May 25
Tampa Tribune
columnist Martin Fennelly
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The Lightning plane from Boston landed Tuesday afternoon bearing news, if not victory. No state secrets this time: Back in goal goes Dwayne Roloson. It's the call I would make. Then I would run and hide. By the way, the Boston Bruins charter landed a few minutes before the Lightning's. Word is Tim Thomas steered the whole way down, using only his goalie stick. He really is feeling it. It's another must-win moment for the Lightning, Game 6 of the conference finals. Guy Boucher, Coach Coy before Game 5, said Roli, Roli, Roli, to anyone he met Tuesday. Boucher has pushed all the right buttons as an NHL rookie. And now he has pushed another one, a big one, and he'd better be right. Mike Smith"
May 23
Tampa Tribune
columnist Martin Fennelly
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It's why they brought him here. For a night like tonight. Let's get that straight if Dwayne Roloson, as expected, steps back between the pipes for the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden in Boston for the crucial Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bruins. A few months back, Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman and coach Guy Boucher decided, long before the playoffs were a reality, that Roloson was the guy they needed for any postseason chance. Dan Ellis wasn't enough. Neither was Mike Smith. They would roll with Roli -- and they have to roll with him now. The Lightning wouldn't be anywhere near where they are now, two wins from the Stanley Cup Finals, without their"
May 19
Tampa Tribune
columnist Martin Fennelly
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Dwayne Roloson, Tampa Bay Lightning goalkeeper, has been a star most of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Then again, he has help. There's a small green shamrock painted on the back plate of Roloson's goalie mask — a shamrock with the initials KR inside it. And there are the letters TDLO for "The Dream Lives On." It's for a friend, a former camper at Roloson's summer goalie school, a boy not unlike Roloson's young sons, Brett and Ross. The shamrock is for a remarkable boy who'll always be 12, with a mop of hair and smile that could melt the ice. It's for KR. Kelly Ryan. "I'm honored to have him with me," Roloson said. "The dream lives on, that's true," said Phil Ryan, Kelly's father. "Every day"