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Report: NHL admonished Tampa Bay Lightning for behavior during Stanley Cup celebrations

The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrated their Stanley Cup championship with a boat parade and rally on Wednesday. While the team set precautions ahead of time due to the coronavirus pandemic, players, family members, and fans got sloppy during their interactions with the Cup, possibly endangering the lives of others.

TSN’s Darren Dreger is reporting that the Lightning has drawn the ire of the National Hockey League after the Bolts went viral for the wrong reasons.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Pandemic precautions ignored by players and fans during Lightning’s Stanley Cup parade and rally

The Tampa Bay Lightning may have endangered the lives of Floridians on Wednesday.

After winning the franchise’s second Stanley Cup in the Edmonton bubble, the Lightning held a championship boat parade and rally back home during a coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 200,000 people in the United States (a fifth of all deaths worldwide). While the team took precautions and encouraged social distancing ahead of time, those practices did not sustain. Lightning players and fans got sloppy as Bolts faithful tried to get close to the most famous trophy in sports.

The players generated several cringe-worthy moments that were heavily criticized on social media.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Here’s a look at the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup championship merch

The Tampa Bay Lightning ran the gauntlet in the bubble and are your 2020 ~~Covid Cup~~ Stanley Cup Champions. Seconds after the final buzzer hit, the Lightning’s championship gear was released and admittedly it’s pretty rad.

Now I know this here hockey blog focuses on the Washington Capitals, but I’m betting a few of you now have a soft spot in your heart for Steven Stamkos winning his first Stanley Cup.

So here are some links to some of the new merch.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Stanley Cup won by Jeff Halpern, others

Hockey is over. The winner of the whole dang thing is ex-Capitals forward Jeff Halpern, native of Potomac, Maryland.

(Also winning the Stanley Cup is the team for whom he is assistant coach, the Tampa Bay Lightning.)

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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Steven Stamkos won’t play again in Cup Final, secures highest goal-rate ever*

Tampa head coach Jon Cooper told the media on Sunday that forward Steven Stamkos will not play again in the Cup Final.

“Hopefully the next time we see him on the ice is for a trophy presentation,” Cooper said, ending any speculation that the Bolts captain would suit up again this postseason.

Stamkos will be left with just one lonely goal to his name in these playoffs — which he scored in a grand total of 2:47 of ice time.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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Former Capital Kevin Shattenkirk scores in overtime of Game Four, putting Lightning one game away from Stanley Cup

Kevin Shattenkirk just became the second defenseman in NHL history to score an overtime game-winning goal in a Stanley Cup Final.

Shatty scored a power-play goal 6:34 into OT to send the Lightning one game away from its second Stanley Cup.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Jeff Halpern advances to Stanley Cup Final for first time with Tampa Bay Lightning

When the Tampa Bay Lightning punched their ticket to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, one local athlete finally realized a childhood dream – albeit in a different form than he imagined as a kid.

Potomac, MD native Jeff Halpern will be competing for his first Stanley Cup. Halpern is as an assistant coach for Bolts forwards on Jon Cooper’s staff.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Brayden Point wins the August Epic for Tampa Bay Lightning in 5OT

The Tampa Bay Lightning have just won the fourth longest game in NHL history. Six hours after the puck was first dropped, Tampa forward Brayden Point finally got a shot past Columbus goalie Joonis Korpisalo.

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By Peter Hassett 5 months ago

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NHL has a 7th period stretch during 4th longest game in history

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning have been playing for so long. When they started, Joe Biden didn’t even have a running mate.

As Game One of the first-round game hit the fourth period of overtime, the NHL continued their bit of 10/10 empty-arena jokes with a seventh-inning stretch.

BTW, we’re calling it the August Epic.

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By Peter Hassett 5 months ago

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August Epic: Joonis Korpisalo breaks Kelly Hrudey’s record for most saves in a single game

Game One between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets is an instant classic. Reaching into the fourth overtime period, the marathon playoff game will be remembered for years for lots of reasons. Among them, this: Columbus goalie Joonis Korpisalo has broken Kelly Hrudey’s record for most saves in a playoff game, which dates back to the Easter Epic, a famous 1987 game in which the Caps fell to the Isles in 4OT.

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By Peter Hassett 5 months ago

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