TAMPA — Tuesday night, Lightning right winger Erik Condra was voted the game’s No. 1 star for his efforts in a win over the Red Wings, including two goals. He hadn’t scored since early December. Now he’d taken a huge bite out of a prolonged slump.
So, the No. 1 star was asked back onto the ice for a postgame TV interview. Condra mentioned something to a member of the Lighting media relations staff. Someone went racing up the tunnel toward the team’s dressing room.
To find Condra’s teeth.
“I can’t really talk without them,” Condra said.