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25 Greatest Scorers in Lightning History: #20 |
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In honor of the upcoming season, which is the franchise's 25th, I thought it would be fun to use this hockey downtime to countdown the 25 greatest goal scorers in Tampa Bay Lightning history.
In constructing this list, I not only took into account the number of goals a player scored while playing in Tampa, I also considered a number of games they suited up for the Lightning. As this list progresses over the next few weeks, you will notice that some players are ranked higher than others even if their goal total was less. This is because although someone scored slightly fewer goals, they reached those numbers in fewer games.
Due to the Lightning still being a relatively young franchise, a good deal of these players are still active, and some of them still take the ice for the Bolts.
Enjoy!
The List So Far
Number 25: Pavel Kubina
Number 24: Victor Hedman
Number 23: Mikael Andersson
Number 22: Roman Hamrlik
Number 21: Dan Boyle
Number 20: Rob Zamuner
Rob Zamuner was originally taken in the third round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. After only playing nine games in the 1991-92 regular season and the Rangers showing little interest in retaining his services, Zamuner signed with expansion Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the Bolts, Zamuner developed a reputation as a defensive-minded forward that worked hard every shift. As has been the case with most of this list so far, he never scored 20 goals in a season. In 475 games with the Lightning, Zamuner scored 84 goals, 14 of them shorthanded and 15 of them game-winners.
In 1998, Zamuner was named team captain of the Lightning. Unfortunately, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators the year after in exchange for Andreas Johansson and the right to sign General Manager, Rick Dudley. He played in Ottawa for two seasons and then signed with the Boston Bruins in 2001.
Over his 798 games in the NHL, Zamuner recorded 139 goals.
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