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Seven stats: Non-traditional statistics for evaluating player performance
Goals, assists, time-on-ice, even plus-minus. There are a lot of stats hockey fans pay attention to on a daily basis. These stats give us some idea of what kind of contributions our boys are making to the team's fortunes. We decide whether they are under- or over-performing based largely on these...
Question of the Week: What are Your Expectations of the Lightning in the 2011-12 Season?
Hockey season is upon us once again, Lightning fans. The team reports for training camp Friday, September 16th and next Wednesday, September 21st is a pre-season game against the St. Louis Blues in Orlando. The Lightning have set the bar very high after last season; I think it's safe to say they...
Rangers Analysis: Sather's Built Tortorella the Team He Wants
Since the day John Tortorella was brought in as head coach of the New York Rangers, management has done its best to build the team to the coach's liking. They've added skill and they've added grit, all while slowly but surely bringing some of the prospects along and developing them at the National...
Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins: Game 7 Open Thread
For those of you watching tonight's Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins, here is your open thread. For all the latest on the Lightning, there is no better place than Raw Charge, the SBNation home of the Bolts. Or, catch up on the Bruins at...
Rangers Recap: Rangers Win 5-2, "Let's Go Lightning"
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Rangers Recap: Rangers Fall Short Yet Again in 2-1 Loss to Lightning
Another one of these. It's become quite common for the Rangers to "run out of time" in the third period as Sam Rosen always puts it. The urgency is not there for the entire tilt, only in the final few minutes, and even though they were able to find that crucial tying goal earlier in the year, they...
Rangers Recap: Rangers Manage to Grab a Point, Lose to Bolts in OT
I guess we should be satisfied with the one point the Rangers picked up in tonight's 2-1 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, because they were outplayed two out of the three periods and probably did not even deserve it. A very strong third period saved them from being shutout by rookie...
Rangers Recap: Rangers Go Down in 11-Round Shootout to Lightning
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Rangers Recap: Rangers MIA in Loss to Lightning
Not much to say about tonight’s 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning other than that the Rangers did not compete in this game until the final few minutes of the third period. They gave goaltender Henrik Lundqvist absolutely no help, defensively they were a mess and there barely was any...
Today in Sports History: October 8th
10/08/1908 - Cubs and Giants face off in tiebreak Thanks to the gaffe made by Giants first baseman Fred Merkle, the Chicago Cubs were spared another loss the 1908 season. This came back to haunt the Giants, as both teams were tied at the end of the season, forcing a one-game playoff to determine...
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