From Expansion - A Story Of The Lightning (FHM7)

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Bolts Take Down Senators In OT; Win 3-2

Ottawa - Thanks to a Rob Zamuner goal in overtime, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won their first ever exhibition win in franchise history.

In front of 7,303 fans at the Ottawa Civic Center, the Lightning found themselves down 2-0 halfway through the second period. Head Coach Terry Crisp called a timeout after Brian Bradley got called for tripping, and told his team to settle down.

"I could tell we weren't playing our game, and I just wanted to calm the boys down and tell them to keep on playing and keep on chipping away, and we would get there."

After successfully killing off the Bradley penalty, Mike Hartman rushed to the other end of the ice, beating Gord Dineen to the puck, and negating an icing call. Hartman circled behind the Senators goal, and found Tim Bergland rushing down the left side of the ice and connected with a pass that Bergland banged passed Goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz, making the game 2-1.

In the third, Bergland would score again, this time on the power play, tying the game.

"I just saw the puck a little clearer tonight, and got some great passes come my way that I was able to put into the net." Bergland said after the game.

With the game heading into overtime, captain Bryan Trottier (who was a healthy scratch) spoke to the team during the break in action.

"I just told them that these are the games that will make us stronger, and bring us together." Trottier said.

A few minutes into overtime, Adam Creighton (who had 2 assists), connected with Rob Zamuner on a nice cross ice pass. Zamuner deked passed a defender and put the goal into the net, winning the game.

"This was a great win for us, and something that we will look to build on." Zamuner said.

The team will look to do exactly that tomorrow night, when they travel to Minnesota to take on the North Stars.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators
Sep 27, 1192 1 2 3 F TAM () 0 1 1 3 OTT () 1 1 0 2 Three Stars TB - Adam Creighton G: 0 A: 2 OTT - Brad Shaw G: 0 A: 1 TB: Tim Bergland G: 2 A: 0	Team Stats Comparison TAM OTT Shots on Goal 33 33 Hits 18 31 Faceoffs Won-Lost 20 12 Penalty Minutes 29 23 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 6 7 Time on Attack - -
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT Doug Smail (1) - Jody Hull (4), Brad Shaw (4) SECOND PERIOD OTT Gord Dineen (2) - Lonnie Loach (1), Jamie Baker (2) TAM Tim Bergland (1) - Mike Hartman (1), Adam Creighton (1) THIRD PERIOD TAM Tim Bergland (2 PP) - Robert Svehla (2) OVERTIME TAM Rob Zamuner (1) - Adam Creighton (2), Ken Hodge (2)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Wendell Young 33 31 94% .939
Tampa Bay Lightning - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Marc Bergevin 24:07 0 0 0 2 0 Shawn Chambers 23:20 0 0 -1 2 0 Doug Crossman 16:04 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Reekie 18:18 0 0 0 0 5 Rob Ramage 15:53 0 0 0 1 0 Robert Svehla 24:21 0 1 0 2 0 Mikael Andersson 20:58 0 0 0 4 0 Mike Hartman 13:59 0 1 0 3 20 Basil McRae 11:27 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Zamuner 15:21 1 0 -1 2 2 Brian Bradley 21:43 0 0 -1 2 2 Marc Bureau 14:53 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Creighton 16:08 0 2 1 3 0 Ken Hodge 14:14 0 1 1 2 0 Jason Lafreniere 15:43 0 0 0 4 0 Tim Bergland 14:59 2 0 0 3 0 Danton Cole 20:07 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Dimaio 14:09 0 0 0 3 0
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Peter Sidorkiewicz 33 30 91% .909
Ottawa Senators - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Ken Hammond 20:44 0 0 0 2 2 Norm Maciver 25:41 0 0 0 1 0 Darren Rumble 19:29 0 0 0 0 0 Gord Dineen 22:15 1 0 -1 1 10 Dominic Lavoie 19:41 0 0 0 2 0 Brad Shaw 18:28 0 1 1 2 0 Jeff Lazaro 13:41 0 0 0 0 0 Lonnie Loach 17:03 0 1 1 1 0 Doug Smail 18:10 1 0 0 4 0 Sylvain Turgeon 18:01 0 0 0 5 0 Dave Archibald 10:55 0 0 -1 0 0 Jamie Baker 15:57 0 1 0 2 0 Laurie Boschman 17:22 0 0 0 0 7 Mark Freer 9:12 0 0 -1 6 0 Mark Lamb 16:04 0 0 1 1 0 Rob Murphy 8:19 0 0 -1 0 0 Jody Hull 21:29 0 1 0 1 0 Anatoli Yemelin 19:31 0 0 1 5 2

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Lightning Continue To Trim Roster; Reassign 3

Tampa - The Tampa Bay Lightning continued to work on getting down to 23 players by reassigning 3 players to the Atlanta Knights of the IHL. The team now has 28 players on their roster and will have to trim their roster by 5 more before the start of the season.

