On Friday, the NHL released starting dates for the upcoming 2021-22 regular season. The back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightning will start their hunt for a potential three-peat with a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 12 at 7:30 p.m. EST. Most home games are scheduled for 7 p.m. start. Here’s a full schedule:
Sonya Bryson-Kirksey, the Lightning’s national anthem singer, was released from hospital on Friday. She spent previous 29 days at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, battling with COVID-pneumonia. In her statement on Twitter, she reached out to her followers and people who supported her during a last month and asked for a privacy while she will be recovering.