The stage is set for a cultural event
If the moment is like the trying times of 1964 or 1980, a very influential cultural event could be in the cards for America... And...
My love for hockey and the glory of the Stanley Cup
With the start of the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, this long-time hockey blogger pulls up his words from 2014 and why he loves the Cup....
Personal note: I’ve taken back “Boltsmag”
Just a heads up: When I started blogging about hockey, the posts were published on Boltsmag.com. Upon me founding Raw Charge, I pointed the domain...
Instead of thoughts and speculation, Erik Karlsson trade rumors bring thundering silence to the Tampa Bay Lightning blogosphere
Rumors, innuendo, speculation… It’s loomed since before the 2018 NHL trade deadline and now it’s on the forefront during the NHL offseason. Days after the...
A Tampa Bay Lightning ramble by the original Lightning blogger
I made a name and reputation for myself with 12-and-a-half years of blogging about the Tampa Bay Lightning. I was a pioneer in hockey blogging...
Best of the Bay and the Bolts for 2017
I may have touched on talking about music (sweet music…music everywhere) but the topic of note is the one that my name is usually linked...
Social Media Reach and the Tampa Bay Lightning
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And down the stretch they come….! Thoughts on the Tampa Bay Lightning as the NHL season wanes
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The road to recovery becomes the highway to…where?
I’m choked up upon reflection this afternoon. I just had physical therapy formally end. Therapy that was assigned to me after the shit hit the...
The South should celebrate its hockey heritage at Tropicana Field
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A long time hockey blogger steps aside
Perhaps you heard a hockey blogger quit covering the Tampa Bay Lightning for SB Nation. Maybe you heard, maybe you didn’t hear. You are on his blog at...
Seeking blog contributors for Raw Charge
Raw Charge is looking for writers to add to the staff of their SB Nation blog covering the Tampa Bay Lightning. How would I know?...
The annual high-speed track to summer irrelevance by the NHL
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Come what may; thoughts and rambling on the eve of the 2016 NHL playoffs
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The joys (sarcasm) of charitable fundraising for a rare disease (NF2)
Wednesday, February 10th marked my 12th anniversary as a hockey blogger. That’s a pretty huge milestone as bloggers don’t usually last more than 3 years…...
Hockey blogging and blog aggregation
I used to depend on Hockey Blogs — an RSS aggregation web site — for one-stop coverage of the web log world for the NHL...
Stating a life of "Pinterest"
I’ve had a Pinterest account for over two years, but I’ve only posted once (in a contact attempt with someone not on broader social media)....
When it’s about attendane and not competitiveness (or costs) in the sport of hockey
Sports are a business, the fan is a consumer, and mediocrity of a team doesn’t earn high turnout (nor should it earn judgment of a...
The anniversary of the start of Tampa Bay Lightning hockey
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The weight of the Lightning and an absence from the headlines
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The business of the NHL demonstrates a culture clash
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Of hockey events and Tampa Bay as host
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Jeff Vinik’s Channel District plans aren’t with the Tampa Bay Rays in mind
Jeff Vinik's goal for the downtown Tampa neighborhood do not have a Tampa Bay Rays Stadium. ...
Comparing two Tampa Bay Lightning teams separated by 11 years
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The cold November rain; thoughts on Martin St. Louis’ return to Tampa Bay
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Five things John Fontana loves about hockey
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You can’t compare USA Hockey’s win over Russia at Sochi to the cultural event at Lake Placid
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End of an era: the closure of the NHL Fan Association
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Lightning fans can hate the Bruins, but just don’t call them “rival”
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What would it take for Tampa Bay to host the IIHF World Junior Championships?
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An open letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Execut5ive President Donald Fehr
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Nashville’s success beefits the Tampa Bay Lightning
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The language and realism barrier
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Brother, can you spare a Loafie?
Dear Creative Loafing, Look, I’m not the most interesting guy out there. Just go through the archives here (which stretch back to 2002) and you...
Politics, religion, money and sports
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Stanley Cup Champions, Six Years Later
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Jeffrey Vinik’s Modus Operandi
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Is this thing on?
Maybe it’s worth blaming the Social Networks for? Â or the face I am writing full time for a top-tier sports blog network? Whatever the case,...
Better Know a Blogger: Raw Charge’s John Fontana
A 2010 interview that this long-time hockey blogger did with SB Nation founder Tyler Bleszinski. Click the post title to be magically whisked away to SB...
Jeffrey Vinik Takes Charge
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The Unpublished Works
Everyone likes seeing their name in print. Well, unless of course it’s trash tabloid-ism or an arrest warrant… But I’m not talking just-printed-on-paper but I...
In the news today (oh boy…)
No sooner do I find myself in print in The Hockey News… The Hockey News-Sep-07-09 …do I find out I can’t find a print copy...
An Open Letter to Oren Koules
Posted on Raw Charge, this piece responds to remarks made by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Oren Koules after he remarked about blogging on 620 WDAE...