St. Louis among 'top personnel' for Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have named their top 20 personnel of all time.
The Alumni Almanac, as dubbed by the Lightning, features 14 skaters, two goaltenders and four non-players, made up of coaches and managers.
Three of the skaters are current Lightning players, Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos.
Topping the list with the most goals, assists, points and games played is Lecavalier.
Stamkos, the youngest player on the list, is one of three players who were originally first overall selections in the NHL Entry Draft, along with Roman Hamrlik and Lecavalier.
Ten players on the list were part of the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup Championship team.
Non-players that made the list include: Phil Esposito, the man who brought the Lightning to Tampa Bay; Terry Crisp, the team's original coach; Jay Feaster, general manager from 2001-2008; and John Tortorella who coached the Lightning from 2001-2008 and in just six seasons has 239 wins. making him the all-time leader in franchise history.
The list was compiled by a vote of fans through www.20YearsofThunder.com during the offseason.
SKATERS Jersey # Pos. Name Tenure with Lightning GP G A P25 LW Dave Andreychuk 2001-2006 278 68 61 12922 D Dan Boyle 2001-2008 394 66 187 25319 C Brian Bradley 1992-1998 328 111 189 30017 RW Ruslan Fedotenko 2002-2007 313 74 70 14444 D Roman Hamrlik 1992-1998 377 52 133 18513 D Pavel Kubina 1997-2006, '10-'12 662 72 171 2438, 4 C Vincent Lecavalier 1998-present 998 373 469 84233 LW Fredrik Modin 1999-2006 445 145 141 28619 C Brad Richards 2000-2008 552 150 339 48926 RW Martin St. Louis 2000-present 862 319 513 83291 C Steven Stamkos 2008-present 325 179 150 32927 C Tim Taylor 2001-2007 365 23 38 6115 RW Paul Ysebaert 1994-1999 215 42 66 1087 LW Rob Zamuner 1992-1999 475 84 116 200 GOALTENDERS Jersey # Pos. Name Tenure with Lightning GP W-L-OT GAA SV%35 G Nikolai Khabibulin 2000-2004 192 83-74-28 2.39 0.91493 G Daren Puppa 1993-2000 206 77-91-26 2.68 0.905
NON-PLAYERS Title Name Tenure with LightningHead Coach Terry Crisp 1992-1998Founder/GM Phil Esposito 1992-1999General Manager Jay Feaster 2001-2008Head Coach John Tortorella 2001-2008