The District Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 2, Summer 2016 | Page 46

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Year in Review
BY SARAH GARRETT

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he t-shirts that flooded the Channelside
district said “Lord Stanley needs a tan”
and the Tampa Bay Lightning almost
delivered. Lightning fever gripped the area last
year as the Bolts came just one win away from
bringing the cup back to Tampa. Expectations
were high heading into the 2015-2016 season.
The regular season was filled with drama both
on the scoreboard and off the ice. The season
started out slowly and, by the end of October,
the Lightning had a 5-5-2 record including losing
three consecutive games—a feat that did not
happen throughout the entire 2014-2015 season.
The Lightning got hot after the Christmas on
their tour of Western Canada. Th