Tag Ben Bishop

Lightning trade Bishop to Kings

The Tampa Bay Lightning traded goaltender Ben Bishop and a fifth-round draft pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft to the Los Angeles Kings Sunday night in exchange for backup goalie Peter Budaj, defenseman prospect Erik Cernak and a seventh-round…

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Two Star Goalies Injured in the Same Game

It was a rough night for goaltenders last night, specifically in Tampa Bay where both Ben Bishop and Jimmy Howard were injured in the same game. Bishop’s injury occurred just past the midway point of the first period. It seemed…

Bishop Loses Teeth From Shot- Stays In Game

Goaltenders naturally are fearless athletes. You have a little crazy to be willing to wear 30 pounds of equipment while trying to stop a hard piece of vulcanized rubber flying close to 100 MPH at you. As a goalie (currently…

Ben Bishop goes down with leg injury in Tampa Bay win

The Tampa Bay Lightning opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they lost netminder Ben Bishop to an apparent leg injury midway through the first period. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said X-Rays on…

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NHL Three Stars – What are they using?

FIRST STAR – ONDREJ PAVELEC, G, WINNIPEG JETS Ondrej Pavelec captured the NHL’s first star of the week honors by going 3-0-0 with one shutout. He posted great numbers including a .970 save percentage and a 0.97 goals against average.…

Brandon Prust and Ben Bishop Trade Blows

Goalie vs Goalie fights are rare and pretty awesome when it does happen. What you don’t normally see is when a player and goalie trade blows away from everyone else. That’s what happened this afternoon when Montreal’s Brandon Prust and…

Bishop Named to Team USA As Reserve

If there’s any position the United States needed to have as an emergency reserve, it’s goaltender. That’s what USA Hockey did today when Florida GM Dale Tallon, one of the members of the American selection committee, gave Tampa Bay goalie Ben…