Lightning hire Jeff Blashill as assistant coach
Blashill joins Tampa Bay’s staff after spending the last seven seasons as the head coach of the Red Wings.
AHL alumni ready to battle for Stanley Cup
The first match-up between former Calder Cup-winning head coaches in a Stanley Cup Final since 1975.
Cooper ready for Lightning matchup with dad’s favorite team, Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay, Toronto set to play Game 1 of Eastern Conference First Round on Monday
How Jon Cooper’s success traces back to three coaches in Prince George
Christine Simpson sits down with Tampa Bay Lightning head coach and back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Jon Cooper to find out how his success in the NHL can be traced back to three coaches in Prince George, British Columbia.
Derek Lalonde’s short stint as Lightning coach hit home with the wisecracking buddies who saw his rise
Derek Lalonde found out a few hours before puck drop in Las Vegas on Dec. 21 that he’d be serving as an NHL head coach for the first time.
Jon Cooper Deserves to Lead the 2021 Jack Adams Conversation
It’s not a major revelation to say that awards can often be a bit silly. Trying to judge anything against it’s peers, whether it is a movie, music, video game or even a coach, is an incredibly difficult task, as there will always be personal biases and differences in taste that influence the winner.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper fastest to 400 NHL wins
Cooper needed just 659 games to reach 400, eclipsing the record previously held by Bruce Boudreau.
Jon Cooper honored as Lightning Community Hero
Through Coop’s Catch for Kids, the $50,000 grant will be donated to pediatric cancer research and patient services
‘Who is Jon Cooper?’ — The matchmaker who set up Lightning with their Cup-winning coach
The conference room at the Newport Sports Management office, just outside Toronto, had pretty much emptied on this July afternoon in 2010, but then-Lightning assistant GM Julien BriseBois and GM Steve Yzerman stuck around.
Lightning’s Jon Cooper traces Sabres’ early success to Don Granato
Having both piloted the same junior franchise to a championship, Sabres coach Don Granato and Jon Cooper, his counterpart with the Tampa Bay Lightning, are part of a small fraternity.
Lightning sign head coach Jon Cooper to contract extension
The extension keeps Cooper behind the bench through the 2024-25 season
Halpern gets his day with the Cup
Halpern worked with the Lightning’s Community Hockey department to host a ball hockey tournament outside his home in Tampa
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