Aside from a postseason getaway to Cancun and attending friends' weddings "every other weekend," it's been a summer of intense rehab for Tampa Bay Lightning and Team USA goaltender Ben Bishop, who said he's physically and mentally ready to take on the world in the World Cup of Hockey.
From a personal standpoint, Bishop, 29, has plenty of unfinished business to attend to when he and the rest of Team USA report to Columbus for the start of World Cup training camp on Monday, Sept. 5.
Injured in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, where the Lightning lost in seven games to the eventual Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins, Bishop said his strained ankle ligaments are completely healed, allowing him to hit the ice a month earlier than normal this summer.