Author: Tom Hunter

Who is Mikhail Sergachev? He’s good.

By Tom Hunter | Jun 19th 2017 | 8 min read |

It’s been an eventful few weeks in the life of 18-year old Mikhail Sergachev. After helping to lead the Windsor Spitfires to the Memorial Cup Champi...

Boris Katchouk should help make Lightning fans excited for the future

By Tom Hunter | Jun 12th 2017 | 8 min read |

When Tampa Bay Lightning fans think about the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft, the name that probably comes to mind in Taylor Raddysh, this year’...

Potential Targets for Every Lightning Pick in the 2017 Draft

By Tom Hunter | Jun 5th 2017 | 7 min read |

If things hold as they are now, Steve Yzerman and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be drafting in the top-15 picks of the draft for the first time since t...

Scouting the 2017 Draft: Tom’s draft ranking

By Tom Hunter | May 31st 2017 | 8 min read |

Over the past few weeks, the crew here at Raw Charge has given insight into a number of the prospects that are likely to be targets of the Lightning w...

Memorial Cup semifinal preview: An end to Bolts on Bolts violence

By Tom Hunter | May 26th 2017 | 4 min read |

One way or another, there are going to be multiple Lightning prospects playing in the Memorial Cup final in Windsor Sunday afternoon. With the host Sp...

2017 Memorial Cup preview and viewing guide

By Tom Hunter | May 19th 2017 | 6 min read |

When the Erie Otters won the J. Ross Robertson Trophy earlier this week, they won the right to represent the OHL at this year’s 99th Memorial Cup, t...

2017 NHL Draft preview: Lightning will look to the OHL on draft day

By Tom Hunter | Apr 28th 2017 | 6 min read |

Since taking over as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010, Steve Yzerman has shown a fondness for drafting players out of the Ontario Ho...

Bolts Prospects Front and Center in OHL Power House Showdown

By Tom Hunter | Feb 15th 2017 | 5 min read |

This year’s OHL trade deadline saw a number of big time deals go down — the biggest of which involved Lightning prospects heading to the best two ...

Lightning Prospects Put On a Show Against Russia

By Tom Hunter | Nov 15th 2016 | 3 min read |

When the roster was named for Team OHL in this year’s Canada/Russia Series, it emphasized just how good a job the Lightning front office has done at...

Bolts prospects front and center for Team OHL at the Canada/Russia series

By Tom Hunter | Nov 10th 2016 | 3 min read |

Yesterday, the Canadian Hockey League announced their leadership group for Team OHL during the Ontario leg of the Canada/Russia series, naming Tampa B...