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Malone, Bolts complete comeback over Rangers
March 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"Comebacks just don't happen against the King and his court. But on Friday night, the Lightning stormed their way past goaltender "King" Henrik Lundqvist and the stingy New York Rangers with a 4-3 overtime victory in front of an announced sellout crowd of 19,204. Teddy Purcell led the charge with a goal and two assists, and Steven Stamkos scored his 45th goal of the season — matching last season's total — and added an assist. Tampa Bay is within four points of a playoff spot with 18 games remaining and two games in hand on No.8 seed Winnipeg, as well as six points behind division-leading Florida. Ryan Malone's goal with 3 minutes, 2 seconds left in the extra period lifted the Lightning to"
Lightning's Ryan Malone on attacking Habs' Emelin: "It's not old school hockey, it's pretty much hockey"
March 1
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Just to clarify what happened with Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ryan Malone during Tuesday night's 2-1 win over the Canadiens when he went after Montreal's Alexei Emelin: Malone received a two-minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, five minutes for fighting and an aggressor game misconduct. Such a misconduct is given when a player continues to pound an opponent who already has been beaten up in a fight. Any game misconduct comes with an automatic $200 fine and possible supplemental discipline by the league. Malone went after Emelin 8:16 into the second period, just after Emelin served two minutes for interference for a hit on Malone, who took exception since the puck, which had been"
Ryan Malone seeks to return from latest injury
February 11
St. Petersburg Times
 
"For Ryan Malone, the critical moment of Friday's practice came when he and teammate Marc-Andre Bergeron skated toward the side boards after a puck. "Battle, 'Bugsy,' battle!" Lightning head athletic trainer Tommy Mulligan yelled. Malone and Bergeron shook the glass with their collision. Malone skated easily away, the best sign yet the left wing had overcome the upper-body injury that has sidelined him for six games. "It feels good," Malone said later in the locker room. "We'll see how it feels (today) and play it by ear." Music to Malone's ears would be getting the call for tonight's game with the Sabres at the First Niagara Center. It would make coach Guy Boucher happy, too. "All I know"
Malone eyes Saturday return
February 10
Tampa Tribune
 
"As Ryan Malone sat at his locker stall Friday removing his hockey equipment in the visitor's locker room at Madison Square Garden, he tried to catch his breath before answering questions about his playing status. While he wouldn't go as far to say that games are less taxing than being pushed through lengthy morning practices, he did say games are a lot more fun. Malone seems set to get back to having fun. After practicing for the fourth consecutive day, and doing so without a colored jersey indicating an injured player, Malone — out with an upper-body injury suffered Jan.?21 — is expecting to be back in the lineup Saturday when the Lightning play at Buffalo. "Everything feels good. I took"
Reality check: Ryan Malone and the Maple Leafs trade rumour of the day
February 9
Toronto Star
 
"The Ryan Malone trade rumours are again starting to heat up and the Maple Leafs are among the teams that could be in the hunt. The much-sought after forward from the Tampa Bay Lightning could provide that nice healthy dose of the truculence that Leafs GM Brian Burke covets. Lightning GM Steve Yzerman has been at several Toronto games. He's expected to decide soon whether to keep Malone. Los Angeles, Detroit and Vancouver are also rumoured to be targeting the winger. Tampa has a 6-1-1 record over the past eight games but remains 10 points out of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. If they become sellers, Malone is expected to be jettisoned."
Ryan Malone joins growing injury list
January 4
Tampa Tribune
 
"Injuries continue to mount for the Tampa Bay Lightning with LW Ryan Malone the latest to feel the pain. Malone did not play Tuesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs because of a lower-body injury suffered during Monday's practice. The injury occurred when he collided with teammate Nate Thompson. While the play looked innocent, it left Malone slamming his stick against the bench. Lightning coach Guy Boucher was surprised to find out Malone would not be able to play. "Again with the injuries,'' Boucher said. "Happy New Year! It's been that way since Day One this year, so we are not going to cry about it. We are going to move forward and continue to find ways like we've been doing.''"
Bolts notes: Malone, cousin square off for first time
December 24
Tampa Tribune
 
"Family bragging rights hit the ice Friday when Lightning LW Ryan Malone faced off against first cousin Brad Malone, a center who is in his rookie season with the Avalanche. The pair spent the past couple of summers training together in Minnesota, but Friday marked the first time the two — separated in age by 10 years — faced each other in a game. Ryan's parents — including father Greg, a former NHL player and current pro scout with Tampa Bay — flew in to attend the game. Brad's parents — including father Jim, Greg's brother — also flew in to make Friday a bit of a family reunion. "It's nice for the family to be able to see us out there together and battling," Ryan Malone said. "I'm sure"
Bolts' Hedman, Malone lost to injury
November 7
Tampa Tribune
 
