tampa-bay-lightning-ownership Stories - Lighthouse Hockey
Is more OK Hockey coming to the NHL?
Oren Koules is in the stands, watching his son Miles perform during the NHL's research and development camp this week in Toronto. For the past several months, the former Lightning owner has been dealing with... well, lets face it, he's been dealing with the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen and...
Jeffrey Vinik's Modus Operandi
The Sound of Silence was a hit song by Simon and Garfunkel in the 1960's, which today characterizes the current state or the Lightning franchise. It's not that the Bolts franchise is dormant in the offseason, but it is more along the lines of these Paul Simon lyrics: And in the naked light I...
Ownership: Unplugged. Lightning Q and A event tomorrow night
There has been a great deal of movement with the Tampa Bay Lightning int he last 72 hours. From promotions and demotions through the system to the NHL trade deadline, closing with the official transfer of ownership to Jeffrey Vinik . We round it out now with a news release form the Lightning...
Esposito is not a front office cure-all for Lightning
It would seem like every time there is an issue with the Lightning franchise, the name of Hockey Hall of Famer and franchise founder Phil Esposito is invoked. Esposito's name, to long time Lightning fans, brings with it the thoughts of security and the sense that Phil could fix it. No, wait,...
Report: NHL negotiating sale of Lightning to hedge fund manager
The Hockey News reported on their web site earlier this evening that the National Hockey League is negotiating with a Boston hedge fund manager to purchase the Lightning, control of the St. Pete Times Forum and land adjacent to the Forum. According to multiple sources, the NHL is negotiating the...
The forgotten local interest in owning the Tampa Bay Lightning
With the recent news about the Lightning defaulting on their loan to Palace Sports and Entertainment and problems meeting payroll, comparisons to the Phoenix Coyotes have been been drawn... As well as the assumption Jim Balsillie is the only potential owner on the horizon. Not so. Last summer,...
Report: OK Hockey in default on Palace Sports Loan
Bruce MacLeod, a Red Wings beat reporter for the Macomb Daily (a suburban Detroit newspaper), is reporting on his newspaper blog that, allegedly, OK Hockey has gone into default on it's loan from Palace Sports and Entertainmentt - the previous ownership group for the Tampa Bay Lightning. This news...
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