With 3 Goalies on the roster, the team will look to find a backup to Wendell Young. That competition is down to Pat Jablonski and JC Bergeron. Jablonski will be getting the start in goal tomorrow in Minnesota.

Players reassigned to Atlanta are:

• D - Chris Lipuma - Atlanta Knights
• D - Alain Cote - Atlanta Knights
• C - Michel Mongeau - Atlanta Knights

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Tampa Bay Embarrassed In Minnesota; Lose 6-2

Minnesota - Tampa Bay's latest loss, a 6-2 preseason game, had Head Coach Terry Crisp fuming.

"It was a completely different team out there tonight. We were unmotivated, and outside of a few guys, played without passion." Crisp said.

Pat Jablonski, making his Tampa Bay exhibition debut, let in 6 goals and was replaced by Wendell Young halfway through the third period.

"We didn't support Patty tonight, but he didn't come to play either." General Manager Phil Esposito said.

"We will get this team right. One way or another." he said.

After going down 3-0 within the first 10 minutes of play, the team tried to fight back. Mike Hartman fought Brad Berry, trying to get some momentum going Tampa's way. It seemed to work. The Lightning ended the first period down only one, thanks to goals by Defensemen Roman Hamrlik and Doug Crossman.

However, The North Stars took the game back over thanks to a powerplay goal by Dave Gagner. After Gagner's goal, the team's effort disappeared.

Mike Hartman and Marc Bergevin tried to inject some passion back into the game, fighting Dave Gagner and Dan Quinn respectively, but the team seemed to give up.

Russ Courtnall would score later in the secon period, and in the third period Mike Modano would add the sixth goal on the powerplay.

"Listen, we have two more games before we go live. We are going to have guys on the team who show passion and show effort. Not only on game nights, but during the off days as well." Esposito said.

The team will travel back to Ottawa, and take on the Senators in two days.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota North Stars
Sep 28, 1992 1 2 3 F TAM () 2 0 0 2 MIN () 3 2 1 6 Three Stars MIN - Russ Courtnall G: 2 A: 1 MIN: Dave Gagner G: 1 A: 2 MIN - Tommy Sjodin G: 0 A: 3	Team Stats Comparison TAM MIN Shots on Goal 24 33 Hits 10 19 Faceoffs Won-Lost 20 18 Penalty Minutes 27 27 Power Plays Converted 1 2 Power Play Opportunities 9 9 Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MIN Mike McPhee (2) - Russ Courtnall (3), Tommy Sjodin (2) MIN Bobby Smith (1) - Brad Berry (1), Dave Gagner (2) MIN Russ Courtnall (6) - Dave Gagner (3), Derian Hatcher (2) TAM Doug Crossman (1) - Ken Hodge (3), Brian Bradley (2) TAM Roman Hamrlik (1 PP) - Ken Hodge (4), Mike Hartman (2) SECOND PERIOD MIN Dave Gagner (1 PP) - Tommy Sjodin (3), Mike McPhee (2) MIN Russ Courtnall (7) - Mike McPhee (3), Tommy Sjodin (4) THIRD PERIOD MIN Mike Modano (2 PP), Dmitri Frolov (2), Jere Lehtinen (4)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Pat Jablonski 27 21 78% .778 Wendell Young 6 6 100% 1.00
Tampa Bay Lightning - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Marc Bergevin 19:49 0 0 -1 1 7 Doug Crossman 23:15 1 0 -1 4 0 Roman Hamrlik 19:25 1 0 -1 1 0 Joe Reekie 17:44 0 0 -2 0 2 Rob Ramage 16:19 0 0 -2 0 0 Robert Svehla 16:29 0 0 0 1 2 Mike Hartman 15:52 0 1 1 1 10 Chris Kontos 18:30 0 0 -1 4 0 Rob Zamuner 17:43 0 0 -3 2 2 Brian Bradley 19:35 0 1 -1 0 0 Marc Bureau 11:05 0 0 0 0 0 Brent Gretzky 7:40 0 0 0 2 0 Ken Hodge 21:49 0 2 -2 2 2 Jason Lafreniere 9:49 0 0 0 1 0 Igor Larionov 16:59 0 0 0 1 0 Tim Bergland 13:34 0 0 -1 0 0 Rob Dimaio 14:39 0 0 -1 2 2 Steve Tuttle 10:31 0 0 0 2 0
Minnesota North Stars - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Albert Shirgaziyev 24 22 92% .917
Minnesota North Stars - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Brad Brown 13:38 0 1 1 1 5 Derian Hatcher 21:12 0 1 3 1 2 Jim Johnson 17:32 0 0 1 0 2 Mark Tinordi 21:45 0 0 0 0 0 Dmitri Frolov 18:20 0 1 -1 1 0 Tommy Sjodin 23:33 0 3 2 1 0 Ulf Dahlen 10:23 0 0 -1 1 0 Gaetan Duchense 16:30 0 0 1 1 0 Mike McPhee 20:26 1 2 2 7 4 Brian Propp 6:36 0 0 0 2 0 Neal Broten 18:23 0 0 -1 2 0 Dave Gagner 16:47 1 2 3 1 5 Mike Modano 19:43 1 0 1 4 0 Dan Quinn 10:25 0 0 1 2 5 Bobby Smith 9:35 1 0 1 1 4 Russ Courtnall 20:10 2 1 3 4 0 Trent Klatt 11:48 0 0 -1 2 0 Jere Lehtinen 12:58 0 1 0 2 0

