2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Lightning Strike: The 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning Hoist The Stanley Cup

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The city of Tampa Bay might not be the one that pops to your mind when you think of hockey, or of producing a truly outstanding Stanley Cup champion. That’s what the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning were though, as the produced a great regular season and validated with a run to a championship, culminating in two consecutive seven-game series.