"Already without veteran D Mattias Ohlund, Tampa Bay played Sunday without D Victor Hedman and lost LW Ryan Malone. Hedman, 20, sustained an undisclosed upper-body injury during Friday night's overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks. He did not miss any ice time Friday and took part in warm ups prior to Sunday's afternoon game against Florida before being scratched. Malone played, but left after the second period, also with an upper-body injury. The status for both for Wednesday's game against Philadelphia is uncertain."
Malone cleared to play
November 2
Tampa Tribune
 
"The Tampa Bay Lightning may have caught a break, as LW Ryan Malone didn't suffer any kind of a break. Or strain. Or tear. After missing practice to have an X-ray and an MRI on Monday, Malone was given the green light and was in the lineup for Tampa Bay's division battle against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night at RBC Center. Malone was one of the first players on the ice for the morning skate and said he has no limitations despite suffering an undisclosed upper-body injury during Saturday's home victory against Winnipeg."
Lightning's Ryan Malone hurt, questionable for Tuesday vs. Carolina Hurricanes
November 1
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Lightning left wing Ryan Malone did not practice Monday because of an undisclosed upper-body injury that might keep him out of tonight's game with the Hurricanes. "It's a yes or a no, nothing in between," coach Guy Boucher said when asked the probability Malone will play. Malone was hurt in Saturday's victory over the Jets but played the entire game. He had X-rays that apparently were negative and Monday saw a doctor before traveling with the team to Carolina."
Lightning's Steve Downie and Ryan Malone protectors, not enforcers
October 31
St. Petersburg Times
 
"You just can't allow an opponent to hit your star players; it's as simple as that, Lightning left wing Ryan Malone said. That is why during Tampa Bay's victory over the Sabres on Tuesday, Malone squared off with Robyn Regehr, who had crushed captain Vinny Lecavalier with a bruising, but clean, check. You can't let an opponent threaten a teammate, Steve Downie said. That is why in the same game, the right wing traded blows with Patrick Kaleta. To call either player an enforcer is a stretch — "I don't think either of us is taking that title," Downie said — but on a team without a true heavyweight, Downie and Malone are as close as it gets."
Lightning's Mattias Ohlund going on injured reserve; no suspension for Ryan Malone
October 4
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Lightning D Mattias Ohlund and his balky right knee will start the season on injured reserve, GM Steve Yzerman said Monday, freeing up a roster spot as the team makes its final cuts today to get to the maximum 23 players. Before those decisions are finalized, the team will wait for a report on C Dominic Moore, who, like Ohlund, had an MRI exam Monday. Moore's problem is a sore back. "It's more a precaution," Yzerman said. "We're going to get it checked out and make sure we're not missing anything." Whatever is found, the door has opened further for RW Brett Connolly to make the team. Because he is junior-eligible, Connolly, 19, can play nine NHL games before he must be sent back to juniors"
Lightning's Malone won't be suspended; Ohlund put on IR
October 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"Tampa Bay Lightning wing Ryan Malone will not be suspended for his hit on Montreal defenseman Chris Campoli during the third period of Tampa's 5-1 preseason loss to Montreal on Saturday. The decision came Monday from Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's senior vice president of player safety and hockey pperations. "The one ref that's on the video that put his hand up right away, it looked like an elbow to the head first, but it was from his angle so you see why they called it a penalty," Malone said. "But that's a hit you have to make.""
Malone's hit could draw scrutiny
October 2
Tampa Tribune
 
"The Lightning ended the preseason on a low note with a 5-1 loss to Montreal at sold-out Le Colisee on Saturday, finishing up the exhibition season with a record of 3-3. Things got even worse in the third when Ryan Malone received a five-minute major and game misconduct for a check to the head of Montreal D Chris Campoli during the third period that will likely result in a call from NHL head of security Brendan Shanahan, who has handed out several suspensions for such hits. "It was not what I wanted to happen, but it's one of those things they are trying to change, I'm coming in to finish my check and he's leaning forward a little bit there,'' Malone said. "My elbow was by my hip and I"
Bolts' Malone says shoulder coming along nicely
August 29
Tampa Tribune
 
