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Fan calls for immediate release of all Russian Lightning players

By Clark Brooks | February 24, 2022
F off, Russians

Steve Ipsnitch of Brandon, who has been a Tampa Bay Lightning for over three years, is demanding that the team release all players of Russian descent immediately, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Not just released, I want them deported, right now!” he exclaimed. “Something has to be done and these Russian billionaires are…

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Lightning fans seek creative ways to watch games

By Clark Brooks | February 11, 2021
No Bolts on TV

A bitter battle over carriage fees between Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns Fox Sports Sun and 20 other regional sports networks across the country that have rights for NHL, NBA and MLB teams, and the cable and streaming subscription services that no longer carry the stations continues to wage with no resolution in sight. This…

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Lightning’s Vasilevskiy refuses to wear mask anymore

By Clark Brooks | September 18, 2020
Maskless

As the Tampa Bay Lightning prepare for Game 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals against the Dallas Stars tomorrow night, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has declared that he will no longer wear his protective goalie mask. “It’s a violation of my freedom, I think, and then also I just don’t think they work,” he says.…

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