From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: LIGHTNING NEWS: TB vs. St. Louis, Crisp quotes
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 23:38:57 GMT

TB  - 0 2 0 - 2
STL - 3 1 0 - 4
 
1 - STL Hull 10     (Janney, Emerson)  6:05 (pp)
    STL Korolev 3   (Emerson, Miller) 12:41 (pp)
    STL Butcher 1   (Zombo, Hull)     17:44
 
2 - TB  Creighton 6 (Chambers)         1:47
    TB  Bradley 14  (Chambers)         3:39 (pp)
    STL Emerson 7   (Korolev, Janney) 17:56
 
3 - none
 
Shots on goal: TB   5-15- 5--25
               STL 20-10-12--42
Power plays:   TB  1 of 6
               STL 2 of 4
Goalies:       TB  Jablonski 6-5-2, 42 shots, 38 saves
               STL Joseph 5-9-3, 25 shots, 23 saves
Attendance:    17,604
 
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* Emerson, Hull help Blues tip Lightning

Nelson Emerson scored one goal and set up two others, and Brett Hull added a
goal and an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 victory over the Tampa
Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Igor Korolev also had a goal and an assist and Garth Butcher scored his first
goal for the Blues, who beat the expansion Lightning for the first time in
three meetings this year.

It was the fourth consecutive loss for the Lightning after a six-game unbeaten
streak.

Craig Janney had two assists for the Blues, who are 5-1-2 in their last eight
home games and 7-11-3 overall. The victory was only their second (2-7-1) in
10 Norris Division games this season.

Brian Bradley and Adam Creighton scored for Tampa (9-12-2).

Curtis Joseph (5-9-3) stopped 23 shots to win the first game against the
Lightning after going 0-2 against them in the first two meetings.

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* Lightning coach happy to hit road

Home sweet home, eh? Lightning coach Terry Crisp wanted no part of it last week
at Expo Hall, and was the most relieved man in Tampa on Friday when the bus
pulled up to take his team to the airport for a five-game road trip that began
Saturday night in St. Louis.

Give Crisp credit. He's a smart hockey man, and he said before his team's
recent five-game homestand that playing so many games in a row at home probably
would be poison. He enjoys the home crowds and is pleased fans are becoming
more knowledgable about hockey with each game, but he likes it better when his
team is on the road, 20 guys together, no distractions, focused entirely on
hockey.

His premonitions came to life, too, as the Lightning dropped their last three
games at Expo Hall, surrendering 15 total goals. It culminated Thursday when
-- get this -- the team came out FLAT against Minnesota. This has been a blue-
collar work force all the way, and it was the first time the team played
without emotion in its home barn. It was noticeable.

"I said when we started this homestand that I hated it, I dreaded it. I didn't
want it...I think it's horrible," Crisp said. "As a coach, it's really tough.
I want to get my guys out, get them together again, and get them rolling."

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of Tampa Bay's lightning-quick start is the
fact that it took 22 games -- 31 if you count the preseason -- for an opponent
to buy the Lightning before the arrival of the third period. Minnesota
accomplished the feat by taking a 4-0 lead after two periods.

"Because we've done so well, maybe we've created a monster," Crisp said. "It's
easy to stay positive when you're winning, when the media is loving you and
the hockey world thinks you're the greatest thing since slided bread. It's when
you hit a few rocky spots that you see what you're made of."

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Miscellaneous....

Has anybody been following the late summaries from the west coast? Anatoli
Semenov, deemed expendable by the Lightning, had 12 points in his first seven
games in Vancouver. [not entirely true, Semenov asked to be traded] It helps
that he skates on a line with Pavel Bure.

Being a devoted viewer [the guy who wrote this] of Cheers, I can't help
thinking Norm Peterson would be saddened by the fact the Bruins traded Bob
Beers. [I get the "beers", but I don't get the rest]

Tampa Bay's Joe Reekie is 10th among Campbell Conference defensemen in
balloting for the NHL All-Star Game, which will be played in Montreal on
Feb. 6.

Tom