"Ryan Malone furiously signed autograph after autograph Sunday afternoon for fans who waited in line during the grand opening weekend celebration of the new Dick's Sporting Goods in Clearwater. While the two hour session no doubt put his right wrist through a strenuous workout, the bigger question surrounding Malone is what kind of shape his right shoulder will be in when the Lightning report for training camp on Sept. 16. Malone underwent unexpected surgery on the shoulder in July to repair some damage stemming from a shoulder separation suffered in April during Game 3 of Tampa Bay's first-round playoff series victory against Pittsburgh following a hit from Penguins' forward James Neal."
Ryan Malone undergoes shoulder surgery
July 25
SportingNews.com
 
"Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Malone underwent shoulder surgery and will be ready for training camp, the team announced on Saturday. Internet reports had circulated that said Malone, who missed 27 games in 2010-11, would miss 4-6 months. Those, the team said, are false. A 6-4, 219-pound winger, Malone has proven to be a reliable 20-goal scorer -- when healthy."
Malone trade rumours don't add up
July 21
Toronto Sun
 
"Ryan Malone's name has been linked the Leafs for a few years — back in 2009, there were assumptions that he was going to be acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a deal that would have involved swapping first-round draft picks. Last summer, there were whispers the Leafs were going to trade defenceman Tomas Kaberle to the Lightning, with Malone going back to Toronto. Speculation has been floating around the internet that the Leafs might again be interested in the 6-foot-4, 219-pound left winger. But the rumours don't add up to a lot of sense. Malone's salary cap hit is $4.5 million for each of the next four seasons, and he has a no-movement clause in each of the next two years. It's nice"
'Bugsy' Malone has big impact on game's outcome
May 22
Tampa Tribune
 
"It started with a big hit behind the Bruins net early in the second period. Lightning winger Ryan Malone delivered it, lowering the boom on the Bruins' big bear, defenseman Zdeno Chara. The rest is now part of Lightning playoff lore. "Yeah, I think that hit is what started it,'' Lightning winger Simon Gagne said of the comeback that turned a three-goal Tampa Bay deficit into a thrilling 5-3 win on Saturday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. Gagne would know. He was the recipient of the turnover created by Malone's big hit and the set-up man on the Teddy Purcell goal that sparked the Lightning's rally. Malone's hit knocked the 6-foot-9 Chara to the ground, something that doesn't"
Ryan Malone shakes off bumps, bruises as Tampa Bay Lightning prepares to battle Boston Bruins in East final
May 13
St. Petersburg Times
 columnist John Romano
"Officially, there is nothing wrong with Ryan Malone. The surgically repaired knee? Knee's fine. The muscle pull? Old news. And if a jagged bone was sticking through his skin? Nothing but a flesh wound. Officially, there is no reason Malone barely has practiced this week. No reason he spent more than an hour in the trainer's room while everyone else was dressing Thursday. Bumps, bruises and lacerations don't count. Sprains, strains and contusions are occupational hazards. "That's the price you pay. You wear them with pride," Malone said, grinning, after emerging from the trainer's room with a towel around his waist. "If you're a hockey player and you don't have stitches in your face or a"
Lightning's Malone an unwelcomed guest in Fleury's 'house'
April 21
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
"When you're a goaltender patrolling your crease, two's a crowd. The goalies in the Penguins' 3-2 double-overtime win against Tampa Bay Wednesday night had a lot of impromptu house guests. "That's how it is in the playoffs," said goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 29 saves for the Game 4 win that gave the Penguins a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. "It's something we goalies expect -- to have big bodies in front trying to screen us, tip the puck, get rebounds, or just get in our way. I thought the refs talked to the players in front and made some calls." In fact, most of the seven penalties in the game came not far from --or in -- the crease. Midway through the second period,"
Ryan Malone shakes off being shaken up
April 19
St. Petersburg Times
 
"It is going to take an awful lot to keep Lightning veteran LW Ryan Malone out of a playoff hockey game. This is, after all, the same Malone that took a slap shot off the face late in the second period of Game 5 of the 2008 Stanley Cup final while with Pittsburgh, broke his nose and returned to play the third period. So when Malone missed a large chunk of the first period of Monday night's Game 3 against the Penguins with an undisclosed upper-body injury — and played just 4 minutes, 55 seconds in the first two periods — it garnered some attention. But Malone, who logged more than six minutes in the third period and had a couple of quality scoring chances in the game, is fine, coach Guy"
Malone molded by Pittsburgh upbringing
April 15
Tampa Tribune
 
