The Bolts
Given the inconsistent play of the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, there was an air of skepticism heading into yesterday’s match up against the surprisingly strong Buffalo Sabres. Well, after yesterday’s game where we saw the Lightning play arguably their most complete game of the season, it looks like they might be back to their old selves.
The Bolts went with a new-look top line of Tyler Johnson, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov to start the game, and this line came through huge for the Lightning early. Linus Ullmark was fantastic for Buffalo, but even he couldn’t stem the tide for the Sabres, who lost their fourth straight game.
Victor Hedman looking quite dapper and representing the team and his home country!
Continuing with Hedman, the towering Swede had quite the experience with the crowd roaring when he was announced during pregame.
The ovation at Globe when Victor Hedman is introduced #tblightning pic.twitter.com/mziFiaxj28
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) November 8, 2019
Victor Hedman on hearing the crowd sing Swedish anthem: “That was probably one of the most special things I’ve experienced as a hockey player, hearing that before an NHL game. I was really focusing in on that flag + trying to keep the emotions in check.” Didn’t cry but was close
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) November 8, 2019
In his return to the lineup, Victor Hedman led all skaters with 25:47 of ice time and chipped in with an assist to help the @TBLightning earn a 3-2 win in his home country. 🇸🇪 #NHLGlobalSeries #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/ZYOZEe8qmk
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 8, 2019
The Prospects
The Syracuse Crunch honored military veterans last night, and as a veteran myself this was pretty awesome to see!
The land of the free because of the brave. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/w2BQAZ1KSf
— Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) November 8, 2019
The Crunch also invited 90-year old Koren War veteran Lenny Graf to be the honorary captain for the evening!
All the feels!
90-year old Korean War Veteran Lenny Graf serves as the honorary captain with his own @SyracuseCrunch jersey and drops the ceremonial first puck before tonight’s game with Belleville! @CNYCentral
Thank you for your service!#veteransday2019 pic.twitter.com/Zm7uLDnIKM
— Niko Tamurian (@NikoTamurian) November 9, 2019
The Game
The NHL announced the next installments for the NHL Global series for next season. The Boston Bruins will take on the Nashville Predators in the Czech Republic to open next season. Boston will also take part in the Global Series Challenge against the Alder Mannheim before the season starts, and Nashville will face SC Bern. Additionally, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche will face each other in Finland.
The matchups and countries for the 2020 #NHLGlobalSeries are set! pic.twitter.com/sjszihu1N4
— NHL (@NHL) November 8, 2019
An interesting development happened this week as the NHLPA, Kyle Palmieri, and Scott Wilson are suing the city of Pittsburgh over a 3% jock-tax to non-resident sports stars.
The NHL Players’ Association and NHL players Kyle Palmieri and Scott Wilson this week sued the city of Pittsburgh over its 3% jock tax on non-resident sports stars. pic.twitter.com/T4T3dKo5CG
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) November 8, 2019
There hasn’t been a whole lot of talk about how the NWHL has performed on the streaming platform Twitch, but they have done very well for themselves. Support women’s hockey, folks!
NEWS: NWHL on @Twitch Viewed by 949,065 Fans in October
📰: https://t.co/92SLCZVhjQ
📺: https://t.co/EHkD9gflXv and https://t.co/mx5FVvQzaM pic.twitter.com/4913t1Zhu3— NWHL (@NWHL) November 8, 2019
The USF Bulls had their Hockey Fights Cancer game last night as they took on the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles. The Bulls ended up winning the game 5-4 as well!
Today is Game Day! Your Bulls look to fight Cancer and defend home ice vs the visiting FGCU Eagles. Join us at @AHCenterIce for our Hockey Fights Cancer Night where we’ll be wearing special @BringHockeyBack jerseys! #GoBulls 🤘 pic.twitter.com/TWXubinThu
— USF Ice Bulls (@USFHockey) November 8, 2019
