Lightning make NHL history by starting all-Black line in game against Panthers.
‘It was a pretty cool moment for all those guys,’ says Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper
‘It was a pretty cool moment for all those guys,’ says Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper
Twenty years ago, a couple dozen hockey players and their parents piled into the Lansing Catholic High School cafeteria.
Cooper, the Tampa Bay Lightning coach, won the 2020 Stanley Cup to add to his enviable trophy case. One key to his success, a former boss said, is that he keeps learning.
John Romano | Now starting his eighth full season in Tampa Bay, Cooper has a resume that might one day compare favorably to the game’s best.
New assistant Rob Zettler took over as the head coach in Syracuse when Jon Cooper was promoted to Tampa Bay back in 2013
Jon Cooper is a pretty famous guy right now.
He joined the elite fraternity of head coaches who have won the Stanley Cup three weeks ago in Edmonton when the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars 2-0 in Game 6 of the NHL final – becoming the first B.C.-born head coach ever to win hockey’s most coveted prize.
“That was the hardest cup to win.”
That’s according to Prince George born Jon Cooper who is now a Stanley Cup champion as head coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
They called themselves the Wednesday Night Club.
The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team walked off the court national champions on April 8, 2019, having completed an unprecedented redemption arc after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose in the NCAA Tournament’s first round a year prior.
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos stood in the middle of the team’s dressing room at Rogers Place Wednesday night, likely knowing he had played his last game of the season.
The Lightning coach took criticism for last season’s flop, but he continues to win at a near-unprecedented pace in the NHL.
Ferris State hockey coach Bob Daniels won’t quite ever forget some of the key contributions Derek Lalonde made as a member of his coaching staff. Lalonde is currently coaching for Tampa Bay against Dallas in the Stanley Cup finals.
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