"He's a Pittsburgh guy to the bone, born and raised and so much like the rugged town itself that, as a Penguin in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, he broke his nose and kept playing — twice. But if Lightning left wing Ryan Malone is feeling at all conflicted about going against his former team in his hometown for the first time in the amplified setting of the playoffs, he is mostly keeping that sentiment to himself. "Obviously, the stakes are higher in the playoffs, so everything is a bigger deal," Malone, 31, said matter-of-factly. "But the big thing is being back in the playoffs. It didn't matter where I was going." Three regular seasons have passed since Malone, who will try to help Tampa"
Emotional return to postseason for Malone
April 12
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
"For a long time, Ryan Malone sat in full uniform at his stall in the Penguins locker room at old Mellon/Civic Arena. Someone brought him a towel to sop up the emotion that overwhelmed him to the point that he couldn't speak. Malone had a pretty fair idea that he had just played his final game for his hometown Penguins, and it was a gut-wrenching, 3-2 loss to Detroit in a deciding Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. That was June 4, 2008. A few weeks later, the Upper St. Clair native signed with Tampa Bay after the Lightning traded a draft pick to the Penguins for his rights before he became a free agent. Malone will be back in town Wednesday with the Lightning, which opens a first-round"
Familiar foe for Malone
April 11
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
 
"Not even Ryan Malone can believe the irony -- the only two NHL franchises he has known meeting in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He is nearly three years removed from being traded by the Penguins to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The June 2008 deal occurred only weeks after Malone, an Upper St. Clair native and the first Pittsburgh-born player in Penguins history, removed his jersey after a Game 6 loss at Civic Arena that ended the Stanley Cup Final. "I don't like to think about that one moment too much," he said of the silence inside the Penguins dressing room after that defeat. "Then again, it's also something you don't want to forget because it makes you want to get back all that much"
Lightning W Ryan Malone expected back at beginning of April
February 27
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher said he expects W Ryan Malone, who today will miss his seventh straight game with what is believed a stomach muscle injury, should be back by the beginning of April, coach Guy Boucher said. Because of that, the coach added, he did not believe the team will make a major move for a forward before Monday's trade deadline. "Once Malone is back we have everything we need," Boucher said. "If we get something else, it will be depth." He did add this, though, about general manager Steve Yzerman: "Steve has been so smart, he's going to outsmart my comments right now.""
Tampa Bay Lightning's Ryan Malone doesn't need abdominal surgery
February 13
St. Petersburg Times
 
"The good news about LW Ryan Malone's severe muscle injury in his abdominal area is that it won't require surgery. The bad news is that coach Guy Boucher said Malone will still be out six to eight weeks, possibly for the rest of the regular season. Malone's size and skill in front of the net are difficult for the Lightning to replace. "He's a top-notch player," Boucher said. "You can't replace a top-notch player. I think everybody has got to (bring) some of his assets and some of his qualities, whether it's power play or five-on-five. … You just have to have everybody working extremely hard to find other ways to win the game than the normal way you're doing it." Malone, like D Mike Lundin"
Ryan Malone has severe stomach injury
February 11
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Lightning wing Ryan Malone has a stomach injury severe enough (perhaps a tear, coach Guy Boucher said) that the team believes he might not be back before the playoffs. Malone, hurt when he slid into a net during Tuesday's loss to the Sabres, is the latest in a string of injuries that will leave Tampa Bay severely shorthanded Saturday against the Hurricanes. Left wing Johan Harju was called up from AHL Norfolk on Thursday. "We're not just short-staffed. We're quality short-staffed," Boucher said. "That hurts when you play teams that are fighting for their lives." Defenseman Mike Lundin is out indefinitely with an abdominal injury, though his recovery likely will be weeks, not months."
Malone, Smaby latest to go down
February 10
Tampa Tribune
 
