Category: Sweater Numbers

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #18: Jimmie Olvestad

By John Fontana | Jun 19th 2014 | 5 min read |

Number 18 is currently worn by Ondrej Palat for the Lightning, but it’d be a disservice to both him and those who have worn the number in the pa...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers): #17 Ruslan Fedotenko

By Clark Brooks | Jun 18th 2014 | 2 min read |

Once upon a time in 2002, the Tampa Bay Lightning had the fourth overall choice in the NHL Draft. General Manager Jay Feaster traded that choice to th...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers): #16 Darcy Tucker

By Clark Brooks | Jun 17th 2014 | 3 min read |

You hear a lot of coaches talk about “grit”, either describing a player on the team who provides it or his team’s lack of it. It gen...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #15: Paul Ysebaert

By John Fontana | Jun 16th 2014 | 2 min read |

(Authors note: This one was penned under a degree of physical distress and doesn’t do Paul Ysebaert or the Sweater Series justice…) Genera...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #14: John Tucker

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 15th 2014 | 3 min read |

Ah, the Original Bolts. That wacky group of underdog misfits that pulled together to teach America’s weirdest state about ice hockey– you ...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers): #13 Pavel Kubina

By Clark Brooks | Jun 14th 2014 | 4 min read |

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in these last couple of months, it’s that terms like “loyalty” and “devotion...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers): #12 John Cullen

By Clark Brooks | Jun 13th 2014 | 4 min read |

Way back in 1944, Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots sang “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”. Somewhere along the way, it was silently de...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #11: Chris Dingman

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 12th 2014 | 4 min read |

At any given time, every NHL team has at least one player who is willing and able to put up his dukes. The justification for fighting in hockey is mur...

Sweater Series #10: Playoff Legend Sean Bergenheim

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 11th 2014 | 3 min read |

Ahh, Sean Bergenheim. Why do we love you so? The player dubbed “Eisberg” by the community here at Raw Charge played only one season for th...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers): #9 Brian Holzinger

By John Fontana | Jun 9th 2014 | 4 min read |

Certain numbers stand out in hockey history, and the number 9 is one of them. Gordie Howe was #9 and a lot of players donned the number in homage to h...