Category: General

Raw Charge goes to the National Sports Collectors Convention

By Justin G. | Aug 11th 2017 | 9 min read |

When I was younger, so much younger than today, card shows were a weekly occurrence. Every weekend, whether it was at a mall or a hotel conference roo...

Photo breakdown: Vasilevskiy with the no-look save

By Justin G. | May 17th 2017 | 2 min read |

It’s the off-season.  Things have slowed down a bit in regards to news about the Tampa Bay Lightning. Therefore, we’re running a small series whe...

Two to Tango: Looking at the potential trade partners for Ben Bishop

By Justin G. | Jul 28th 2016 | 16 min read |

Ben Bishop is the best goalie the Tampa Bay Lightning have ever had suit up for them. Bishop will likely not be wearing a Tampa Bay uniform when the 2...

For hockey readers and bloggers, a noteworthy place on Reddit

By John Fontana | Jul 11th 2016 | 3 min read |

Reddit’s got a very active hockey community, be they on the main subreddit /r/hockey or on the individual team sites. There’s plenty of community ...

Nikita Kucherov is a Smooth Criminal

By Justin G. | May 23rd 2016 | 3 min read |

In October of 1988, Michael Jackson, the undisputed King of Pop, released the single Smooth Criminal. In June of 1993, Nikita Kucherov was born. In Ju...

Introducing "The Bolts", our latest Tampa Bay Lightning inspired t-shirt

By John Fontana | May 19th 2016 | 2 min read |

Can parody be seen as celebration? You love the Tampa Bay Lightning and also have a fondness for music, including one of the most potent and influenti...

Raw Charge is looking for new contributors to our Tampa Bay Lightning coverage

By John Fontana | Mar 16th 2016 | 2 min read |

The 2015-16 NHL season is winding down, though the playoffs are a stones-throw away, as is the off-season… It’s a constant environment for...

An open letter to Jonathan Drouin

By John Fontana | Mar 1st 2016 | 8 min read |

Jonathan, We don’t know each other. We’ve never met and for at least one reason or another we likely never will. I’m just a random h...

Late holiday shopping and the Raw Charge Store

By John Fontana | Dec 15th 2015 | 2 min read |

Attention Holiday Shoppers… Those shopping days are counting down, ain’t they? I’m not so certain what shirt designs seem like a goo...

My introduction to product review and the Budweiser Red Light goal lamp

By John Fontana | Nov 30th 2015 | 7 min read |

Reviewing an item is new to me despite having been blogging since 2004 and running Raw Charge since 2009. You get into the field at a higher level of ...