TGH Ice Plex

The Bolts begin work on Thursday at the TGH Ice Plex, with the first of four preseason games on Sunday. A new collective bargaining agreement brings fewer practice days and an 84-game regular season.

Tampa Bay had to wait until the second round, but traded up six spots to take the forward, who will play at UMass this season. Kulebiakin and the other picks will be at this week's development camp in Brandon.

Professional ice hockey has been around for a century, but it’s only 25 years old in Tampa Bay. Yet a hockey culture is being built one generation at a…