Category: The Site

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...

The best of Raw Charge 2015

By John Fontana | Dec 26th 2015 | 10 min read |

Season’s greetings, happy holidays and a very Merry Christmas to all Raw Charge and general NHL blog readers. What’s becoming an annual ri...

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...

Sirs and Madams, name this group

By John Fontana | Aug 10th 2015 | 2 min read |

A follow up to the FanPost we ran last week looking for fan input on a new section name here for FanShot Fodder (that was a temporary name for the sec...

Help make the Lightning (...and Raw Charge) officially "Best of the Bay"

By John Fontana | Aug 7th 2015 | 4 min read |

A couple of weeks back, I brought up local indie newspaper Creative Loafing and its annual Best of the Bay voter survey. What the deal was at the time...

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night

By Cassie McClellan | Jul 7th 2015 | 5 min read |

On March 17th, 2009, John Fontana and I started up this blog. I had been writing for Bolts Blog previous to that, and John had his own blog at that ti...

The best of Raw Charge 2014

By John Fontana | Dec 25th 2014 | 12 min read |

January Catching up with anthem singer Vanessa RodriguezHome game regulars knew Vanessa last season by way of her incredible voice which led fans at h...

Name that tune; individual goal songs for individual Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning players

By John Fontana | Oct 29th 2014 | 3 min read |

Erik Erlendsson at the Tampa Tribune came up with an interesting thought the other day, an idea that’s likely been pondered by other writers and...

Raw Charge Posting Guidelines / Community Standards

By John Fontana | Jul 25th 2014 | 7 min read |

Community Guidelines for Raw Charge We’re proud of the fact that Raw Charge is an open forum for discussing the Tampa Bay Lightning, its minor l...

Interested in writing for Raw Charge? We're looking for new Tampa Bay Lightning writers to join our staff

By John Fontana | Mar 28th 2014 | 2 min read |

An NHL season requires a lot of words to be written by the staff here at Raw Charge (and on SB Nation in general), we don’t always cover news an...