| RECENT NHL TEAM NEWS |
| Coverwire Update |
| TAM |
7/24/2010 |
| In something of a surprise move, the Lightning fired Norfolk coach Jim Johnson and roving goaltenders coach Cap Raeder on Friday. Both men, especially Johnson, were lauded by new general manager Steve Yzerman for the way they ran the recent development camp. It appears to be a housecleaning of the staff from the previous regime. |
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| TAM |
6/8/2010 |
| The Lightning are set to announce that Guy Boucher, coach of the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs (Montreal Canadiens affiliate), will be the Bolts' next head coach, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times. Boucher has just one year experience as a pro coach but guided the Bulldogs to the AHL semi finals. And at 38, he will become the NHL's youngest head coach. |
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| TAM |
5/25/2010 |
| Steve Yzerman will be named the Lightning's general manager at a 3 p.m. news conference Tuesday afternoon, reports the Toronto Star. |
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| PHO |
5/22/2010 |
| The Sporting News has named general manager Don Maloney as executive of the year and head coach Dave Tippett as coach of the year, according to the Globe and Mail's James Mirtle. |
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| NYI |
5/13/2010 |
| Baseball's New York Mets francise has contacted Charles Wang about the possibility of moving the Islanders to Queens, according to the New York Post. Wang's plan for his Lighthouse development on Long Island has stalled, so it would not be shocking if he looks for a new location in New York. It is unknown if the talk includes the sale of the hockey team or just a relocation. |
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| TAM |
4/29/2010 |
| Steve Yzerman is rumored to be in the running for the Lightning's general manager position, reports the Tampa Tribune. Stevie Y was the man who put together the roster for Team Canada's Olympic gold medal winning team. |
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| STL |
4/15/2010 |
| The Blues removed the "interim" tag and made Davis Payne the team's head coach, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Payne is a home-grown talent, who coached in the organization in Alaska and Peoria (Ill.) before taking over for Andy Murray in St. Louis on Jan. 2. He led the team to a 23-15-4 record, but the team had dug a deep enough hole by then and finished out of the playoffs. Though the team did improve some under Payne, it was still bedeviled by anemic offense and blown third-period leads. |
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| TAM |
4/12/2010 |
| The Tampa Bay Lightning have relieved general manager Brian Lawton and head coach Rick Tocchet of their duties, effective immediately. Assistant general manager Tom Kurvers will assume responsibility for Lightning hockey operations until the new GM is hired. The team is in a full-court press in its search for a new CEO; the GM position will come next. |
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| DET |
3/22/2010 |
| Detroit's line combinations for Monday's game against Pittsburgh:
Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Filppula-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Meech-Helm-Draper
Lebda-Miller-Williams
Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stewart
Ericsson-Lilja |
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| TAM |
3/4/2010 |
| Thursday's OT loss to Washington was the fifth straight loss for Tampa Bay, which has allowed at least five goals in each of the losses. They're 4-6-0 in their last 10 and are four points from eighth place in the east. |
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