"The Lightning's medical room is filling up, leaving the available number of healthy bodies dropping like flies. With D Mike Lundin and C Nate Thompson already injured and out of the lineup before Tuesday's loss to Buffalo, the Lightning lost LW Ryan Malone and D Matt Smaby during the game and finished with 16 healthy skaters. When any will be back is in doubt. Malone's immediate future is of greatest concern. He left in the second period Tuesday after crashing into the Buffalo net. Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman said Malone underwent an MRI for an abdominal-area injury different than the middle-body injury that kept him out of the five previous games. Yzerman said they would not determine how"
Ryan Malone picks up scoring after listening to advice from coach
December 28
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Lightning wing Ryan Malone is known for doing the dirty work in front of the net, looking to screen, looking to battle. But coach Guy Boucher pointed out several weeks ago that Malone wasn't looking enough to score. Boucher showed Malone video of when his stick was in the air and he missed opportunities for rebounds and deflections. "I was like, 'Geez, maybe that's why I'm not scoring,' " Malone said. Malone worked at it and made adjustments with his positioning. It has paid off, as he has racked up five goals and 14 points in his past 13 games, stepping in nicely on the top line for injured Steve Downie and ranking third on the team in points (behind Steven Stamkos and Marty St. Louis)."
Malone starting to get rewarded for hard work
November 30
Tampa Tribune
 
"The presence of league-leading goal scorer Steven Stamkos in his hometown tonight will grab plenty of attention when the Lightning hit the Air Canada Centre ice. The presence of Ryan Malone around the net, meanwhile, is starting to garner the attention of the opposing team as the 6-foot-4 power forward recently has started to chip in offensively. He started with one goal and seven assists in the first 14 games, continuing a scoring drought from the second half of last season, when the five-time 20-goal scorer went without a goal for the final 19 games and had only seven assists during that time. That's one goal during a 33-game span between the end of last year and the start of this"
Malone returns to lineup for Bolts
April 7
Tampa Tribune
 
"Three weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery, Lightning LW Ryan Malone was back in the lineup Tuesday night in hopes of finishing the season strong. Malone, 30, had minor surgery March 16 and was expected to be out 10-14 days. He joined the team last week in Columbus halfway through a four-game trip and practiced with his teammates but was held out of games as he tried to work himself into game shape. After missing practice Monday, Malone was expected to sit out Tuesday against Carolina, as well. The team brought up C Blair Jones on an emergency basis with the intent of having the fourth-year pro in the lineup. "It looks like he's good," Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said of Malone during"
'Frustrating' times bedevil Tampa Bay Lightning's Ryan Malone
April 2
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Perhaps tonight, against the Rangers at the St. Pete Times Forum, Ryan Malone will play. It's been three weeks since the Lightning left wing was in a game. He's been around, practicing with the team or skating with the coaches, as he rehabilitates after arthroscopic surgery cleaned out cartilage in his left knee. But being around and helping the cause are different things. "It's just frustrating," Malone said. "That's the biggest word you can use." It's a word Malone said also sums up his two seasons with Tampa Bay, both of which have hinted at brilliance but because of injuries and circumstance have not lived up to the hype. Signed to a seven-year, $31.5 million contract on June 30, 2008,"
Mellon Arena a special place for Bolts' Malone
April 1
Tampa Tribune
 
"Ryan Malone, a native of Pittsburgh, took as much ice time as possible Wednesday morning, knowing his blades would not cut into the Mellon Arena ice again. Malone, who rejoined the team Monday after recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery performed March 16, missed his 10th consecutive game, meaning he did not get the chance to lace up his skates for one final game in a building he practically grew up in. The Penguins are scheduled to move across the street to the new Consol Energy Center for the 2010-11 season. With that in mind, Malone was the last player off the ice following the morning skate. "I was skating around, and I remember doing that a lot as a kid," Malone said. "Only then,"
Ryan Malone of Tampa Bay Lightning would like a piece of Mellon Arena in his Pittsburgh hometown
March 31
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Lightning LW Ryan Malone is such a Pittsburgh guy that he said he already has asked for a few seats from Mellon Arena, the Penguins' longtime home that will be torn down after this season. "That would be pretty cool to have three or four seats," Malone said. "I don't know when they're going to tear it down, but it was fun while it lasted." Tampa Bay makes its last visit to Mellon Arena tonight to face the Penguins and wrap up a four-game road trip, and to say goodbye to the 48-year-old Igloo, the league's oldest stadium. The Penguins next season move into the massive Consol Energy Center across the street. Tonight's visit is especially big for Malone, a Pittsburgh native who played for the"
Lightning left wing Ryan Malone out 10-14 days after knee surgery
March 17
St. Petersburg Times
 
"The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Tuesday that left wing Ryan Malone will be out 10 to 14 days after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The team said Malone will continue to undergo treatment for a separate upper-body injury that has kept him out of three of the past four games."
Malone: 'Pretty special, but we want more'
February 24
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
 
