http://www.icecoldnews.com/Lightning/lightning-fire-head-coach-melrose/ The Tampa Bay Lightning have relieved head coach Barry Melrose of his duties and named associate coach Rick Tocchet interim head coach. The Lightning are in the midst of a three-game slump and are 4-5-1 in the past 10 games, dropping them to fourth in the Southeast Division standings. Under Melrose, they won just five of 16 games to open the season (5-7-4). Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:22:49 MST en