 and part of 2007-08, Smith came to the Lightning in the February 2008 trade that also netted forwards Jeff Halpern and JussiJokinen for C BradRichards.Smith faced the Stars...
MSNBC.com: NHL (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... only Ryan Callahan's late third-period goal."Smitty's played well for us," Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said. "He's really squaring the puck, and when he's quiet, he's really hard to get around."Stamkos scored 6 minutes into the game, beating Henrik Lundqvist with a wrist shot off a pass from St. Louis. Rookie defenseman Victor Hedman also assisted on the goal."We played our best...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Sunday at Atlanta, logging 13:29 of ice time in a 4-3 overtime win against the Thrashers.Coach Rick Tocchet said Lundin, a fourth-round pick of the Lightning in 2004 who has played in 107 games for Tampa Bay, "did a nice job for us" against Atlanta."Twice, (Ilva) Kovalchuk was gone, and he caught him," Tocchet said. "I don't know if he caught him, but he was pretty even with...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Lightning beat Thrashers on tip-in goal in OT - ATLANTA (AP) Steven Stamkos likes when coach Rick Tocchet tells the... Women's judo pioneer Kanokogi dies at 74 - DENVER (AP) Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly ... Beckham vows to return, buy club - SEATTLE (AP) David Beckham did all he could to win a championship in a third cou... Defoe on fire as Spurs blast...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
ATLANTA (AP) Steven Stamkos likes when coach Rick Tocchet tells the Tampa Bay Lightning to attack the net. "From a team perspective, I thought we played pretty solid and stuck to the game plan," Stamkos said. "We got lots of shots on net. We were forechecking, hard hitting."
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... 57 goals in 22 games, the Maple Leafs average an NHL-high 34.7 shots per game. ... Tampa Bay coach Rick Tocchet has moved veteran C Jeff Halpern to the wing in an effort to form a dynamic line with Vinny Lecavalier and Alex Tanguay. ... With 24 points each, Toronto's Tomas Kaberle and Washington's Mike Green are the league's highest-scoring defensemen.Ira KaufmanTONIGHT'S GAMEShare...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Steven Stamkos likes when coach Rick Tocchet tells the Tampa Bay Lightning to attack the net. "From a team perspective, I thought we played pretty solid and stuck to the game plan," Stamkos said. "We got lots of shots on net. We were forechecking, hard hitting."
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... well - a couple of blown assignments but that doesn't bring the whole group down," Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said. "I thought we played well."Tampa Bay came out with jump, putting all kinds of early pressure on the Thrashers while registering 15 shots on goal in the first period, but rookie goaltender Ondrej Pavelec channeled his inner Kari Lehtonen, turning aside quality chances...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... and wanting to be up there making plays, wanting to be in guys' faces."Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said that was one of the elements Lundin needed to work on."He has to get in people's faces and strip pucks from people and that's the aggressiveness we're looking for from him," Tocchet said. "With Lunds, we would like to see him hit but we are looking for more of the aggressiveness...
