According to a report from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman the Tampa Bay Lightning scratched defenseman Erik Cernak ahead of tonight’s game against the New York Islanders for missing a team meeting which is a violation of the team’s code of conduct.
The Tampa Bay Lightning returned to practice on Tuesday and there was the welcome site of Tanner Jeannot and Erik Cernak taking regular shifts. Jeannot has been out since February 13 and Cernak left the team’s last game with an apparent lower-body injury.
If life in hockey was fair, the Tampa Bay Lightning would probably not have won their game against the Boston Bruins. However, sports are unpredictable and the deserving team doesn’t always get to post the W.
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper announced that defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak will both be returning to the lineup on Wednesday against the New York Rangers.
Tampa Bay Lightning beat writer Chris Krenn is reporting that Lightning defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak will dress Wednesday night.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak won’t play against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Cernak left Thursday’s game against the New Jersey Devils with an upper-body injury and did not return.
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that defenseman Erik Cernak suffered an upper-body injury in Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils and would not return.
There was a positive sign for the Tampa Bay Lightning defense yesterday at practice. Defenseman Erik Cernak was on the ice taking a regular rotation with Calvin de Haan, an indication that the big blueliner might be back in the line-up tonight against the Los Angeles Kings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that defenseman Erik Cernak will be out day-to-day with an upper-body injury and Haydn Fleury is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning media team produced another episode of Bolts Beginnings, this time following Erik Cernak in Slovakia. Ethan Gauthier was mic’d up at Lightning Development Camp.
It takes braving a battleground to win a playoff series. The Tampa Bay Lightning know that better than anyone. In an end-of-season press availability, GM Julien Brisebois shared the list of injuries to some of the team’s top players.
Naturally, Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper seems almost giddy about hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 on Saturday night despite trailing 3-2 in the series.
After coming back twice to win in overtime on the road, the Toronto Maple Leafs will try to finish the job at home Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper has announced that defenseman Erik Cernak will not play in Game 4 against the Maple Leafs.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are keeping calm as they get set to host the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 3 of their first-round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday.
The big Lightning defenseman did not return after he took a nasty hit from Michael Bunting and left Game 1. Bunting was sentenced with a match penalty and will be suspended for the next three games of the series.
The NHL Department of Player Safety has handed down its decision on a Toronto Maple Leafs forward. Michael Bunting has been suspended for three games on Tuesday.
Just like Joe Pavelski, there is more injury news throughout the playoffs. Not one but two Lightning defensemen are down with injury. After suffering a bad hit by Michael Bunting, Erik Cernak left the game.
The NHL suspended Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak for two games Friday for elbowing Kyle Okposo of the Buffalo Sabres. Late in the third period of Thursday's 6-5 overtime loss to Buffalo, Cernak skated in moments after Okposo advanced the puck into the offensive zone and stuck out his left elbow, making contact with Okposo's face.
When Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois signed Erik Cernak to an eight-year contract worth $5.2 million per season, he was making a statement.
Completing the trifecta of extensions, the Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed defenceman Erik Cernak to an 8-year contract worth $5.2 million in average annual value (AAV).
One of my colleagues Eugene Helfrick discussed how valuable defenseman Erik Cernak has been to the Tampa Bay Lightning and how much of a loss it was for him to be out of the lineup (he has since returned from what was an upper-body injury).
When the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Erik Cernak in the 2017 trade deadline deal that sent Ben Bishop to the L.A. Kings, his inclusion was seen as a bit of an afterthought.
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