Update: Lots for the Lightning

Given all of the movements made by the Tampa Bay Lightning's new ownership last season, with the team drafting Steven Stamkos first ov...

Getting closer

Now that we're in the final week of the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, we're turning our attention to certa...

A cure for cabin fever

After spending nearly 12 hours Wednesday glued to my computer and TV for the NHL trade deadline day coverage, I needed to get out of the hou...

Down the stretch

Like the Tampa Bay Lightning, my hockey season will end with the beginning of the NHL playoffs. Barring a miracle unknown to man, the Bolts...

Time to hustle

With the NHL trade deadline approaching, I'll be making a concerted effort to work the Lightning team jersey and helmet projects, just i...

Paint, rain don't mix

Want to know what happens when you get caught in the rain while you're hounding? A puck signed Thursday by Tampa Bay's Vinny Lecaval...

Double-duty, not dipping

To some folks, it's nothing more than double-dipping. To us, though, it's putting our time and efforts to good use. What am I talkin...

On a roll

Given that Colin had this week off from school, it made sense to add the Tampa Bay Lightning to our hounding adventures Wednesday. And after...

No hard feelings

Even though neither won a game when Tampa Bay opened its 2008-09 campaign with a pair of games in Prague, these pucks from Lightning goalies...

No shortage

If there's one thing about Tampa Bay's Mark Recchi , hounds should never have a hard time finding something for him to sign. Seeing ...

Mixing it up

There are days within hounding that you simply have to grind it out, putting in the time it takes to round out a collection. That's why ...

Another nice memento

It's not too often that you get the NHL's top draft pick to sign a game-dated puck of his NHL debut, but this Prague Premiere puck w...

Get them while you can

It's not that I'm saying Tampa Bay's Gary Roberts is old or anything, but I believe it's always best to load up on players ...

On second thought

It was almost an afterthought to bring items for the Tampa Bay Lightning to sign Thursday, but I'm glad I made that call. Though we were...

Solid start

I swear I'm not being greedy, but these eight pucks from Tampa Bay's Olaf Kolzig , picked up over the past month at informal skates ...

We'll take these

With the Tampa Bay Lightning's training camp coming to a close, the past few days were spent trying to get the players who may or may no...

Taking it easy

After knocking out most of my to-do list for the Tampa Bay Lightning's new guys and prospects, I really didn't have all that much fo...

Good suggestion

An old friend of mine once told me that the blog needed more pictures of players signing autographs. I imagine this -- Hall of Famer and Bol...

This is more like it

Seeing that I had one of the more embarrassing mornings of my hounding career Tuesday, I wanted to come back with a strong effort as the Ta...

God's honest truth

Among the Lightning brass taking in Wednesday's opening training camp session were co-owner Oren Koules and top hockey guy Brian Lawton...