From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: LIGHTNING NEWS: TB vs. Boston, 10/3
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 06:25:21 GMT

TB  - 1 1 3 - 5
BOS - 1 1 0 - 2

1 - TB  Drulia  (Hartman)               4:10
    BOS Bourque (Ruzicka, Murray)       6:44

2 - TB  Bradley (Drulia, Kontos)        4:06
    BOS Juneau  (Murray, Ruzicka)      18:28

3 - TB  Zamuner (Bradley, Hodge)        0:48
    TB  Kontos  (Drulia)               17:51
    TB  Zamuner (Bradley, Taglianetti) 19:05

Shots on goal: TB   5- 5- 7--17
               BOS 11-10-11--32
Goalies:       TB  Young, 32 shots, 30 saves
               BOS Moog, 17 shots, 12 saves
Attendance:    7,893

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* Lightning glide past Bruins, 5-2

The Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida's gate-crasher to the NHL, closed out their
preseason schedule on a positive note Saturday, beating the Boston Bruins, 5-2,
in front of 7,893 at the Omni, where the Atlanta Flames once skated before
flickering out 13 seasons ago.

Take your pick of preseason stories in the NHL -- the debut of Philadelphia's
Eric Lindros, the career-threatening injury to the Los Angeles Kings' Wayne
Gretzky -- but certainly Tampa Bay's exhibition success has to rank somewhere
in there.

The team of castoffs and young players other organizations gave up on has
provided a glimmer of hope for the coming season, finishing the preseason
6-2-1.

"The big thing I'm happy with is the effort," Tampa Bay President and GM Phil
Esposito said. "That and the performance of Wendell Young, who really had a
very good camp. He really didn't have much of a chance."

Young staked his claim as the starting goaltender in Wednesday's opener against
Chicago, staving off several good scoring opportunities down the stretch in
leading his team to the victory.

Young was sharp in the final period, robbing Don Sweeney with a glove save and
stuffing Steve Leachon the rebound with 3:10 left. Boston was trailing, 3-2, at
the time and pressing hard for the tying goal.

Rob Zamuner's second goal in two nights broke a 2-2 tie just 48 seconds into
the third period and provided Tampa Bay with the game-winner. He skated in on
Boston's Andy Moog and beat him with a high wrist shot, his third goal of the
preseason. Zamuner added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds remaining.

Tampa Bay's Chris Kontos collected his own rebound and flipped it past fallen
Moog with 2:09 remaining. A lead pass by Stan Drulia (1 goal, 2 assists) had
sent Kontos in alone when Boston's defense was caught gambling near the
offensive end.

The score was 2-2 through two periods, Tampa Bay's Stan Drulia and Boston's
Ray Bourque traded first-period goals, and Tampa Bay's Brian Bradley and
Boston's Joe Juneau repeated the trick in the second period.

Bradley's goal came on the power play, as he skated from the left corner and
whistled a quick shot past Moog.

Boston, which got no closer to Boston Garden than Providence, R.I., in the
preseason, finished 7-2-0.

NOTES: Tampa Bay assigned defenseman Jim Benning to Atlanta. The roster could
change today as the NHL holds its waiver draft. Esposito said he'd like to
pick up two players. The team also could lose a player, but no more than one.
The demotion of J.C. Bergeron and David Littman to Atlanta this week means
the Lightning will start the season with only two goaltenders, Young and Pat
Jablonski. The coaching staff originally considered carrying three, but this
way, Littman will get more chances to play in Atlanta. Jablonski was the team's
leading goaltender in preseason, carrying a goals-against average of 1.74 in
five games...

The Omni will be the host ice of the IHL's Atlanta Knights this season. The
team will play its home opener Oct. 17. It will be the first time in 13 seasons
-- or since the Atlanta Flames left -- that a hockey team will play an entire
season in Atlanta.

Tom
wilson@cs.ucf.edu - net contact for the Tampa Bay Lightning
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