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Quick Strikes: Cernak opens eyes at the World Championships

Tampa Bay Lightning fans have the luck of watching Erik Cernák in the World Championships, and it’s been interesting to see what players can do when it’s not their actual job to win things. The Tampa Bay Times and the Lightning pages have had some interesting observations about his play, and we’ll be digging into his past season a bit later today for our player grades.

Erik Cernak emerged seemingly from nowhere on the Lightning’s blue line [Tampa Bay Times]

High: After dancing around each other previously, u010cernák dropped the gloves with heavyweight Tom Wilson on March 30 and held his own, though he lost a tooth in the duel.