The Tampa Bay Lightning say captain Steven Stamkos is out indefinitely due to a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, suffered Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings.We are in the process of evaluating options for repair and rehabilitation and will release more information as it becomes available, Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said Wednesday in a statement.Stamkos left the teams current road trip to return to Tampa to have the injured right leg examined Wednesday.He left the ice in the first period Tuesday, favoring his right leg after getting tangled up with Detroits Gustav Nyquist along the boards.According to reports from the Tampa Bay Times, Stamkos clutched the back of his right knee after the collision and stumbled as he made his way toward the Lightning locker room. He did not return and there was little in the way of updates from coach Jon Cooper after the Lightnings 4-3 victory.Stamkos was off to a tremendous start to the season. His first-period goal Tuesday gave him nine on the season, and his 20 points are tied for third among all NHL players.Stamkos missed all but one of Tampa Bays postseason games last spring with a blood clot issue. But after signing an eight-year contract extension that pays him $8.5 million annually to remain with the Lightning, Stamkos returned in full health and played for Canada at the World Cup of Hockey.Stamkos has collected points in seven of the past nine Lightning games, and Tampa Bay is tied for second in the Atlantic Division with Ottawa with a 10-6-1 record.Information from ESPNs Scott Burnside was used in this report. New Balance Australia Sale . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. New Balance Australia Online . The Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his home country. http://www.cheapnewbalanceaustralia.com/ . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Cheap New Balance Shoes Australia . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. New Balance Clearance Outlet .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. WASHINGTON --?Jonathan Quick will be Team USAs No. 1 starting goaltender for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, coach John Tortorella announced Tuesday night. Fellow netminder Ben Bishop will serve as the backup.Quick led Team USA to a 3-2 win over Team Finland in the preseason finale Tuesday night at Verizon Center. He finished with 30 saves. After the game, Tortorella informed the team of his decision to name Quick the starter.A lot of things can happen in the tournament, but I believe in the body of work from all three goalies [including Cory Schneider], Tortorella said. Its a really hard decision. I think Jonathan has just done a little bit better than the other guys, so hell be our No. 1 guy to start the tournament.Quick, 30, helped Team USA to a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He also played in the 2014 Games in Sochi, where he posted a 2.17 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage and he stopped five shootout attempts against Russia in a 3-2 victory.Ive only played with Quicky one time and that was in the [2014] Olympics, and you saw how good he was there, said forward T.J. Oshie. We definitely wouldnt have won the shootout without him. And then in the Canada game, he stood on his head. The Russia game before that, he made some really big saves for us.ddddddddddddIn my opinion, hes one of the best goalies in the world. He never gives up on plays. Hes got great hockey sense, and he can read where its going to go. I dont know if anyone has stronger legs than he does in net, so hes able to get across pretty quick. Its nice for a change to have him in our end.Quick won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012 and 2014. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. He has 42 career shutouts in the NHL, the most by any American-born goalie. His 156 wins in the past five seasons are 30 more than any other U.S.-born goalie in that span.In the preseason for the upcoming best-on-best World Cup of Hockey tournament, Quick played two games for a total of five periods.Hes looking forward to starting against Team Europe in the first game on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.These last few games have been exciting, he said. If youve been watching them, teams have been playing with a lot of pace, everybodys fresh, everybody has their legs. Its not like the playoffs, when youve been playing for six or seven months, so itll be fun. ' ' '