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After Rough Outing Goalie Pat Jablonski Sent Down; Team Gets Down To 23

Tampa - The initial 1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning roster has been set, after reassigning 5 players to the Atlanta Knights.

Most notably, Goalie Pat Jablonski was sent down, meaning that JC Bergeron has won the backup Goalie spot, behind starter Wendell Young.

"J.C. hasn't played in the preseason, but we liked what we saw of him in practice. After the last game, we felt Patty would best be served by going down to Atlanta and see how he responds." GM Phil Esposito said.

With the team down to the required 23 players, the Opening Night roster will be intact as it ends the preseason over the next two games. Tomorrow night, the team will be in Ottawa to take on the Senators.

Two days later, the team will end the preseason at home against the Capitals.

The final 5 sent down are:

• G - Pat Jablonski - Atlanta Knights
• D - Peter Taglianetti - Atlanta Knights
• C - Brent Gretzky - Atlanta Knights
• C - Marc Bureau - Atlanta Knights
• RW - Steve Tuttle - Atlanta Knights

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Tampa Rebounds With 3-1 Win In Ottawa

Ottawa - After a demoralizing loss in Minnesota, the Tampa Bay Lightning responded with their most complete game of the preseason, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-1.

The team jumped out to an early lead thanks to a first period goal by Mikael Andersson, when Andersson broke free mid-ice and scored on a nifty breakaway.

Defenseman Rob Ramage kept the momentum going with a knockout of Jeff Lazaro as the first period came to a close. Lazaro took a run at Goalie JC Bergeron, and Ramage responded by dropping his gloves and making quick work of the Senator.

Bergeron, after winning the backup Goalie spot, made his first start of the preseason and was solid throughout the game. A late goal by Chris Luongo kept Bergeron from getting the shutout.

"JC played a great game. He gives us cofidence that there won't be a drop off when Wendell needs a night off." Head Coach Terry Crisp said.

The team scored two goals in the second period, off goals by Rob Ramage and Ken Hodge, giving the team a 3-0 lead going into the thrid.

"After our last game, we had a sit down meeting in the locker room, to basically discuss how we have a chance to make history here in Tampa, and how we have to take this seriously." said Captain Bryan Trottier, who playeda little over 14 minutes, his most thus far in Tampa.

