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2024–25 Tampa Bay Lightning Season
The 2024–25 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 33rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991. This was their first season since 2007–08 without franchise icon Steven Stamkos, as he signed with the Nashville Predators in free agency in the 2024 off-season. On April 5, the Lightning clinched a playoff berth for the eighth consecutive season following a loss by the New York Rangers to the New Jersey Devils. In the first round of the 2025 playoffs, the Lightning were defeated by their intrastate rival, the reigning and eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in five games for the second season in a row. Off-season April The Lightning's off-season began after losing to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in five games. May On May 16, 2024, the Lightning re-signed forward Mitchell Chaffee two-year contract extension that has an annual cap hit of $800k. Chaffee skated in 30 games wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Division (NHL)
The Atlantic Division is a name used by the National Hockey League to describe a division of teams in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The original Atlantic Division, the predecessor of which was the Patrick Division, was formed in 1993 as part of the Eastern Conference in a league realignment. As part of a 2013 realignment, the entirety of the former Atlantic Division was realigned into the Metropolitan Division. The Atlantic Division name was assigned to a new division comprising the former Northeast Division (NHL), Northeast Division plus the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning (coincidentally, both were members of the original Atlantic Division until 1998) from the now-defunct Southeast Division (NHL), Southeast Division, and the Detroit Red Wings, who moved from the Central Division (NHL), Central Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. This division features a number of classic and modern NHL rivalries, including Bruins–Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning Season
The 2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning season began October 4, 2007. It is the Lightning's 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning introduced a new logo design prior to the start of the season. The new, "modernized" logo was similar to the team's original logo, with the edges on the lightning bolt, and the text looking "sharper." The wordmark "Lightning" was dropped from the logo. It was the first change to the team's primary logo in its 15-year history and coincided with the launch of the Rbk Edge jersey design, introduced League wide. The Lighting also announced that the team, along with the St. Pete Times Forum, had been tentatively sold to a group represented by former Columbus coach and general manager Doug MacLean. The deal was terminated in mid-November after the group, called Absolute Hockey Enterprises, began to fight amongst itself, leading to lawsuits being filed. The team, in announcing the cancellation of the sale, expressed in a November 27 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkelin Jukurit
Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (also known as Let's Go Areena for sponsorship reasons). The team has won seven Mestis (second highest level) championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, and 2016). History Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. During the 1970s Jukurit played in the second highest level but the 1980s and 1990s were spent in lower levels. The 1998–99 season was a turning point for the team, when Matti Turunen became the executive director and Risto Dufva from Jyväskylä became head coach. In the 1999–2000 season they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20-year break. Jukurit won the Mestis championship in their first three seasons and made the semifinals consecutively on their first eight seasons. After Jukurit won a fourth championship in early 2006, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Huuhtanen
Niko Huuhtanen (born 26 June 2003) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) . He was selected in the seventh round, 224th overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Playing career Huuhtanen played junior hockey with Blues, Tappara, and Everett Silvertips. In June 2022, he signed a two-year senior contract with Jukurit. He made his SM-liiga debut for Jukurit on September 14, 2022, against KooKoo. In June 2023, Huuhtanen won the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy awarded to the best rookie of the season in SM-liiga. On November 11, 2023, Huuhtanen made his debut in Finland men's national ice hockey team The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed ''Leijonat / Lejonen'' ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Chaffee
Mitchell Alex Chaffee (born January 26, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Early life Chaffee was born on January 26, 1998, in Rockford, Michigan, to parents Dave and Kathy Chaffee. He began skating at the age of four and participated in the local "Learn to Skate" and Triple-A programs in the Grand Rapids. Chaffee then played for the Michigan Nationals U18 team before leaving his hometown at the age of 16 to play with the HoneyBaked Hockey Club. Playing career While playing with the HoneyBaked Hockey Club during the 2014–15 season, Chaffee recorded 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points as they qualified for the USA Hockey National Championship game. As a result of his play with the HoneyBaked Hockey Club, Chaffee was selected to play with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League (USHL). However, his playing rights were later traded to the Bloomington Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024, with the Florida Panthers winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Edmonton Oilers four games to three in the Stanley Cup Finals. The