Kyle Knopp

Born and raised in Michigan, Kyle Knopp started playing hockey when he was 3 years old. Knopp has played, coached, or worked at every level of ice hockey — including three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League and two seasons with the Detroit Red Wings where he was part of the Stanley Cup Championship team in 2008. He covers the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings for The Hockey Writers and is the editor of THW's Morning Skate newsletter. You can follow him on Twitter @THW_Knopp.

Red Wings Require More Scoring, Better Coaching to Hasten Rebuild

March 31, 2021March 30, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

The adages can be heard echoing through the empty locker rooms in ice rinks across North America. Clichés such as “play a full 60 minutes,” “the first goal is the…

Detroit Red Wings Need to Trust Yzerman’s Deals at the Deadline

March 24, 2021March 23, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

Trust the Yzerplan. The phrase is repeated over and over again, like a broken record, drilled into the collective minds of Detroit Red Wings fans everywhere. Yet there is a…

Lightning Fans’ Passion and Electricity Deserve to Be Acknowledged

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

On a picturesque Florida evening in March, the Tampa Bay Lightning took to their home ice sitting one point out of the division lead, and yet Amalie Arena was only…

Lightning Fans Are Too Quick to Dismiss Jan Rutta

March 13, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

When your favorite team has been playing as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning have in the first half of the 2020-21 season, it is easy to forget how competitive…

Lightning Original Six Road Trip Likely to Be a Success

March 4, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

The confines of Amalie Arena have been very friendly to the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, as they have started the 2020-21 campaign with an outstanding 9-1-0 record for a…

Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – February 2021

March 1, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

After a hot start in January, finishing the first month of the 2020-21 season 4-1-1 and tied for fourth place in the Central Division with nine points, the Tampa Bay…

Lightning Overcome Adversity to Take 3 of 4 Against Hurricanes in Potential Playoff Preview

February 26, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

In what felt like a miniature playoff series, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes wrapped up a four-game set with a 3-1 win on Thursday night. Thanks to inclement…

Lightning’s McDonagh Contributes Consistency & Leadership for Another Stanley Cup Run

February 21, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

As the third anniversary of the trade deadline deal that brought Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning approaches, it is easy to overlook the 31-year-old’s contributions to the team…

Lightning Experience First True Test of Adversity This Season

February 13, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

As the Tampa Bay Lightning was rolling through the first quarter of the 2020-21 season it looked as though they picked up right where they left off from the 2020…

Lightning Should Utilize McElhinney More in February

February 5, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

It is no secret that Andrei Vasilevskiy is one of the best goalies in the NHL right now. He was voted as a Vezina Trophy Finalist — awarded to the…

Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – January 2021

January 31, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

The Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Nashville Predators to finish January with nine points in six games played to open the 2020-21 season. Only the Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars,…

Lightning Look to Benefit From Week Off

January 16, 2021 by Kyle Knopp

The 2020-21 season was always going to be chaotic — shortened training camps with no exhibition games, a compacted schedule, and potential complications due to COVID cancellations. The Dallas Stars…