Art Ross Trophy - Martin St. Louis
Lester B. Pearson award - Martin St. Louis
Jack Adams Award - John Tortorella
Lady Byng Award - Brad Richards
Hart Memorial Trophy - Martin St. Louis

Marty deserves his awards — including the Selke which he wasn’t even nominated for (but with a high plus in teh +/- and a league leading total of Short Handed goals, can you deny he wasn’t a force on defense?)

Meanwhile — Bradmaster taking home the Lady Byng is no surprise to me… Though I bet he wishes he didn’t get it.

Tortorella winning the Jack Adams is the biggest surprise of the them all. Record is one thing but challenges faced by the coach is another. Torts had to bring the guys together and that’s it. His competition — Darryl Sutter — had to change the players in his system time and again because of injuries. On top of that he had general manager duties to further cloud his palette. Torts had Jay Feaster doing the GM stuff.

Record be damned, Sutter deserved the Adams.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers salute the Tampa Bay Lightning with their opening flash animation.

For those not in the know, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routinely feature flash animations on the opening of their web site (usually devoted to the Bucs and the next opponent). It’s nice to see the Football team pay homage to the Hockey team.

Much thanks to Doug Girvan who sent me the below image from Vincent Lecavalier’s home town.

Photo of Billboard located at main intersection upon entering ile Bizard the home of Vincent Lecavalier.
“Felicitations A Vincent Lecavalier” - Congratulations to Vincent Lecavalier

The island, L’ ile Bizard is situated to the north west of Montreal with a population of approx. 12,000.

Photo taken this evening 9 June 2004

Knowing how little we find out about Ile Bizzard here in Tampa (and yet we’ve heard of over and over again since Vinny was drafted), I’ve asked Doug if he can give us more information or perhaps more pictures of the town.

Speaking of which, I’m also interested in hearing more about the history behidn Rimouski Oceanic. Any die-hard Bolts fan knows the relevance of the Oceanic - the junior team that had Lecavalier and Brad Richards - but of course we hear very little about the team (which goes for most of the Canadian Junior leagues for that matter) down here.

What’s up with Boltsmag?

I’ve been hosting someone from out of town and just now getting back online a good bit — will have updates for you soon enough…