A Hockey Writer's Lament
Writing about hockey changes how you watch the game. And that's not always positive.
| Final - 4.27.2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Writing about hockey changes how you watch the game. And that's not always positive.
More than four years ago, a chart by James Mirtle showed (through attendance) how the situation in Tampa was on a torrid decline. Four years later, we revisit that chart to reflect how things have been thriving.
The Tampa Bay Times Forum removed its ice Monday and the ice wont return until September when NHL training camps begin.
The NHL veteran suffered an undisclosed injury on Friday night and will not play again for the Crunch during the playoffs.
A new World Champion has been crowned.
The popular phrase / hashtag for Lightning and Crunch fans can now be found in three different color schemes for three different shirts.
How's it going on the other side of the pond, for Lightning players and in the tournament as a whole?
The Crunch took advantage of poor goaltending last night in Springfield, winning 5-2. How Springfield responds t o that opening night laugher remains to be seen - just don't expect a repeat of lat night.
The second round of the AHL playoffs gets underway for the Crunch tonight in Springfield Massachusetts agains t the #2 seed in the conference, the Falcons.
Update on the World Championship tourney after one week of play.
Not so long ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning were affiliated with the Springfield AHL franchise. And things didn't go well. Likewise, the Columbus Blue Jackets - Springfield's current parent club - doesn't have the rosiest of reputations with Crunch fans
The Crunch swept the Portland Pirates in their first round series, winning two of their three victories in overtime.
| January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 6 - 3 | coverage |
| @ New York Islanders | Monday, January 21 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| Ottawa Senators | Friday, January 25 2013 | win 6 - 4 | coverage |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Sunday, January 27 2013 | win 5 - 1 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Tuesday, January 29 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Winnipeg Jets | Friday, February 01 2013 | win 8 - 3 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Philadelphia Flyers | Tuesday, February 05 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ New Jersey Devils | Thursday, February 07 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, February 09 2013 | PPD | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Sunday, February 10 2013 | loss 1 - 5 | coverage |
| Montreal Canadiens | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | SO loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| Washington Capitals | Thursday, February 14 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Saturday, February 16 2013 | OT win 6 - 5 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| Boston Bruins | Thursday, February 21 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Sunday, February 24 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Tuesday, February 26 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Thursday, February 28 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, March 02 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Monday, March 04 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ New Jersey Devils | Tuesday, March 05 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| Winnipeg Jets | Thursday, March 07 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| Montreal Canadiens | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Tuesday, March 12 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| New York Islanders | Thursday, March 14 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Monday, March 18 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Toronto Maple Leafs | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Ottawa Senators | Saturday, March 23 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Sunday, March 24 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Tuesday, March 26 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| New Jersey Devils | Friday, March 29 2013 | SO win 5 - 4 | coverage |
| April | |||
| Florida Panthers | Tuesday, April 02 2013 | SO loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Thursday, April 04 2013 | win 5 - 0 | coverage |
| @ New York Islanders | Saturday, April 06 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Washington Capitals | Sunday, April 07 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| Ottawa Senators | Tuesday, April 09 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Thursday, April 11 2013 | loss 3 - 6 | coverage |
| @ Washington Capitals | Saturday, April 13 2013 | OT loss 5 - 6 | coverage |
| @ Buffalo Sabres | Sunday, April 14 2013 | loss 1 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Tuesday, April 16 2013 | SO loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Montreal Canadiens | Thursday, April 18 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Sunday, April 21 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Wednesday, April 24 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Boston Bruins | Thursday, April 25 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Saturday, April 27 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H |
|---|
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin St. Louis | 48 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112 | ||
| Steven Stamkos | 48 | 29 | 28 | 57 | -4 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 157 | ||
| Teddy Purcell | 48 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | ||
| Vincent Lecavalier | 39 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86 | ||
| Matt Carle | 48 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Benoit Pouliot | 34 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 44 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | ||
| Alex Killorn | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | ||
| Sami Salo | 46 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Tom Pyatt | 43 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Nate Thompson | 45 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | ||
| Eric Brewer | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Richard Panik | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Ryan Malone | 24 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | ||
| B.J. Crombeen | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Keith Aulie | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Tyler Johnson | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Radko Gudas | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Ondrej Palat | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Dana Tyrell | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Pierre-Cedric Labrie | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Brett Connolly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Anders Lindback | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brendan Mikkelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Lee | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Mathieu Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Angelidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedrick Desjardins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrej Sustr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Matt Taormina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Barberio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mathieu Garon | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Bishop | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.T. Wyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP | MIN | W | L | EGA | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bishop | 22 | 1261 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 2.67 | 701 | 645 | .920 | 2 | |
| Anders Lindback | 24 | 1304 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 2.90 | 642 | 579 | .902 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Garon | 18 | 910 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 2.90 | 427 | 383 | .897 | 0 | |
| Cedrick Desjardins | 3 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3.00 | 73 | 65 | .890 | 0 |