The team will wrap up the preseason in two nights, when the team returns to Tampa to take on the Washington Capitals.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators
Sep 30, 1992 1 2 3 F TAM () 1 2 0 3 OTT () 0 0 1 1 Three Stars TB - Danton Cole G: 0 A: 2 OTT - Jody Hull G: 0 A: 1 TB - Basil McRae G: 0 A: 2	Team Stats Comparison TAM OTT Shots on Goal 28 16 Hits 24 33 Faceoffs Won-Lost 20 15 Penalty Minutes 28 16 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 5 7 Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TAM Mikael Andersson (2) - Bryan Trottier (1), Rob Dimaio (2) SECOND PERIOD TAM Rob Ramage (1) - Basil McRae (1), Danton Cole (1) TAM Ken Hodge (1) - Basil McRae (2), Danton Cole (2) THIRD PERIOD OTT Chris Luongo (1) - Jody Hull (5), Jeff Lazaro (2)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA JC Bergeron 24 23 96% .958
Tampa Bay Lightning - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Marc Bergevin 13:22 0 0 0 0 0 Shawn Chambers 25:38 0 0 0 4 2 Doug Crossman 24:32 0 0 -1 2 0 Roman Hamrlik 22:12 0 0 2 1 0 Rob Ramage 18:24 1 0 3 2 5 Robert Svehla 14:16 0 0 0 2 2 Mikael Andersson 17:35 1 0 1 3 2 Mike Hartman 13:21 0 0 0 0 15 Basil McRae 14:47 0 2 2 1 0 Rob Zamuner 13:10 0 0 -1 0 0 Brian Bradley 15:15 0 0 0 2 0 Adam Creighton 15:26 0 0 0 0 2 Ken Hodge 14:46 1 0 2 2 0 Igor Larionov 14:08 0 0 -1 2 0 Bryan Trottier 14:34 0 1 0 0 0 Tim Bergland 15:16 0 0 0 3 0 Danton Cole 11:20 0 2 2 0 0 Rob Dimaio 17:48 0 1 1 1 0
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Peter Sidorkiewicz 25 22 88% .880
Ottawa Senators - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Ken Hammond 13:52 0 0 0 0 5 Norm Maciver 21:32 0 0 -1 2 2 Darren Rumble 21:27 0 0 -1 0 0 Gord Dineen 22:49 0 0 0 2 0 Chris Luongo 18:33 1 0 0 1 0 Brad Shaw 20:10 0 0 -2 2 0 Jeff Lazaro 13:42 0 1 1 1 5 Lonnie Loach 16:56 0 0 0 1 0 Doug Smail 9:13 0 0 0 0 0 Sylvain Turgeon 14:21 0 0 -1 4 0 Dave Archibald 13:21 0 0 -2 0 0 Jamie Baker 19:46 0 0 0 1 0 Laurie Boschman 17:31 0 0 -2 1 2 Mark Freer 9:12 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Murphy 9:39 0 0 -1 0 0 Alexei Yashin 17:30 0 0 0 5 2 Jody Hull 20:43 0 1 1 1 0 Anatoli Yemelin

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Lightning Ends Preseason With 2-2 Tie

Tampa - The expansion Tampa Bay Lightning ended their first preseason with a 2-2 tie with the Washington Capitals.

The team has had continued success on the powerplay, as Robert Svehla blasted a pass from Shawn Chambers at the point, past Olaf Kolzig.

"Svehla has had a great training camp. His upside offensively is why we wanted to bring him in." said GM Phil Esposito. Indeed, while only in his rookie season, Svehla has led all Lightning players with an average of 24:07 of ice time.

The game got chippy after Svehla's goal when Roman Hamrlik got a double-minor roughing penalty when he injured Tim Taylor. With Taylor grimacing on the ice, Kevin Hatcher and Tim Bergland dropped their gloves in a fight.

The early word on Taylor is that he fractured a few ribs, and will be out for the first month of the season.

The chippiness continued as the game featured fights between Rob Ramage and Jason Woolley. Ramage would also take on Steve Konowalchuk late in the game.

Now that the preseason is over, and the team readies itself for an opening night game against the Chicago Blackhawks, General Manager Phil Esposito and the scouting staff has to prepare for the Waiver Draft.

Every team will produce a list of players who will be available for other teams to snatch up.

The Lightning will announce their unprotected list tomorrow in advance of the Waiver Draft.

Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning
Oct 1, 1992 1 2 3 OT F WAS () 0 1 1 0 2 TAM () 0 2 0 0 2 Three Stars TB - Jason Lafreniere G: 1 A: 0 WAS - Peter Bondra G: 0 A: 2 TB - Bryan Trottier G: 0 A: 1	Team Stats Comparison WAS TAM Shots on Goal 33 30 Hits 22 17 Faceoffs Won-Lost 23 32 Penalty Minutes 37 51 Power Plays Converted 2 1 Power Play Opportunities 13 10 Time on Attack
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD TAM Robert Svehla (1 PP) - Shawn Chambers (3) Danton Cole (4) WAS Randy Burridge (2 PP) - Peter Bondra (4), Michal Pivonka (7) TAM Jason Lafreniere (2) - Bryan Trottier (2), Rob Ramage (1) THIRD PERIOD WAS Mike Ridley (1 PP) - Peter Bondra (5), Calle Johansson (2)
Washington Capitals - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Olaf Kolzig 30 28 93% .933
Washington Capitals - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Al Iafrate 19:24 0 0 0 5 0 Calle Johansson 21:10 0 1 0 2 2 Rod Lamgway 22:50 0 0 -1 0 0 Jason Woolley 16:56 0 0 -1 1 15 Sylvain Cote 23:07 0 0 0 3 0 Kevin Hatcher 18:40 0 0 0 2 5 Randy Burridge 25:22 1 0 0 5 2 Steve Konowalchuk 12:54 0 0 -1 2 5 Kelly Miller 16:10 0 0 0 2 2 Bob Carpenter 14:49 0 0 0 0 2 Dale Hunter 22:22 0 0 0 1 4 Kevin Miller 10:08 0 0 -1 0 0 Michal Pivonka 15:55 0 1 0 0 0 Mike Ridley 19:33 1 0 0 3 0 Tim Taylor 4:33 0 0 -1 0 0 Peter Bondra 22:43 0 2 0 3 0 Pat Elynuik 17:01 0 0 0 2 0 Paul MacDermid
Tampa Bay Lightning - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Wendell Young 33 31 94% .939
Tampa Bay Lightning - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Marc Bergevin 20:08 0 0 0 2 0 Shawn Chambers 16:59 0 1 0 2 2 Doug Crossman 27:08 0 0 1 3 2 Roman Hamrlik 24:55 0 0 0 2 4 Rob Ramage 15:58 0 1 1 1 22 Robert Svehla 24:26 1 0 0 5 0 Mikael Andersson 18:33 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Hartman 16:54 0 0 0 2 2 Rob Zamuner 21:41 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Bradley 15:28 0 0 0 0 2 Adam Creighton 11:17 0 0 0 2 0 Ken Hodge 13:03 0 0 1 3 0 Jason Lafreniere 10:13 1 0 1 2 0 Igor Larionov 20:41 0 0 0 1 0 Bryan Trottier 10:37 0 1 1 0 0 Tim Bergland 12:05 0 0 0 4 15 Danton Cole 11:28 0 1 0 0 0 Rob Dimaio 15:58 0 0 0 0 2

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Tampa Bay Lightning Announce Unprotected Players For Waiver Draft

Tampa - General Manager Phil Esposito has submitted the teams list of unprotected players that will be available in the Waiver Draft that will take place tomorrow night.

The following player have been left unprotected:

• G - Mike Greenlay
• G - Pat Jablonski
• G - David Littman
• D - Rob Robinson
• D - Peter Taglianetti
• D - Alain Cote
• D - Matt Hervey
• D - Stephane Richer
• LW - Chris Kontos
• LW - Steve Maltais
• LW - Basil McRae
• LW - Dan Vincelette
• C - Marc Bureau
• C - Michel Mongeau
• C - Anatoli Semenov
• C - John Tucker
• RW - Jock Callander
• RW - Stan Drulia
• RW - Keith Osborne
• RW - Martin Simard
• RW - Steve Tuttle

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Lightning Lose 5 In Waiver Draft; Pickup Enforcer Stu Grimson

Tampa - Ahead of the start of the regular season, the Lightning had a league high 5 players selected in the draft. Center Michel Mongeau was taken by Calgary, Center Marc Bureau was selected by Edmonton, LW Chris Kontos was taken by New Jersey, D Peter Taglianetti was taken by Vancouver, and with the last pick in the draft the Ottawa Senators took RW Steve Tuttle.

"We hate to lose anyone, let alone 5 of our guys. We had high hopes for all of them." General Manager Phil Esposito said.

Meanwhile, the team selected LW Stu Grimson from Chicago. Known as The Grim Reaper, Grimson (6'4 and 240 lbs) is a known enforcer, racking up 439 PIMS in 93 games played.

"Stu plays with an edge that we like. The fans will surely love him, as he is not afraid to get his nose dirty sticking up for his teammates." Head Coach Terry Crisp said.

The Edmonton Oilers lost 4 defensemen in the draft,after San Jose took Craig Muni with the first pick in the draft. The Quebec Nordiques then followed up by taking Brian Glynn with the second overall pick. The Oilers also lost Jeff Bloemberg (Buffalo) and Marc Laforge (Boston)

Six goalies were taken in the draft. Bruce Racine went from Pittsburgh to Hartford, Toronto took Kay Whitmore from Vancouver, Winnipeg selected Markus Ketterer, Chicago selected Corrie D'Alessio from Hartford, Pittsburgh followed by taking Brian Hayward from San Jose, and then Montreal took Jarmo Myllys from Toronto.

The regular season begins tomorrow night as the Chicago Blackhawks come into town to take on the Bolts.