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unusual facts about Tampa Bay Lightning


North Dundas, Ontario

Slater Koekkoek who grew up in the Township and was born in Winchester, Ontario was selected 10th overall by Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.


Charlotte Grahame

Her son John had his name engraved on the Cup as a member of the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning.

Chris Dingman

Dingman currently does color commentary and interviews for the Tampa Bay Lightning on the Sun Sports network.

Danny Gare

Following his playing career, Gare was briefly an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and served on the Buffalo Sabres broadcast team on Empire Sports Network.

Jaroslav Svejkovský

To date, he has no further professional hockey experience; in a 2002 USA Today story, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Jay Feaster said that Svejkovský was out of hockey due to post-concussion syndrome.

Jocelyn Thibault

November 16, 1998 – Chicago Blackhawks traded Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine and fourth-round selection (previously acquired from the Tampa Bay LightningChris Dyment) in 1999 draft to the Canadiens for Thibault, Dave Manson and Brad Brown.

Jock Callander

Never drafted, he had brief stops with St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Tampa, but with the Muskegon/Cleveland Lumberjacks he was sensational, breaking the all-time points mark during the 1999–2000 season when he registered his 1,383rd career point, breaking the record of Len Thornson.

John Ahlers

In 1999, Ahlers joined the Tampa Bay Lightning where he served as the radio play-by-play voice until 2002.

Keith Kinkaid

He made his NHL debut on March 5, 2013 against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Prudential Center.

Nikolai Khabibulin

On March 5, 2001, Khabibulin was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mike Johnson, Paul Mara, Ruslan Zainullin, and the New York Islanders' second round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Matthew Spiller).

Reno Renegades

Although the Renegades never moved past the first round of the WCHL playoffs, the team achieved notoriety in 1996 by signing female goaltender Manon Rhéaume, who earlier in the decade played in preseason games for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.

WXPX-TV

The station also broadcast games from the now-defunct Atlanta Knights minor league hockey franchise, which was affiliated with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.


see also

Kevin Weekes

June 24, 2000 - Traded from the New York Islanders with Kristian Kudroc and 2nd round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning for 1st round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (Raffi Torres), 4th round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (Vladimir Gorbunov) and 7th round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (Ryan Caldwell).

Ron Grahame

Ron and his wife Charlotte have two sons, John, an NHL goaltender who won the 2004 Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Jason, who graduated from the University of Denver in 2003 and now lives in Vancouver.

Shawn Chambers

In EA's NHLPA Hockey '93 Chambers, then a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, had an overall rating of 1 (out of a possible 100).

Sun Sports

Paul Kennedy - Orlando Magic & Tampa Bay Lightning Host and In-Game Reporter