"Upper St. Clair native Ryan Malone shared some details with Tribune-Review sports writer Rob Rossi on Monday afternoon about the final minutes of the United States' 5-3 victory over Canada on Sunday night at the Olympics in Vancouver: "After (Sidney Crosby) scored to make it 4-3, I was sitting on the bench praying: 'Whatever it may be, just let it be fast and let it be good.' I kept praying when (Ryan Kesler) scored the empty-net goal. Even though we were up by two, there were 44 seconds left and I didn't want to jinx it." "It was so quiet at the end of the game. You could hear everything. It was like nobody in the building could really believe what just happened - and there wasn't a lot"
Olympics: Malone scores, Crosby shines
February 17
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
"The kid from Pittsburgh had a fine debut for the United States. And the Kid did likewise for Canada. Ryan Malone became the first Western Pennsylvania native to score a goal in Olympic hockey, as the United States fended off Switzerland, 3-1, in its opener Tuesday afternoon at Canada Hockey Place. "A great feeling," Malone called it. Hours later, Sidney Crosby, taking to a national stage in prime time, fulfilled any reasonable expectation -- though those are rare north of the border as related to hockey -- by setting up all three of Jarome Iginla's goals in Canada's 8-0 rout of Norway. Crosby also generated three shots, several other chances for teammates and, all told, was visibly his"
Bolts' Malone going for the golden goal
February 16
Tampa Tribune
 
"For a good portion of his youth while growing up in Pittsburgh, Lightning left wing Ryan Malone found himself in the company of hockey royalty. He just never realized the company he kept. Malone's father, Greg, spent 16 years as head scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins after his playing days were over in 1987. During that time there were trips to Mellon Arena for practice, watching the likes of Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Paul Coffey take to the ice. During team functions, Malone would hang out with other kids his age or head to their houses for get-togethers. Among the other kids Malone would hook up with were those of Penguins general manager Craig Patrick. A pre-teen Malone didn't"
Malone has 'goosebumps'
February 16
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
"The only Pittsburgh-born, Pittsburgh-trained athlete in these Olympics sat on a folding chair at the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team news conference Monday, looked around and visibly was blown away. "I'm at the Olympics," Ryan Malone said. "I'm about to represent my country in the Olympics, the greatest sporting event in the world. I get goosebumps just thinking about it." Malone, born in Upper St. Clair, former "third-best player" on Upper St. Clair High School's hockey team, went on to play for the Penguins and now is with the Tampa Bay Lightning. "Growing up and playing where I did ... I know some people just say that it's an honor and all that. I'm really just not having this sink in"
Malone might play Friday for Lightning, Stamkos less likely
December 11
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Tampa Bay Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said there is a chance left wing Ryan Malone could play in Friday's game with the Avalanche, the start of a six-game road trip. Steven Stamkos he said was less likely, "but not by much." Malone left Wednesday night's game against the Oilers with a lower-body injury. Stamkos left with an upper-body injury. The team said Malone on Thursday had an MRI exam. The results were pending. Stamkos had X-rays on Wednesday night the team said were negative. Both are listed as day-to-day. "A little more positive news today on that front," Tocchet said after practice at the Ice Sports Forum. Even so, Tocchet said the team likely will make a call-up from AHL"
Injuries to Bolts' Stamkos, Malone not as bad as first thought
December 10
Tampa Tribune
 
"The Lightning received some positive news before the team boarded an airplane to embark on a 6-game, 12-day road trip when it was learned the injuries to top scorers Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone are not as bad as feared when each left Wednesday's loss against Edmonton. Stamkos and Malone have combined to score 33 goals this season, nearly half the team's total offense, and are the second-highest scoring duo in the league behind San Jose's Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley. While neither Lightning stars practice on Thursday, neither is expected to miss any significant length of time and are being listed by the team as being out day-to-day, Malone with an unspecified lower body injury and"
Lightning loses to Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3
November 26
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Coach Rick Tocchet said that coming off a weeklong road trip, he knew Wednesday night's game with the Maple Leafs would be a grind. Tocchet noticed that some guys looked a little tired, and they played like it in a 4-3 loss in front of 15,333 at the St. Pete Times Forum. It was the Lightning's first regulation home defeat of the season. Tampa Bay (9-6-7) showed plenty of fight, coming from behind twice to tie the score. But Tocchet said it wasn't mentally sharp, and a few mistakes, from turnovers to missed coverages, turned into quality chances for the last-place Maple Leafs. "I don't think we showed consistency tonight," left wing Stephane Veilleux said. "We need to get going a little"