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Lightning Prepares to Hit the Ice

With an end to the NHL lockout in sight, will you be watching the Lightning play hockey this year?

The Tampa Bay Lightning are wasting no time preparing for what will be an abbreviated season thanks to the National Hockey League’s 100-plus-day lockout. The team announced that ice installation at the Tampa Bay Times Forum is scheduled for today. In fact, painting is expected to begin this afternoon. “The Times Forum staff began by laying down a base coat of ice this morning,” a Lightning media release stated. All of this is in preparation for what will now be an abbreviated season thanks to the negotiation breakdown between the players’ union and the league. The end of the lockout was announced on Sunday. While it remains unclear how many games will be a part of the shortened 2012-13 season or when games will officially start, the …

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Beach Bistro, Eat Here Provide Dining Getaways During NHL Lockout

Beach Bistro and Eat Here offer a touch of Canada, adventure and generous portions of hospitality in Sarasota and on Anna Maria Island.

During this owner's lockout in the National Hockey League I've got my hockey fix in a few ways including playing, but I miss the feeling of going to a hockey friendly bar or restaurant before a Tampa Bay Lightning game.  First, know this about me. I am not Canadian. I grew up in Maryland and embrace polite people with a sense of humor, but I've also played ice hockey since I was 13 and to me, there's no better sport even if I can only muck it up in a beer league today. But my love for the game goes beyond that, reading plently of hockey history and have enjoyed a couple trips to Vancouver and Toronto. You know who is Canadian? Eat Here and Beach Bistro proprietor Sean Murphy. Well, he's been an American citizen for 11 years. By no means …

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Lightning Rolling Thunder Tour Comes To Sarasota

Tampa Bay Lightning's fan event will stop at Selby Five Points Park on Saturday. They will also make a stop at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

The Tampa Bay Lightning's fan tour will bring the thunder to Selby Five Points Park on Saturday. The Rolling Thunder fan event features activities and entertainment for all ages, and will help celebrate the team's 20th anniversary. The event is scheduled to run 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event includes interactive games, appearances by the Lightning Girls, ThunderBug and Lightning personalities. Due to the National Hockey League owners' lockout, no players are permitted to be promoted or be asked to attend team events. The NHL and the players union, National Hockey League Players Association, are expected to talk Friday to continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement in hopes that the season will start on time, TSN.ca reports. …

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