Dan Herrejon

Born in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up playing and loving sports. Spent most of my formative years playing, debating, arguing and talking sports. for the last couple of years I have written about hockey. I am currently a Tampa Bay Lightning contributor for The Hockey Writers. I know that I may not always be right, but I am passionate about hockey and it is damn hard to hide that passion in my writing.

The Breakthrough Year of Nikita Kucherov

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As an up and coming player in Russia, Nikita Kucherov was given the nickname – The Russian Rifle. One of my colleagues, Christopher Ralph, summarized the potential Kucherov possessed five…

Bon Voyage, Ben Bishop

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Well, the day many in Tampa Bay have been fearing for well over a year has come. The Tampa Bay Lightning traded No. 1 goalie, Ben Bishop to the Los…

NHL’s Next 50 Goal Scorers

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In the last three NHL seasons, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has been the only player to break the 50-goal mark. It appears that this personal streak for Ovie…

Are the Lightning a Playoff Team?

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As the NHL trade deadline looms, albeit quietly, the Tampa Bay Lightning are attempting to dig themselves out of a rather large hole. Make no mistake, the unenviable position the…

Jake Dotchin Impresses Lightning

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In this mixed bag of a season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, one of the bright spots recently has been Jake Dotchin. The 22-year-old defenseman has 11 NHL games on…

Top 3 All-Time Lightning Goalies

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The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in existence for 24 NHL seasons. During this time, there have been 43 men who took their position between the pipes for the Bolts.…

Future of Lightning Goaltending?

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As the Tampa Bay Lightning battle for their postseason life, the Amalie Arena offices of team management is working on who they will protect for the June Expansion Draft? Between June 18…

Critical Time for the Lightning

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A team in the NHL that loses as many games as they win is usually not a playoff team. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, before their Thursday night game against…

Calls for Jon Cooper’s Head Absurd

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One of the oldest clichés in sports, in general, is that all coaches are hired to be fired. Pretty self-explanatory. We get it. Unless some poor guy behind the bench…

Lightning to Honor Martin St. Louis

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On Friday night, prior to their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Tampa Bay Lightning will retire and raise the first number in franchise history. Despite his unceremonious departure…