Not to give a shameless plug here, but I will be part of this week’s show. And if that doesn’t turn you off, then here are the details.

The Lightning Report on Sun Sports
Airs Monday at 6:30 pm & 11:00 pm
Re-airs Tuesday at 11:00 am & 8:00 pm (before the Lightning-Blues game)
Hosted by Rick Peckham

*IT’S AN ALL-STAR EDITION OF ‘THE LIGHTNING REPORT’, AS OUR CREW TRAVELED UP I-75 TO ATLANTA FOR THE 56TH ALL STAR GAME. YOU’LL BE TREATED TO ‘BEHIND THE SCENES’ ACCESS, AS WE FOLLOW VINNY LECAVALIER, MARTY ST. LOUIS & YOUNG STARS PARTICIPANT MIKE LUNDIN DURING THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

*WE’LL PROFILE EACH OF THE LIGHTNING’S PARTICIPANTS.

*AS CAPTAIN OF THE EASTERN SQUAD, VINNY’S RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE WEEKEND PULLED HIM IN MANY DIRECTIONS. THROUGH IT ALL, YOU’LL SEE THE MATURITY OF THE 27-YEAR-OLD BOTH ON AND OFF THE ICE. PLUS, ‘THE LIGHTNING REPORT’ CAMERAS WERE THERE TO CAPTURE VINNY GIVING HIS GLOVES FROM THE ALL STAR GAME TO THE HALL OF FAME IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

*FOR HIS 4TH ALL STAR APPEARANCE, MARTY MAKES IT A FAMILIAR AFFAIR DURING THE WEEKEND. BOYS RYAN AND LUCAS, PLUS MARTY’S PARENTS, ENJOY THE WEEKEND AND WE’LL BRING YOU TO THEIR SEATS AS THEY WATCH MARTY ON THE ICE.

*MIKE LUNDIN DISCUSSES HIS EXPERIENCE, AND THE UNBELIEVABLY QUICK PROCESS OF GOING FROM COLLEGE SENIOR, PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, TO FIRST YEAR NHLer RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEAGUE’S “YOUNG STARS”.

*BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CONFERENCE PRACTICES SATURDAY MORNING. PLUS, YOU’RE INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH VINNY AND MARTY, MINUTES BEFORE THE PUCK DROPS FOR THE ALL STAR GAME.

*WE CATCH UP WITH FORMER LIGHTNING HEAD COACH JACQUES DEMERS, WHO TALKS ABOUT COACHING AN 18-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE BY THE NAME OF VINNY LECAVALIER.

*OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY MOMENT BRINGS THE ALL STAR GAME TO TAMPA BAY, ON JANUARY 24, 1999.

*GARY BETTMAN MAKES OFFICIAL WHAT HAD BEEN SPECULATED: TAMPA BAY WILL OPEN THE 2008 REGULAR SEASON IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC VS. THE NEW YORK RANGERS. LIGHTNING PRESIDENT RON CAMPBELL SPENDS TIME WITH ‘THE LIGHTNING REPORT’ DURING ALL STAR WEEKEND, DISCUSSING THE LEAGUE’S PROCESS IN MAKING THEIR DECISION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE ORGANIZATION.