It was Independence Day weekend in 2019, and Stephen Gionta was preparing to celebrate the holiday with family and friends. Less than three months prior, the then-35-year-old forward was skating in the Calder Cup Playoffs for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the New York Islanders’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. Gionta's

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning today announced the team’s regular season schedule for the 2026-27 season, presented by AdventHealth. New for this season, the Bolts will play a total of 84 games, instead of the previous 82. After starting the season with one game on the road in

Two players within the Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning youth hockey program are already garnering national attention in the program’s first year. Area skaters Zachary LaBella and Jordyn Kimmel, both 15 years old, are attending USA Hockey’s 2026 National Player Development Camps this month in Amherst, New York and Oxford, Ohio,

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Tampa Bay Lightning and Syracuse Crunch have jointly announced a four-year affiliation extension that will allow Tampa Bay's top prospects to continue to develop their talents in Syracuse through the 2029-30 season. “We are both honored and excited to extend our partnership with the Tampa Bay

Ilya Mikheyev might be asked to do a little bit of everything for the Tampa Bay Lightning next season. He can score. He can kill penalties. He can play up and down the lineup. And he can skate stride for stride with the NHL’s fastest skaters. That versatility stood out

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper might have seen the signs in Pierre-Edouard Bellemare before anyone else, including Bellemare himself. The Lightning on Thursday announced the hiring of Bellemare as a player development specialist. The former Bolts forward will work alongside Director of Player Development JP Cote and Syracuse

The Tampa Bay Lightning played as one of the league’s most physical teams last season, and that aspect of the roster was only bolstered further with the addition of forward Jeff Viel this summer. Viel signed a five-year, $12.5 million deal with Tampa Bay on July 1 following a career

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired recently retired NHL forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare as player development specialist, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today. Bellemare will join the development staff under JP Cote, focusing on forward prospects and will spend time working with the Syracuse Crunch