Quick Strikes for Monday, September 29

• Carolina Hurricanes fans running Canes Weekly Podcast had there (ta-da!) weekly podcast, focused on the Tampa Bay Lightning this week with our own Clark Brooks as the guest [Canes Weekly Podcast]
• Alexis Boucher has a complete first-hand recap of the events from Saturday at Tampa Bay Lightning fan fest. [Lightning Shout!]
• In case you’re wondering and missed it in the off season, we’ve got the complete Tampa Bay Lightning schedule here. [Raw Charge]
• New York Islanders fans have had it rough while watching games in the undersized, ancient Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. At Barclays Center, they’ll just have the annoyance of a center-ice scoreboard that isn’t at center ice. [imgur]
• Kansas City saw NHL action on Saturday, and the crowd was pretty good… [kansascity.com]
• …here’s the visual proof. [imgur]
• Former Lightning defenseman Brian Lee has been released from his professional try out with the Nashville Predators. [Facebook]
• The Minnesota Wild’s Zach Parise’s family is facing trying times at the moment, but the family unites and goes on while his father, J.P. Parise, battles illness. [StarTribune.com]

What do you think of the new Tampa Bay Lightning alternate jersey?