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Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Tickets - Enjoy Lightning Action On IceLately, the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Tickets are in great demand as
their fans expect them to perform in the 2008-09 NHL season. The
Lightning is a professional ice hockey team located in Tampa in
Florida. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern
Conference of the National Hockey League. Their home arena is the St.
Pete Times Forum which was earlier called the Ice Palace. The team is
commonly known as the “Bolts" or the “Nings". They have won the Stanley
Cup once, in 2003-04 season.The TeamThe team was
established in 1992. In the late 1980's, when the NHL decided to
expand, the Lightning was awarded the expansion franchise. The team was
headed by the Esposito Brothers and backed by a consortium of Japanese
businesses. Kokusai Green, the owner of a Japanese golf course, led the
Japanese backers.They made a dramatic entrance to the NHL by
defeating the visiting team Chicago Blackhawks. Though they finished in
the last position in the league, their performance was the best as an
NHL expansion team. The Bolts qualified for the first time for the
Stanley Cup playoffs in their fourth season (1995-96). Though they lost
in the first round itself, the match is amongst the most memorable
seasons for their fans. In fact 28,183 fans bought the Tampa Bay
Lightning Hockey Tickets and were present for the playoffs on April
23rd, setting an NHL record that was broken only in 2003.The
next few years saw dismal performances from the Lightnings. They set
the record for being the first NHL team to have four straight 50-loss
seasons from 1997-98 to 2000-01. The poor performance of the Bolts had
been attributed to the management of Kokusai Green. The team was
running losses from their first playoff season itself. Ownership issues
also troubled the management of the team. William Davidson,
the owner of the Detroit Pistons, purchased the Bolts in 1999 after the
ownership had changed hands once. Davidson then started restructuring
the team. His efforts started paying off after he made John Tortella
the coach in 2000-01 season. Thereafter the performance of the team
started improving. The team had two dream seasons in 2002-03 and in
2003-04 when they won the Stanley Cup. This resulted in an upsurge in
the demand for the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Tickets.The
2007-08 season saw Vaclav Prospal and the “Big Three" (Lecavalier, St.
Louis, and Richards) performing well but they did not get adequate
support from their team members. The 2008-09 season for the Bolts will
begin overseas in Prague on October 4-5 against the New York Rangers.
The fans are expecting lightning fast action from their revamped team. The
Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Tickets are available on the website of
authorized ticket brokers. You can book the tickets from the
convenience of your home. All you have to do is to check the inventory
of tickets available, select the seating area and then buy the tickets
using your credit card. You need not worry about identity theft as the
websites of authorized ticket brokers is encrypted. The guaranteed
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