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Steve Stamkos	#91 \| Center \| Tampa Bay Lightning

Height: 6-1 Weight: 178 Shoots: R Born: February 07, 1990, Markham, Ontario

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November 18, 2008
Steve Stamkos is slated to work on the top line with Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, according to the St. Petersburg Times.

November 1, 2008
The Tampa Tribune reports that Steven Stamkos will be added to a four forward set on the Lightning's top power play unit.

October 29, 2008
Steven Stamkos, who the Lightning made the first overall pick in the draft, finally tallied his first NHL point Tuesday, assisting on a goal in the team's 3-2 win over Maple Leafs, according to the Toronto Sun.

October 25, 2008
No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos is still attempting to collect his first NHL point, as he was held scoreless and to a -2 in Tampa's 3-0 loss to the Sharks.

October 15, 2008
Steven Stamkos is only averaging around 10 minutes (9:47) of ice time over Tampa Bay's first three games, according to the St. Petersburg Times.

September 23, 2008
Steven Stamkos put home a goal in the second period of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-2 exhibition win over the New York Rangers.

September 21, 2008
No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos and his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates had to go to a shootout, but wound up beating the Penguins 5-4 on Saturday, according to the AP. Stamkos scored a goal in the shootout to help his team claim victory.

September 17, 2008
Rookie phenom Steven Stamkos was held out of prospects camp for the Lightning as a precaution because of the fact that the team's preseason schedule is compressed because of their impending trip to Europe, according to the Tampa Tribune.

August 26, 2008
New coach Barry Melrose appears to be as happy as ever, taking the plunge back into coaching with the Tampa Bay Lightning, but more importantly, he appears enamored with the league's 1st-overall draft pick Steven Stamkos, according to ESPN. "He's cut," Melrose told the St. Petersburg Times about Stamkos' physique. "He'd be a male model if he wasn't a hockey player. But he's slim. He's 18 years old. He's not a man yet." Melrose continued, "He's one of the most beautiful skaters I've ever seen. I hate to use the word beautiful in hockey, but your eyes are drawn to him on the ice. I know he was with kids and stuff, and it's not a fair comparison. But a great skater is a great skater."

August 4, 2008
Brian Lawton praised Steven Stamkos during prospect camp, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Lawton said, "He was tremendous the entire week. He worked hard, is a very humble young man. He really fit in with his teammates out here and made a great impression on everyone, as a player and as a person."

July 28, 2008
The Sports Ticker reports that the Lightning on Monday signed Steven Stamkos of the Ontario Hockey Leagues Sarnia Sting to the standard rookie deal of three years at an $875,000 base salary and $2.85-million possible through "maximum achievable performance bonuses."

July 23, 2008
Steven Stamkos, the pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, will not skate for Canada's World Junior developmental camp next week as he will instead skate with the Lightnings rookies at the clubs developmental camp, according to TSN.

July 3, 2008
Tampa Bay will begin contract discussions next week with the agent for number one overall pick Steven Stamkos, according to the Tampa Tribune.

June 27, 2008
The AP reports that Tampa Bay's first round selection, speedy 18-year-old Steven Stamkos, knows comparisons to others selected first overall, including Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and Patrick Kane, are inevitable. "You look at Patrick Kane and, obviously, Crosby and Ovechkin, who have stepped into the league right away and made such an impact," Stamkos said Thursday during a trip to Tampa that capped a busy week which began with the draft in Ottawa. "The media's going to put that pressure on myself. They're going to try to compare me to those players, with regards to their stats and how they played at such a young age. I think I'm ready for that. It's kind of expected with where I got drafted."

June 20, 2008
Steven Stamkos was indeed selected first in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on Friday night, according to NHL.com.

June 19, 2008
TSN.ca conducted a NHL Mock draft and in the report suggest that Tampa Bay Lightning can't go wrong taking Sarnia Sting centre Steven Stamkos with the number one pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

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