New York Rangers made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. Both the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs extended their respective playoff streaks to eight consecutive seasons, the longest active streaks in the NHL. Additionally, this was the final season of the streak for Boston. For the second year in a row and third time since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season, both Pennsylvania-based teams (the Flyers and Penguins) missed the playoffs in the same season. Marc-Andre Fleury missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team initially played its home games at Miami Arena before moving to what is now known as the Amerant Bank Arena in 1998. Located in Sunrise, Florida, the franchise is the southernmost team in the NHL. The Panthers are one of two NHL franchises based in Florida and they have a rivalry with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team's local broadcasting rights were held by Bally Sports Florida (formerly SportsChannel and Fox Sports Florida) from 1996 to 2024 when they made a new broadcast deal with Scripps Sports. The Panthers are primarily affiliated with two minor league teams: the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Savannah Ghost Pirates of the ECHL. The Panthers began playing in the 1993–94 season, when they set the record for the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Florida Panthers Season
The 2024–25 Florida Panthers season was the List of Florida Panthers seasons, 31st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. The Panthers entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions having defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals. On April 5, 2025, the Panthers clinched a playoff spot for the sixth straight season following the 2024–25 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Columbus Blue Jackets loss to the 2024–25 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Toronto Maple Leafs. In the playoffs, the Panthers defeated the 2024–25 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the first round, defeated the 2024–25 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the second round, defeated the 2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season, Carolina Hurricanes in five games in the Eastern Conference finals, and made the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals for the third consecutive season where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". The trophy was commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup and is named after Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, who donated it as an award to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The entire Stanley family supported the sport, the sons and daughters all playing and promoting the game. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to the Montreal Hockey Club, and winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning–Panthers Rivalry
The Lightning–Panthers rivalry, also known as the Battle of Florida or the Battle of the Sunshine State, is an American professional ice hockey rivalry between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers. Both the Lightning and the Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Atlantic Division (and both were temporarily placed in the Central Division for the 2020–21 season). In past seasons, the rivalry has been recognized in a trophy known as the Governor's Cup, also called the Sunshine Cup and later the Nextel Cup Challenge. Origins Both the Lightning and the Panthers were born out of the National Hockey League's expansion into the southeast in the early 1990s. Aside from a few abortive attempts to bring minor league hockey to Florida (the Tropical Hockey League of the 1930s, and Jacksonville Rockets and Barons of the 1960s/70s); these were the first professional hockey franchises in the Sunshine State. Tampa Bay began play in the 1992–93 season, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is the Stanley Cup playoffs, playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2024–25 NHL season, 2024–25 season. The playoffs began on April 19, 2025, and will conclude no later than June 20, 2025, with the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup Finals. The Winnipeg Jets made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season, doing so for the first time in the franchise's history. They are also the first Canadian-based team since the 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks season, 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks to accomplish this. The Toronto Maple Leafs extended their playoff streak to nine years, reaching the playoffs every season since 2016–17 Toronto Maple Leafs season, 2017; this became List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks#Post-season appearance streaks, the longest active playoff streak after the Boston Bruins, who were previously tied with them for the longest ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 New Jersey Devils Season
The 2024–25 New Jersey Devils season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 43rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. On April 9, 2025, the Devils clinched a playoff spot after missing the playoffs the previous season following the New York Rangers loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. On April 29, the Devils were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs in five games. Offseason The Devils made numerous personnel changes prior to the start of the season. Sheldon Keefe was hired as head coach, replacing interim head coach Travis Green. Following the draft, the Devils made a number of moves during the free agency period. The most noteworthy move came in an unexpected blockbuster deal that sent Akira Schmid to the Vegas Golden Knights, along with Alexander Holtz, in exchange for Paul Cotter. Standings Divisional standings Conference stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
