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Tampa Bay Lightning
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ice hockey team of the National Hockey League
Key facts
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Atlantic
- History
- Tampa Bay Lightning , 1992 –present
- Home arena
- Benchmark International Arena
- City
- Tampa, Florida
- Team colors
- Blue, white, black
- Media
- Scripps Sports ( WXPX-TV ), 102.5 The Bone
- Owner s
- Vinik Sports Group, LLC, ( Jeffrey Vinik , chairman)
- General manager
- Julien BriseBois
- Head coach
- Jon Cooper
- Captain
- Victor Hedman
- Minor league affiliates
- Syracuse Crunch ( AHL ), Orlando Solar Bears ( ECHL )
- Stanley cups
- 3 ( 2003–04 , 2019–20 , 2020–21 )
- Conference championships
- 4 ( 2003–04 , 2014–15 , 2019–20 , 2021–22 )
- Presidents trophies
- 1 ( 2018–19 )
- Division championships
- 4 ( 2002–03 , 2003–04 , 2017–18 , 2018–19 )
- Official website
- nhl .com /lightning
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- lightning
- Country
- United States
- Location
- Tampa
- Sport
- ice hockey
- League
- National Hockey League
- Official website
- lightning.nhl.com
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- Commons category
- Tampa Bay Lightning
- topic's main category
- Category:Tampa Bay Lightning
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- category for members of a team
- Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players
- social media followers
- 59100
- head coach
- Jon Cooper
- general manager
- Julien BriseBois
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play their home games at Benchmark International Arena in Downtown Tampa. The Lightning are one of two NHL franchises based in Florida, with the other being the Florida Panthers.
The franchise is owned by Doug Ostrover while Julien BriseBois is the general manager. Jon Cooper has served as head coach since March 2013, and is the longest-tenured active head coach in the NHL.
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