St. Pete Times
Game Story
Who can ever figure out this Tampa Bay Lightning team? After a few defeats in a row the Lightning come back to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on the road. Radovan Somik led the charge as he scored the hat trick and earned the first star for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brad Bombadir chipped in with three assists and a plus 3 rating. The goaltending was finally good enough as Felix Potvin held the Leafs to only two goals on 25 shots.
GM moon:
“That was a great game for us the boys really put it together and I was impressed by the play of Somik. He has played well of late for us really doing the things we had expected of him when we traded to get him here.”
It was also a big night for Springfield as they won 10-2 and seem to have at least begun to turn their play around in order to salvage some positives out of what has been an otherwise disappointing season. Colin Shields had the second hat trick of the day in the Lightning organization and Brandon Reid chipped in with a few assists including the always popular two assists on one goal.
The Lightning next play at home on Friday as they take on the Ottawa Senators in what has become a bit of a rivalry with the two teams splitting games in the past week. Taking a page out of the Senators book the Lightning is challenging his team to rise to the occasion and defeat the evil, dirty Senators.
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