Hi, Rod Martin here to recap the Bolts win in St. Louis tonight. It was a surprisingly gritty game here as the snipers of St. Louis got hemmed in by the aggressively trapping defense of Tampa Bay. We pick up action in the first period as Tampa Bay is looking to get in front yet again early.
"Nice save by Puppa on the shorthanded chance by the Blues. Folks, he looks like he's on his game tonight. Puppa passes it out to Bradley who skates through the neutral zone with speed, beats...

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"The 1996 season is underway here in Tampa Bay. Bradley wins the draw back, to Hamrlik, passes to Klima. Klima enters the zone, meets the defense then retreats to center ice and drops it to Shaw. Shaw passes it up to Selivanov at the blue line, Alexander gets a step on the defenseman cuts toward the net, backhand, GOAL!!!! Alexander Selivanov starts out the season with a goal!! 45 seconds into the season Lightning lead 1-0."
That's how the season would start for the Lightning,...

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I did this as a read along so that people that wanted to read could instead of cluttering up my dynasty thread on the main board. So here we go!


August 25 1995...

It's time for a new season Lightning fans! Time for a new start from our team in Tampa. The 1995 campaign was one for hockey fans to forget, especially us down here in Lightning Land. As the NHL tries to put away memories of the lockout Tampa Bay is putting forth a huge effort to erase their...

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